Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jimmy T. Murakami

Writing Credits

John Burningham
(from the book by)
Ted Walker
(screenplay)

Cast

George Allonby
Ben
Phil Daniels
Dad / Charlie (voice)
Josie Lawrence
Mum / Crane (voice)
Arthur Smith
Jim Jam
Richard Griffiths
Elephant
Lolita Chakrabarti
Tigress
Bill Paterson
Walrus
Windsor Davies
Polar Bear
Barry Paine
Wildlife Commentary
Maria Bircher
Mom / Crane (voice)
Mark Camacho
Walrus
Richard M Dumont
Charlie
Susan Glover
Tigress
Arthur Holden
Dad
Jacob Holden
Ben
Gary Jewell
Elephant
Rick Jones
Jim Jam
George Morris
Polar Bear / Snowman (voice)
Terrence Scammell
Commentator

Produced by

Eve Chilton
producer (US version)
John Coates
producer
András Erkel
associate producer
Kathleen S. Faherty
producer (US version)
Kate Jarvis
executive producer
Ian McCue
line producer
Colin Rose
executive producer: BBC

Music by

Colin Towns

Editing by

Imre Németh

Art Direction by

Loraine Marshall

Sound Department

Mark Edwards
voice recordist
Steve Hall
voice recordist
Rowan Jennings
foley artist
Cliff Jones
dubbing mixer
Karl Mainzer
sound designer
Nikki Ruck
dubbing editor

Visual Effects by

Gyula Major
digital camera
Gyula Nagy
3D animator
Imre Németh
3D animator
Balázs Schifter
digital camera (as Balázs Shifter)
Bálint Zsolt Szemenyei
3D animator (as Bálint Zs. Szemernyei)
Sándor Töreky
special effects software
Zsolt Iván Varga
3D animator / special effects supervisor
Zoltán Wojnischek
3D animator

Animation Department

Ros Allen
clean-up artist (as Roslind Allen)
Marina Anthony
clean-up artist
Steve Austin
clean-up artist (as Steven Austin)
Dimitar Bakalov
animator (as Dimitri Bakalov)
Liz Baker
clean-up artist (as Elizabeth Baker)
Lisa Barnes
clean-up artist
Mike Barratt
clean-up artist (as Mick Barratt)
Tom Beggs
background artist
Jayne Bevitt
clean-up artist (as Jane Bevitt)
Monica Brufton
clean-up artist
Ronaldo Canfora
animator
Jon Cramer
layout artist
Tass Darlington
layout artist
Stephen De Costa
clean-up artist
Peter Dodd
animator
Rob Doherty
animation checker
Melinda Doktor
color artist
Debbie Dryland
clean-up artist
Lloyd Ellis
assistant animator
Betty Fiers
color artist (as Bernadett Fiers)
Mark Francis
animator
Mario Roberto Galindo
animator (as Mario Galindo)
Iain Gardner
animator
Siro Garrone
clean-up artist
Les Gibbard
animator
Keith Greig
animator
Barry Hales
animator
Jonathan Hall
clean-up artist
Stephen Harper
animator
Malcolm Hartley
animator (as Malcolm J. Hartley)
Vivienne Heath
layout artist
Nick Hellman
animator
Jonathan Hodge
clean-up artist
József Horváth
color artist
Vivienne Jones
clean-up artist
Reka Kaloczy
color artist (as Réka Kálóczy)
Andrea Kirkovits
background artist
Judit Komócsin
color checker (as Jutka Komócsin)
Nick Large
clean-up artist
Sean Leaning
animator
Dave Livesey
animator (as David Livesey)
Mike Lodge
animation checker
Simon Loxton
animator
Ron MacRae
clean-up artist (as Ronald Macrae)
Roger Mainwood
animator
Ann Marriott
animator
Loraine Marshall
background artist
Douglas McCarthy
clean-up artist
Dave McFall
clean-up artist (as David McFall)
Andy McPherson
animator
Ramon Modiano
animator
Russell Murch
animation checker
Ray Newman
animator
Tom Newman
animator
Kathy Nicholls
background artist
Lucy Orr
clean-up artist
Neil Parkinson
clean-up artist
Neal Petty
layout artist (as Neil Petty)
Corina Poore
clean-up artist (as Corina J. Poore)
Ray Rankine
layout artist
Sarah Roper
clean-up artist
Pat Savage
animator
Péter Semsey
background artist
Elroy Simmons
animator
Paul Stone
animator
Nicos Synnos
animator
Mariann Sárvári
color artist (as Mariann Sárváry)
Sue Tong
background artist
Pauline Trapmore
animator
Diana Tusheva-Molloy
animation checker (as Diana Molloy)
Dave Unwin
animation supervisor
Tom Unwin
clean-up artist
Jaco van der Sterren
animator (as Jaco van der Steren)
Nicolette van Gendt
animator
Sarah Vincent
animator
Darren Wall
clean-up artist
Dave Webster
animator
Ian Wilkes
animator
Simon Williams
animator
Stella Benson
animator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Abigail Youngman
script editor

Additional Crew

Sue Hall
production accountant
Iain Harvey
development executive
László Kollár
technical supervisor
Igor Lazin
technical supervisor
Akos Sarencky
production coordinator (as Ákos Sárenczky)
Jo Webster
production accountant
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