Toad of Toad Hall (film)

Toad of Toad Hall is a 1946 British TV adaptation of the 1929 play Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne,^[1] itself an adaptation of the 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Toad of Toad Hall
Genre	Children's
Based on	Toad of Toad Hall by A.A. Milne The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Written by	Michael Barry
Directed by	Michael Barry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Running time	90 mins
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	29 December 1946 (1946-12-29)

It was produced by Michael Barry who presented the same play again the following year with many different cast members.^[2] It was an early television appearance by Kenneth More who reprised the role several times on stage.^[3][4]

The adaptation aired every Christmas for four years' running.^[5]

Cast

• Kenneth More as Badger
• Jon Pertwee as Judge
• Julia Bradock as Marigold
• Madoline Thomas as Mother
• Jack Newmark as Mole
• Andrew Osborn as Water Rat
• Victor Woolf as Alfred, the horse