Room on the Broom (film)

Room on the Broom
Based on	Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Written by	Julia Donaldson Axel Scheffler
Directed by	Max Lang Jan Lachauer
Starring	Gillian Anderson Rob Brydon Timothy Spall Martin Clunes Sally Hawkins David Walliams
Narrated by	Simon Pegg
Theme music composer	René Aubry
Country of origin	United Kingdom Germany
Original language(s)	English, German
Production
Producer(s)	Martin Pope Michael Rose
Running time	27 minutes
Production company(s)	Orange Eyes Limited Magic Light Pictures Studio Soi
Distributor	Magic Light Pictures
Release
Original network	BBC, BBC One, PBS Kids Sprout (United States)
Original release	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) 8 November 2013 (With Thor: The Dark World) 30 October 2013 (United States)

Room on the Broom is a 2012 British-German 3D stop motion computer animated short TV film based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the 2014 Academy Awards.

Directed by Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures, London, in association with Orange Eyes Limited.

It was first seen in theaters with Thor: The Dark World. It was first broadcast on BBC One, Tuesday 25 December 2012. It then aired in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout as a Halloween special, on 30 October 2013.

Cast

• Simon Pegg as the Narrator
• Gillian Anderson as the Witch
• Rob Brydon as the Cat
• Timothy Spall as the Dragon
• Martin Clunes as the Dog
• Sally Hawkins as the Bird
• David Walliams as the Frog

External links

• Room on the Broom – official site
• Room on the Broom at BBC Programmes
• Room on the Broom at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Room on the Broom at IMDb