British actor Tom Hardy is returning to CBeebies Bedtime Stories for a special episode marking 75 years of the NHS. On Wednesday, July 5, the anniversary of the NHS, an episode will air of Hardy reading Zog And The Flying Doctors by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
CBeebies recorded six new stories with Hardy, who was filmed in his garden accompanied by his French bulldog Blue. Zog And The Flying Doctors follows Princess Pearl, Sir Gadabout and their trusty “air ambulance” Zog the dragon as they fly around and tend to a sunburnt mermaid, a distressed unicorn and a sneezing lion.
Author and former children’s laureate Donaldson wrote the story as a sequel to her first Zog book, about an accident-prone dragon who is learning to breathe fire. Donaldson has written many other children’s books including The Gruffalo, Room On The Broom and Tabby McTat.
