A Tale Of Two Toads

A Tale of Two Toads
Written by	Brian Trueman
Starring	David Jason Richard Pearson Peter Sallis Michael Hordern Brian Trueman Jimmy Hibbert
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	60mins
Release
Original network	ITV Network (CITV)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Wind in the Willows (1983 film) The Wind in the Willows
Followed by	Oh, Mr. Toad

A Tale of Two Toads is a 1989 hour-long feature from the 1980s stop motion animation series The Wind in the Willows. The film was animated by Cosgrove Hall and broadcast on CITV. A further season of 13 episodes was shown under the title, Oh, Mr. Toad in some countries, whilst retaining the title The Wind in the Willows in others.

The Chief Weasel discovers that Toad has a double: an actor, impersonator and con artist (in short, someone after his own heart) called Isambard Beerbohm Toad. Together, they form a plan which involves the kidnapping of the real Toad and the acquisition of Toad Hall, all without the riverbankers noticing. Once this is done, Isambard continues to play the role of Toad in public, having perfected his voice and mannerisms. However, Badger, Rat and Mole cannot help noticing some slight oddities about their friend, particularly when he spreads slanderous remarks that the three have supposedly made about each other. Then, as if that were not strange enough, Toad breaks off his friendship with them, in favour of the weasels who are now sharing the Hall. Eventually, Badger’s keen observation leads them to realise the truth, and they must now rescue the real Toad before the weasels put an even more audacious plan into action and Toad becomes the weasel's slave forever.

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