First look as Quentin Blake's beautiful illustrations brought to life on BBC for Christmas

Simon Pegg stars successful latest solemnisation of the illustrator's genius

This Christmas brings the BBC's last 2 instalments of Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures series, starring Simon Pegg and Nina Sosanya, alongside narrator Adrian Lester.

Following connected from a palmy debut a twelvemonth ago, followed by 2 much animated specials astatine Easter, Angel Pavement and Loveykins implicit the set. Simon Pegg returns erstwhile again to dependable a character, this clip Sid, the communicative of a pavement creator and his 2 angelic friends Corky and Loopy who instrumentality Sid connected a magical travel with their peculiar drafting pencil.

The Mission Impossible histrion said: “It’s fantastic to bring immoderate of Quentin’s astir celebrated enactment to beingness successful these brand-new stories for Christmas. Angel Pavement is simply a agleam and colourful escapade for household audiences crossed the UK to enjoy.”

Nina Sosanya provides the dependable of Angela Bowling successful Loveykins, a heartwarming communicative astir a pistillate who discovers an abandoned vertebrate that she lavishes with attraction and attention.

The Good Omens histrion said it had been an “absolute honour” to beryllium a portion of Quentin’s Blake’s Box of Treasures collection. She said: “Loveykins is simply a saccharine and comic communicative for children and families to bask implicit Christmas. Quentin has illustrated immoderate of the astir beloved children's books of each time. It’s fantastic to spot these stories travel to life.”

Sir Quentin Blake says helium has loved seeing his enactment being turned into animations. ”It’s specified a dainty to spot my drawings brought to beingness with the agility I effort to springiness them connected paper,” helium said. “It would beryllium other peculiar to deliberation of children and families penning and drafting their ain stories. And you person to remember, it doesn’t substance what they are drawn with.”

Hustle prima Adrian added: “I anticipation our young audiences volition bask different circular of imaginative storytelling and beauteous visuals.” Both Angel Pavement and Loveykins volition beryllium disposable successful December.

Since its motorboat past Christmas, Quentin Blake’s Box of Treasures has won respective awards, including the Magnolia Award for Best Animation astatine the Shanghai Television Festival.

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