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Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

  • TV Short
  • 2021
  • TV-Y
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
3.7K
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Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else's present?
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Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes... Read allShaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else's present?Shaun's seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to get bigger stockings for the Flock inadvertently leads to Timmy going missing. Can Shaun get Timmy back before he becomes someone else's present?

  • Director
    • Steve Cox
  • Writers
    • Nick Park
    • Giles Pilbrow
    • Mark Burton
  • Stars
    • Justin Fletcher
    • John Sparkes
    • Laura Aikman
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steve Cox
    • Writers
      • Nick Park
      • Giles Pilbrow
      • Mark Burton
    • Stars
      • Justin Fletcher
      • John Sparkes
      • Laura Aikman
    • 22User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations total

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    Justin Fletcher
    Justin Fletcher
    • Shaun
    • (voice)
    John Sparkes
    • The Farmer
    • (voice)
    Laura Aikman
    Laura Aikman
    • Ella
    • (voice)
    Marcus Brigstocke
    Marcus Brigstocke
    • Farmer Ben
    • (voice)
    Kate Harbour
    Kate Harbour
    • Timmy's Mother
    • (voice)
    Anna Leong Brophy
    Anna Leong Brophy
      Simon Greenall
      • Additional Voices
      • (voice)
      Andy Nyman
      Andy Nyman
      • Additional Voices
      • (voice)
      Emma Tate
      • Additional Voices
      • (voice)
      Richard Webber
      Richard Webber
      • Additional Voices
      • (voice)
      • (as Rich Webber)
      • Director
        • Steve Cox
      • Writers
        • Nick Park
        • Giles Pilbrow
        • Mark Burton
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      9Prismark10

      Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

      I have always been a big Wallace & Gromit fan. I much preferred them to Shaun the Sheep who made his debut in a Wallace & Gromit adventure.

      This extended Christmas special is utterly charming with a lot of love, care and detail.

      It is Christmas and little Timmy has ended up going to the Christmas market with the Farmer.

      It is Shaun to the rescue but Timmy inadvertently becomes a present for a little girl.

      This is one that even adults will like. It reminded me a lot of Toy Story.

      I loved the reference to The Snowman.
      7CinemaSerf

      Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

      It's Christmas Eve and all was still - except, well it wasn't. The flock wanted bigger stockings and so the enthusiastic young "Timmy" has snuck out to procure some. Needless to say, these best laid plans don't quite work and so "Shaun" has to find a way of repatriating their lost sheep. Fortunately, the rather hapless farmer is going into town to try his hand at selling lemonade and so the germ of plan is devised that sees them rally round to rescue their pal before "Timmy" is, quite literally, presented gift-wrapped. Naturally, all of this has to be meticulously planned as their guardian sheep-dog "Bitzer" won't be playing along if he catches on. This is good fun, this, with plenty of silly antics in the snow, some exploding soft drinks and even them managing to interfere - in the friendliest possible way - with the work of Santa himself. The lack of dialogue allows the jolly score from Tom Howe to keep the pace rollicking along and the amiable and detailed stop-motion animation, especially of their facial expressions, all contribute enjoyably to a winter's tale that exudes all of the joys of Christmas, as well as it's hassles, and yes - of course there are gadgets.
      8stevebondi

      Another mini-stop-motion masterpiece! :-)

      Shaun is back with some Christmas mischief that makes you laugh and melts your heart! :-). I haven't seen Shaun lately, and I got a kick out of the sheep-like verbalizations they are now doing :-)
      10plan99

      Did I spot Harry and Meghan?

      The couple with the kid looked a bit like H&M, was this a coincidence I wonder? I love Shaun and all of his pals and have done for many years. The level of detail is astonishing and it takes about a day to film just a few seconds of screen time. It's so cleverly done that it takes a few watchings to notice all of the clever stuff going on. Suitable for all ages from 5 to 105.
      9Sleepin_Dragon

      The best Christmas show of 2021.

      Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Christmas 2021, arguably the worst year for Christmas telly that I can think of, nothing has gripped or excited me, or made me laugh. It comes to something when the best TV of Christmas 2021 is Shaun The Sheep, but there it is, this really was a Christmas delight, myself and family all loved it, we chuckled the whole way through, it was funny and entertaining, and unlike most shows this year, actually had a bit of meaning.

      Beautifully made, as always it looked incredible, but best of all, it was so funny, at the age of 41, watching with grown up kids, I was still able to love and enjoy this sheep show.

      A triumph 9/10.

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      • Trivia
        The rocket ship that Ella uses when chasing the sheep down the hallway is the rocket Wallace built in A Grand Day Out.
      • Connections
        Featured in 49th Annie Awards (2022)
      • Soundtracks
        Walking in the Air
        Written by Howard Blake

        Performed by Jack Howe

        Published by Chester Music Ltd

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      • Release date
        • December 3, 2021 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United Kingdom
      • Official site
        • Official website from this show
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • A Winter's Tale from Shaun the Sheep
      • Production company
        • Aardman Animations
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $2,027,525
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      • Runtime
        30 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Stereo
      • Aspect ratio
        • 16:9 HD

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