Raymond Briggs’ story of a younger boy who builds a snowman that involves life and takes him to the North Pole to satisfy Santa Claus is a basic. It’s as important now as when it was first launched, again in 1982.
In 2012, the story was up to date with the equally good The Snowman and the Snowdog. On this stunning brief movie, one other boy strikes into the home in whose backyard the unique snowman was constructed. Discovering {a photograph} of the snowman, the boy builds him once more, and in addition makes a snow canine. Once they come to life in a single day, the three of them journey collectively to satisfy Santa.
In the event you’d prefer to have a household viewing of each films, right here’s how one can watch The Snowman, in addition to The Snowman and the Snowdog on-line, on TV or on any cell machine.
And, when you’re more likely to face any Christmas trivia questions this yr, you may win a spherical by remembering that Aled Jones doesn’t truly sing within the movie. His profession took off afterwards, in 1985, when he had a success along with his cowl of ‘Strolling within the Air’.
We expect that Channel 4 will present these movies over Christmas, however the broadcaster has not but launched its Christmas TV schedule on the time of writing, so we will’t affirm when this will probably be.
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Stream The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog on-line
Neither movie is out there to stream as a part of your Netflix, Now TV or Amazon Prime Video subscription. Nor are they obtainable to hire from Prime.
Fortunately, Channel 4 is right here to supply up each The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog, at no cost (with adverts, until you pay £3.99 a month/ £39.99 per yr to ditch them as a part of Channel 4+ – there’s a 14-day free trial on provide when you’re tempted).
In the event you’d like to purchase the movies, The Snowman and the Snowdog is that can be purchased in HD from the Sky Retailer for £5.99. For even higher worth, you should purchase Sky Retailer’s Christmas Classics assortment, which incorporates The Snowman, The Snowman and the Snowdog, and Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, all in HD for £4.99 (down from £8.99).
You probably have the Apple TV app, you should purchase The Snowman and the Snowdog for £4.99.
Purchase The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog on DVD
For even higher worth, you may choose up a DVD of each movies for simply £6.99 all in – and provides them as a Christmas present, or watch them everytime you’d like. Right here’s where to buy The Snowman on Amazon.
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