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Hannah Waddingham to Lead ‘Tiddler’ Animated Christmas Special at the BBC


'Ted Lasso' star Hannah Waddingham will lend her voice to 'Tiddler,' a half-hour animated special from the BBC set to air this Christmas.

According to its official synopsis, “Tiddler” tells the story of a “small grey fish with a big imagination who gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he’s saved by his own storytelling.” Waddingham is set to narrate the half-hour special, which will feature Lolly Adefope (“Ghosts,” “Saltburn”) as Miss Skate, Jayde Adams (“Ruby Speaking,” “Alma’s Not Normal”) as Plaice and other characters and Rob Brydon (“Gavin and Stacey,” “The Trip”) taking on the roles of the Fisherman, Whale, Starfish and Anchovy. In a statement, Waddingham said her narrator role was “a real joy to record,” adding that “Tiddler is “the tale of the storyteller in all of us, and helps children understand what it’s like to be a small fish in a very big pond (and we’ve all felt THAT in life!)

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