Mr Hoppy lives a quiet retiree's life, tending to his balcony garden, pottering to the shops and back and secretly being passionately, hopelessly in love with his downstairs neighbour, Mrs Silver.
From their first meeting in a cramped lift he was utterly captivated by her sparkle and warmth, and he regularly fails to tell her this during their neighbourly chats over the balcony.
When he finds she is distraught that her beloved tortoise, Alfie, doesn't appear to be growing, Mr Hoppy spots a chance to make his true love happy, and maybe even get closer to her in the process.
But when Mr Pringle, another neighbour, sets his more lascivious sights on Mrs Silver, Mr Hoppy's world crumbles. Stoically, he continues with his cunning plan to make Alfie miraculously grow and finally wins his way into Mrs Silver's heart – only to find he had been there all the while.
Based on the children's novel by Roald Dahl and written by Richard Curtis, the film stars Dustin Hoffman, Judi Dench and Richard Cordery, with narration by James Corden.
| CHANNEL |
e.tv |
| PREMIERE |
30 December 2017 |
| TIMESLOT |
Saturday, 16h10 |
| REPEATS |
None |