Peter and Wendy, Boxing Day, ITV: Stanley Tucci as Hook, Paloma Faith as Tinkerbell and everything else you need to know | London Evening Standard

Peter and Wendy, Boxing Day, ITV: Stanley Tucci as Hook, Paloma Faith as Tinkerbell and everything else you need to knowRe-telling a classic: Peter and Wendy is on Boxing Day on ITVITV

There have been dozens of film, TV and stage adaptions of the Peter Pan story.

But on Boxing Day, ITV’s very modern version will bring the classic tale to life in a completely different way.

Adrian Hodges’ two-hour epic – aimed and children and adults alike – stars Stanley Tucci and Paloma Faith and has a heart-warming message at its core.

Here’s everything you need to know:

Classic story: Wendy, Peter Pan and Hook return on Boxing DayITV

1. What’s different?

Peter and Wendy opens with the story of 12-year-old Lucy, who is in Great Ormond Street Hospital for a heart operation.

After finding a first edition of J.M Barrie’s fairy-tale in the hospital library, Lucy begins to read it aloud to the other sick children the day before she is due to have surgery.

When she goes to sleep that night, Lucy is transported to Neverland.

2. Who’s in it?

Hazel Doupe plays Lucy and Laura Fraser her worried mother, before they both transform into Wendy and Mrs Darling.

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Oscar-nominated American actor Stanley Tucci switches between the roles of Lucy’s surgeon and Captain Hook.

Zak Sutcliffe is Peter Pan and pop star Paloma Faith tries her hand at acting as Tinkerbell.

3. When can I watch it?

Watch Peter and Wendy on ITV at 8pm on Boxing Day.