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Channel 4 is set to broadcast a 30-minute animation based on Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s bestselling picture book We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. The channel’s chief executive officer Jay Hunt and head of drama Piers Wenger commissioined the programme, striking a deal with Walker Productions’ Helen McAleer and Julia Posen, both of whom will act as executive producers on the show. The show will be produced by Lupus Films, who made the TV show 'The Snowman and The Snowdog', and directed by Joanna Harrison and Robin Shaw. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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