Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe

Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Henry Winkler Lin Oliver
Based on	Characters by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
Written by	Joe Williams
Directed by	Matt Bloom
Starring	Henry Winkler Nick James Jayden Jean Paul-Denis Felicity Montagu Madeline Holliday Juliet Cowan Neil Fitzmaurice Javone Prince Alicia Lai Jude Foley Kylee Russell Paul Chan
Composer(s)	Nick Foster[1] Oli Julian
Country of origin	UK
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	90 Minutes
Production company(s)	Kindle Entertainment[2]
Release
Original network	CBBC
First shown in	United Kingdom
Original release	12 December 2016 (2016-12-12)[3]
External links
Production website

Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe^[4][5] is a 2016 stand alone British Christmas movie based on the Hank Zipzer series of books by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver and the TV series airing on CBBC. The film will be airing on CBBC on 12 December 2016.^[6] It is written by Joe Williams and is directed by Matt Bloom.^[7] The film is produced by Kindle Entertainment in association with Walker Productions and DHX Media with support from Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund. It is the fourth movie based on a CBBC programme after Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me, Shaun the Sheep Movie and Friday Download: The Movie. It is the second movie based on a CBBC show, which has not been released in cinemas and only shown on TV after Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me

Plot

It is Christmas and the Zipzer family are preparing for a new baby. Meanwhile, Mr Rock's Rudolph the Red Nose Rock 'n' Roll Reindeer, is soon turned into a one-woman Christmas Carol by Miss Adolf. Mr Joy hates Christmas and wants to cancel it altogether but Hank causes a Christmas catastrophe. His catastrophe causing leads to his friends being arrested, and a Christmas tree nearly gets plummeted into a crowd. But will everything go to plan before Hank's new baby brother is born?^[8]

Cast

• Nick James as Hank Zipzer
• Henry Winkler as Mr Rock
• Juliet Cowan as Rosa Zipzer
• Neil Fitzmaurice as Stan Zipzer
• Madeline Holliday as Emily Zipzer
• Kylee Russell as Hayden Chase^[9]
• Jayden Jean Paul-Denis as Frankie Townsend
• Alicia Lai as Ashley Wong
• Felicity Montagu as Miss Adolf
• Javone Prince as Mr Joy
• Jude Foley as Nick McKelty
• Vincenzo Nicoli as Papa Pete
• Paul Chan as Jonathan Lao^[10]
• Paddy as Mr Rock's Dog^[11]

Production

Production on Hank Zipzer and the Christmas Catastrophe began on 26 July 2016 and ended on 18 August 2016. Hank Zipzer and the Christmas Catastrophe has been commissioned by Cheryl Taylor, Controller CBBC and is a Kindle Entertainment Production. The Executive Producer for CBBC is Amy Buscombe and Anne Brogan for Kindle Entertainment. Kindle Entertainment in association with DHX Media and Walker Productions, supported by Screen Yorkshire’s Yorkshire Content Fund. The writer is Joe Williams and the director is Matt Bloom. It will be shown on CBBC in December.

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