Look at granny’s recipe for cabbage cake. Can you create a recipe for something that tastes much nicer? David Walliams says: “It is a thrill to revisit these characters in a brand new story. I hope families are going to love this comedy adventure story. A huge thank you to the BBC for making it happen.” Gangsta Granny Strikes Again! is a hilarious and wonderfully entertaining adventure, featuring many of the much-loved characters from the original cast... Previously by David Walliams: The Boy in the Dress Mr Stink Billionaire Boy Gangsta Granny Ratburger Demon Dentist Awful Auntie Grandpa's Great Escape The World's Worst Children The Midnight Gang Also available in Picture Book: The Slightly Annoying Elephant The First Hippo on the Moon The Queen's Orang-utan The Bear Who Went Boo! There's a Snake in My School! •

You may then choose to provide children with the ready-made word mats to help them to complete the planning sheets provided. From there, they should have all they need to write powerful and effective Gangsta Granny character descriptions. Patricia Hidalgo, Director BBC Children’s and Education, says: “I can’t imagine a more perfect film for families to sit down and watch together. This adventurous tale will appeal to all generations young and old.”

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Gangsta Granny is a British comedy- drama television film based on David Walliams' 2011 children's comedy fiction book of the same name. The adaptation is by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley. The first broadcast was on BBC One on 26 December 2013 at 6.05 PM. A sequel was released in December 2022, with an almost entirely different cast. How might granny be feeling when she hears Ben tell his parents that he doesn’t want to stay with her? Think of different words to describe her emotions. Draw a picture of how granny’s face might look at that time.

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Whether you’re looking for fun activities to do at home with your children or in school with your class, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve teamed up with Harper Collins to bring you a range of fantastic ready-made activities themed around the book ‘Gangsta Granny’, written by David Walliams. Here are just a few that we think you’ll enjoy: Find out what might happen to your teeth if you only pretended to brush them as Ben does in the story. I play Linda, and when I’m in full costume it’s hard not to speak as her in a full Essex accent. She is the mother of Ben, our lead character, and daughter-in-law of Granny, married to Mike, David Walliams. The only person in the company that I’ve worked with before is the lovely Joanna Lumley, who really is a bit of a national treasure, on and off screen – a very nice woman. We met before on an episode of Marple, which was a treat. Then to meet David and Miranda was just fantastic. I think it’s a very clever script. Gangsta Granny is really in the boy’s [Ben's] head, it’s in his imagination. She fires his imagination, but he wants an interesting granny, and grannies don’t always show their hands. There are hidden depths. I’ve always wished I had hidden depths – I’ve been looking for them for years!