Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe


Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe is a 2016 standalone British Christmas television film based on the Hank Zipzer series of books by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver and the TV series of the same name airing on CBBC. The film aired on CBBC on 12 December 2016. It is written by Joe Williams and Debbie Isitt and directed by Matt Bloom. The film is produced by Kindle Entertainment in association with Walker Productions and DHX Media with support from Screen Yorkshire's Yorkshire Content Fund. It is the fourth movie based on a CBBC programme after ', Shaun the Sheep Movie, and '. It is also the second movie based on a CBBC show, which has not been released in cinemas and only shown on TV after .

Plot

It is Christmas and the Zipzer family are preparing for a new baby. Meanwhile, Mr. Rock's Rudolph the Rock 'n' Roll Reindeer is soon turned into a one-woman Christmas Carol by Miss Adolf. Mr. Joy hates Christmas and wants to cancel it altogether but Hank causes a Christmas catastrophe. His catastrophe leads to his friends being arrested, and a Christmas tree nearly gets plummeted into a crowd. But will everything go to plan before Hank's new baby brother is born?

Cast

Production

Production on Hank Zipzer's Christmas Catastrophe began on 26 July 2016 and ended on 18 August 2016. The film was commissioned by Cheryl Taylor, Controller of CBBC. The executive producers for the film are BBC's Amy Buscombe and Anne Brogan, the writers are Joe Williams and Debbie Isitt, who had written the three films of the Nativity series, and the director is Matt Bloom. It was first shown on 12 December 2016 on CBBC. This film hasn’t been released on DVD.