| Director: | Diarmuid Lawrence |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Runtime: | 120 minutes |
| Company: | Headline Pictures |
| Network: | ITV |
Peter and Wendy is a 2015 television film made for ITV in the United Kingdom.[1] It was written by Adrian Hodges, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and produced by Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute, Headline Pictures.
The film is based on the story of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie, blending it with an original narrative set in the present day. The film draws a connection between the stories of Barrie and the real life Great Ormond Street Hospital, echoing sentiments shared by Barrie himself, who left all the rights to Peter Pan to the hospital in 1929, a few years before his death.
It was first broadcast on 26 December 2015.
Lucy Rose is a teenage girl with a heart condition who is awaiting risky surgery that would save her life. Late in the night before her operation she is allowed to be given an original first edition copy of Peter Pan by a staff member from within the stored confines of the museum dedicated to James Matthew Barrie. Then after reading it to a group of child patients dreams she is Wendy, her fellow child patients are Lost Boys and the Darling brothers who then are all taken along with her by Peter Pan to Neverland during which they meet Tiger Lily and battle pirates led by Captain Hook. [2]
The film won an International Emmy in 2016, and a Special Award for Best Director at the Parma Film Music Festival in 2016.
The film was generally well received by critics.[3] [4]