James Walton

Irresistible: Sky Max’s Christmas Carole reviewed

BBC1's animated film The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse practically begs us to find it both charming and touching

Suranne Jones as Carole and Jonty Stephens as a pitch-perfect Eric Morecambe in Sky Max’s Christmas aCarole. Credit: © Sky UK Limited.
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