Based on the picture book by Michael Foreman, WAR GAME tells the story of Will, Lacey and Freddie – three young Suffolk lads who leave their idyllic country lives to fight in the trenches of World War I. Surrounded by the chaos and confusion of war, they can only dream of their football team, their friends and the families they have left behind.
Displaced by the Second World War, a troop of Polish soldiers form an inseparable bond through an orphaned bear they name Wojtek.
One cold Christmas night, an old shepherd recounts the magical story of how he came to be the first visitor to the new born Christ child - ahead of the other shepherds, and in complete secret. Based on the book by Michael Morpurgo.
Time winds backward through a series of vignettes, tracing through the fate of a reckless baroness and two men who fight to possess her.
Based on Raymond Briggs’ books, the straight-talking, no-nonsense but warm-hearted Father Christmas will be seen getting to grips with today’s modern world; one that sees children instantly ordering what they want with the swipe of a tablet and goods being despatched by delivery drones.
