Jon Snow meets author of The Snowman Raymond Briggs ahead of Channel 4's transmission of The Snowman and the Snowdog. He finds Mr Briggs still drawing at age 78.
Lyrics - Walking in the Air - Song by Howard Blake - - - - - We're walking in the air - We're floating in the moonlit sky - The people far below are sleeping as we fly - I'm holding very tight - I'm riding in the midnight blue - I'm finding I can fly so high above with you - Far across the world - The villages go by like dreams - The rivers and the hills - The forests and the streams - Children gaze open mouth - Taken by surprise - Nobody down below believes their eyes - We're surfing in the air - We're swimming in the frozen sky - We're drifting over icy - Mountains floating by - Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep - Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep - We're walking in the air - We're dancing in the midnight sky - And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly - - - - Songwriters: Howard David Blake - Available on - iHeartRadio - Spotify - UA-cam Music - Artist: Howard Blake - Album: The Snowman - Released: 1983 - Genres: Children's music, Pop - Other recordings of this song - Walking In The Air - André Rieu · 2012 - Walking In the Air - Aled Jones · 1985 - Walking in the Air - Celtic Woman · 2011 - -
Ha ha! He's just as lovely as Roald D. and good old Dr Seuss. I don't think P.L.Travers was all that sweet or even Beatrix Potter. It's just how it goes. The personality of the author doesn't always translate to the books they create. Many are introverts and shy and some are just plain grumpy. And he's British as well, so a lot less sentimental than Americans. The magic of this story is that he didn't try to be Christmassy or sentimental, it all came wonderfully organic, it's not forced as some stories are. British people are wonderfully quirky and true to themselves and original. And I'm saying this as a non-British person.
Rest in Peace
Raymond Briggs
I hope Channel 4 will play the 1982 original Raymond Briggs version this Christmas.
It always does. What a strange comment.
What a sweet old man. Rest in peace good sir. 2022.
Less of the old
RIP Raymond Briggs 😢✝️😇🙏👼🏽
Lyrics - Walking in the Air - Song by Howard Blake - - - - - We're walking in the air - We're floating in the moonlit sky - The people far below are sleeping as we fly - I'm holding very tight - I'm riding in the midnight blue - I'm finding I can fly so high above with you - Far across the world - The villages go by like dreams - The rivers and the hills - The forests and the streams - Children gaze open mouth - Taken by surprise - Nobody down below believes their eyes - We're surfing in the air - We're swimming in the frozen sky - We're drifting over icy - Mountains floating by - Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep - Arousing of a mighty monster from its sleep - We're walking in the air - We're dancing in the midnight sky - And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly - - - - Songwriters: Howard David Blake - Available on - iHeartRadio - Spotify - UA-cam Music - Artist: Howard Blake - Album: The Snowman - Released: 1983 - Genres: Children's music, Pop - Other recordings of this song - Walking In The Air - André Rieu · 2012 - Walking In the Air - Aled Jones · 1985 - Walking in the Air - Celtic Woman · 2011 - -
12 year’s later this man is still my hero genius xxxx❤😊
Thank you so much for posting Channel 4.
What a miserable old man. Great books and stories but I wouldn’t want a conversation with him. Would need to phone the Samaritans afterwards!
I don't see anything miserable about him, quite the opposite.
And yet you're the one posting a miserable comment about an amazing talent whose laces you're not fit to tie.
@@Fangornmmc How about shopping at Oxfam !!!I have friends who shop there and own three properties complete frauds.
Ha ha! He's just as lovely as Roald D. and good old Dr Seuss. I don't think P.L.Travers was all that sweet or even Beatrix Potter. It's just how it goes. The personality of the author doesn't always translate to the books they create. Many are introverts and shy and some are just plain grumpy. And he's British as well, so a lot less sentimental than Americans. The magic of this story is that he didn't try to be Christmassy or sentimental, it all came wonderfully organic, it's not forced as some stories are. British people are wonderfully quirky and true to themselves and original. And I'm saying this as a non-British person.