The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) The Wind in the Willows (1996 film) The Wind in the Willows (released in the United States as Mr Toad's Wild Ride) is a 1996 British children's comedy film written and directed by Terry Jones, and produced by Jake Eberts and John Goldstone. The film stars Steve Coogan, Eric Idle and Terry Jones. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 18 October 1996. The film is based on Kenneth Grahame's novel "The Wind in the Willows". Mole's underground home is destroyed when the meadow above is bulldozed by the Weasels. Mr Toad, had sold the land to finance
Neil Griffiths (novelist) Neil Griffiths (novelist) Neil Griffiths is a British novelist, and the founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses. He is the winner of the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and has been shortlisted for best novel in the Costa Book Awards. Neil Griffiths was born in south London, and grew up in "various places in the South East of England". Griffiths has worked in television, and has written for BBC Radio 4. His first novel, "Betrayal in Naples", won the Authors' Club First Novel Award, and "Saving Caravaggio" was shortlisted for the best novel in the Costa