The Wind in the Willows (TV series) The Wind in the Willows (TV series) The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1988, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story "The Wind in the Willows" and following the 1983 film "The Wind in the Willows". The series took place where the film left off and the original voice cast members; David Jason, Richard Pearson and Michael Hordern returned. However Ian Carmichael who had previously voiced Rat in the film was now cast as the narrator and Rat's voice was replaced by Peter Sallis. It was made by animation
The Willows (story) The Willows (story) "The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection "The Listener and Other Stories". It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird fiction. Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the River Danube. Throughout the story, Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment —river, sun,