A viewing of The Snowman is is a key a part of many individuals’s Christmas traditions. Raymond Briggs’ story of a younger boy who builds a snowman that involves life and takes him to the North Pole to satisfy Santa Claus is a traditional. It’s as important now as when it was first launched, again in 1982.
In 2012, the story was up to date with the equally good The Snowman and the Snowdog. On this stunning quick movie, one other boy strikes into the home in whose backyard the unique snowman was constructed. Discovering {a photograph} of the snowman, the boy builds him once more, and in addition makes a snow canine. After they come to life in a single day, the three of them journey collectively to satisfy Santa.
If you happen to’d wish to have a household viewing of each films, right here’s the right way to watch The Snowman, in addition to The Snowman and the Snowdog on-line, on TV or on any cell system – completely free.
And, in case you’re prone to face any Christmas trivia questions this yr, you would possibly win a spherical by remembering that Aled Jones doesn’t truly sing within the movie. His profession took off afterwards, in 1985, when he had successful along with his cowl of ‘Strolling within the Air’.
We predict that Channel 4 will broadcast these movies over Christmas, however on the time of writing, Channel 4’s on-line TV information solely takes us as much as 16 December. However there are different methods to observe the movies everytime you need.

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Stream The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog on-line
Fortunately, Channel 4 is right here to supply up each The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog, at no cost (with adverts, except you pay £3.99 a month/£39.99 per yr to ditch them as a part of Channel 4+ – there’s a 14-day free trial on provide in case you’re tempted).
If you wish to watch Channel 4 while you’re overseas, one of the best ways is to make use of a VPN (digital personal community), which can masks your true location. This additionally means you possibly can watch new episodes of Bake Off from the US and different international locations with out a delay.
We’ve acquired a step-by-step information on the right way to arrange and use a VPN to observe Channel 4. However in brief, there are a great deal of VPNs on the market. We managed to efficiently unblock the Channel 4 web site with NordVPN, which is thought for its reliability, pace and affordability – particularly in case you lock in for a multi-year plan.
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Neither movie is accessible to stream as a part of your Netflix, Now TV or Amazon Prime Video subscription. Nor are they accessible to hire from Prime. Netflix is displaying a movie that’s additionally named The Snowman, however it’s against the law thriller starring Michael Fassbender, so don’t put that on by chance.
Purchase The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog digitally
If you happen to’d like to purchase the movies, The Snowman and the Snowdog is available for purchase in HD from the Sky Retailer for £5.99. For even higher worth, you should purchase Sky Retailer’s Christmas Classics assortment, which incorporates The Snowman, The Snowman and the Snowdog, and Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas, all in HD for £4.99 (down from £8.99).
You probably have Apple TV, you should purchase The Snowman and the Snowdog for £4.99.
Purchase The Snowman & The Snowman and the Snowdog on DVD
If you happen to want a bodily copy, you possibly can choose up a DVD of each movies for simply £6.89 all in – and provides them as a Christmas present, or watch them everytime you’d like. Right here’s the place to purchase The Snowman movies on Amazon.
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