Watership Down (2018 TV series)
| Watership Down | |
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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 | |
| 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 |
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| Editor | Andrew Walton |
| Running time | 50–51 minutes |
| Production companies | 42 Biscuit Filmworks Brown Bag Films BBC Netflix |
| Budget | £20 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One (United Kingdom) Netflix (international) |
| Release | 22 December – 23 December 2018 |
Watership Down is a CGI-animated adventure fantasy drama television programme directed by Noam Murro. It is based on the 1972 novel of the same name by Richard Adams and adapted by Tom Bidwell. It was released on 22 December 2018 in the United Kingdom and internationally on Netflix the next day. 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.