Film, TV & Radio

Film ‘I Wish for You’ written by Michael is released!

Sunday, 14th February 2016 This February, thousands of people across the UK are turning hearts green to #showthelove for the people, places and life we want to protect for generations to come. The changes needed to protect our world have begun. We can have 100% clean energy within a… Read More

Private Peaceful to premiere on BBC One

Private Peaceful, an adaptation of Michael’s beloved First World War novel, will air on Sunday 24th January at 11.30pm. The film will follow a screening of War Horse, another film based on Morpurgo’s work, the same weekend. Morpurgo has urged parents and young people to stay up and watch the adaptation,… Read More
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On Angel Wings: Telling the Christmas story in a different way

Children’s author Michael Morpurgo shares the vision behind the animated adaptation of his Christmas story, On Angel Wings. The Christmas story is a story one knows so well, almost too well because very often it’s so familiar that we have stopped listening. So I thought, tell it in a different… Read More

On Angel Wings: Telling the Christmas story in a different way

Children’s author Michael Morpurgo shares the vision behind the animated adaptation of his Christmas story, On Angel Wings on the BBC TV Blog. The Christmas story is a story one knows so well, almost too well because very often it’s so familiar that we have stopped listening. So I thought,… Read More

UEFA marks the 1914 Christmas truce in a powerful film

Wayne Rooney, Philipp Lahm, Hugo Lloris, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Gareth Bale tell the story of the 1914 Christmas truce in the words of the men on the front line in a powerful UEFA film scripted by Michael Morpurgo. The four-minute clip brings to life the extraordinary events in Flanders 100… Read More

On Angel Wings, a special Christmas animation

On Angel Wings is a spectacular family animation based on Michael Morpurgo’s picture book and is being shown at 4.15pm on Christmas Eve on BBC One. The half hour special captures the Christmas story from the viewpoint of an adventurous young shepherd boy who is taken on a secret, enchanted… Read More

Private Peaceful screens in cinemas across the UK

The film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning book, Private Peaceful, screened to an audience of over 7500 children as part of the Centenary commemorations of WWI. Pupils were given the opportunity to ask Michael about his writing, including questions about his passion for re-telling history through the voice of an… Read More

BBC School Radio – Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

A new abridgement of Michael Morpurgo’s moving World War 1 story Private Peaceful is to be broadcast by BBC School Radio in 13 episodes. During the passing hours of an all-night vigil Private Thomas Peaceful recalls the events of his young life his school days, family life in a… Read More
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Listen to Michael Morpurgo on BBC Radio 4

This weekend Michael appeared on Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4. He spoke at length about the inspiration behind A Medal for Leroy and his experiences growing up in post-war London. You can listen to the full show here. Michael appears from 01:56… Read More