He teamed up with The Snowman writer Raymond Briggs and persuaded Channel 4 to make it one of its first films.

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No sexual content. (We all know the difference between a snowman and a snow-woman, but, luckily, they never make an appearance.) Rated PG. 95 minutes.

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