Watership Down (TV series) DVD box set of all three seasons was released in the UK. In Australia, Umbrella Entertainment released the series on DVD. Following the basic plot of the novel, "Watership Down" follows the lives of a group of rabbits as they leave their endangered warren in search of a safe new home. They travel across the English countryside, braving perilous danger, until they find a hill called Watership Down, where they begin a new warren. However, they are endangered by another warren, Efrafa, which is led by the authoritarian General Woundwort, and they are soon forced to defend their home and
Watership Down book. In April 2016 it was announced that the series would be a co-production between the BBC and Netflix, and would consist of four one-hour episodes. The series will have a budget of £20 million. The four episode mini-series will premiere on the BBC and Netflix on 23 December 2018, with the voice talents of James McAvoy as Hazel, John Boyega as Bigwig, and Ben Kingsley as General Woundwort. In 2006, "Watership Down" was again adapted for the stage, this time by Rona Munro. It ran at the Lyric Hammersmith in London. Directed by Melly Still, the cast included Matthew