Anderson to play witch in BBC film (From Hampshire Chronicle)
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Anderson to play witch in BBC film
12:58pm Wednesday 24th October 2012 in National Entertainment News © Press Association 2013
Gillian Anderson will be the voice of a witch in Room On The Broom
Gillian Anderson is to play a witch as she leads the cast in a BBC adaptation of hit children's book Room On The Broom.
The former X-Files actress - who won acclaim for her portrayal of creepy Miss Havisham in a TV version of Great Expectations - will be among the star voices in the animated version of Julia Donaldson's book, which will be screened at Christmas.
Also in the cast are Rob Brydon playing a cat, while David Walliams is to appear as a frog in the half-hour film, to be screened on BBC One.
Room On The Broom is to be narrated by comic actor Simon Pegg and features Martin Clunes as a dog and Sally Hawkins as a bird.
It is being made by the team behind The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, also written by Children's Laureate Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler.
In the story, a kind witch invites an array of animals on to her broom - to the annoyance of her pet cat - until disaster strikes and it snaps under their weight, leaving them at the mercy of a dragon (played by Timothy Spall).
