Tabby McTat

TV Movie
2023
25m

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Set in London's streets, follows a musical cat and Fred, a gifted busker, and their warm, amazing friendship.Set in London's streets, follows a musical cat and Fred, a gifted busker, and their warm, amazing friendship.Set in London's streets, follows a musical cat and Fred, a gifted busker, and their warm, amazing friendship.

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7.3/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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Jodie Whittaker

Narrator
(voice)

Rob Brydon

Fred
(voice)

Sope Dirisu

Tabby McTat
(voice)
(as Sopé Dìrísù)

Susan Wokoma

Sock
(voice)

Joanna Scanlan

Pat
(voice)

Cariad Lloyd

Prunella
(voice)

Felix Tandon

Ambulance Boy
(voice)

Rory Finnegan

Samuel Sprat
(voice)

David Holt

Additional Voices
(voice)

Lizzie Waterworth

Additional Voices
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Trivia
Axel Scheffler has hidden a Gruffalo in most of his works with Julia Donaldson, which have been mirrored in the adaptations. In this, the Gruffalo can be seen as a keyring on Prunella's car keys (this differs from the book, where a child holds a Gruffalo teddy).

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Review

Featured review

4/10

Festive felines

A very gentle family friendly short that's well suited to Christmas viewing.

The animation is effectively done, with one exception: Tabby McTat is eating cat food from a bowl and yet the contents of the bowl never change and we never see food actually going into his mouth. The behaviour of Tabby McTat at times seems more canine than feline; I did wonder if Tabby McTat was a cat because "cat" generates more useful rhymes (for example "flat") than "dog" does. The "owners" of the black cat seem perhaps a little too accommodating. And while I'm sure the story is not intended to have any connection to Christmas, the ending was somewhat reminiscent of "the Christmas story".