Watership Down (2018 TV series)

Watership Down
Title screen for the first episode
Genre	Action Adventure Fantasy Drama Adult animation
Based on	Watership Down by Richard Adams
Written by	Tom Bidwell
Directed by	Noam Murro
Starring	James McAvoy Nicholas Hoult John Boyega Ben Kingsley Tom Wilkinson Gemma Arterton Peter Capaldi Olivia Colman Mackenzie Crook
Music by	Federico Jusid
Opening theme	"Fire on Fire" (written and performed by Sam Smith)
Ending theme	"Fire on Fire" (written and performed by Sam Smith)
Country of origin	United Kingdom Ireland United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Rory Aitken Eleanor Moran Ben Pugh Josh Varney
Producers	Georgia Dussaud Cecil Kramer
Editor	Andrew Walton
Running time	50–51 minutes
Production companies	42 Biscuit Filmworks BBC Netflix
Budget	£20 million
Original release
Network	BBC One (United Kingdom) Netflix (international)
Release	22 December (2018-12-22) – 23 December 2018 (2018-12-23)
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Watership Down is a CGI-animated adventure fantasy drama television miniseries directed by Noam Murro. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by Richard Adams and adapted by Tom Bidwell.^[1] It was released on 22 December 2018 in the United Kingdom and internationally on Netflix the next day.^[2][3] The BBC broadcast comprised two back-to-back episodes per day.

The music video for "Fire on Fire" (from Watership Down) by Sam Smith was released on 21 December 2018.^[2]