Like a lot of classic books, Watership Down almost didn’t make it to print. After at least seven rejections, author Richard Adams, then 54 and a civil servant, was on the verge of self-publishing the ...

We examine the origins and legacy of the 51-year-old children's classic as it comes out in graphic novel form. The children's classic "Watership Down" has been turned into a movie, a play, a TV series ...

Not including Watership Down on my top-50 list was ‘unforgivable’, according to one reader. I stand by it - Allstar Picture Library/Alamy Nostalgic affection was not enough to convince me that ...

The children's classic Watership Down began life one summer's day in the mid-1960s. Richard Adams, an Oxford-educated civil servant, was taking his two young daughters on a drive through the British ...

There are few children’s movies that are as infamous for traumatizing viewers as Watership Down. The 1978 animated film based on the classic British novel by Richard Adams, while based on a community ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Everyone has those films from their childhood that they like to describe as "traumatizing: — films that terrified them or made them ...

It's easy to think of rabbits as sweet little fluffy, nose twitching creatures, that are all cuddly and adorable. But guys, have you read Watership Down? Those little furry beasts' lives are cray. And ...

The 1978 animated film Watership Down has been re-classified to a PG due to its "mild violence, threat, brief bloody images and bad language". The movie is among the classic titles to have had their ...

In 2016, Channel 5 ruined Easter Sunday for a whole load of British children by showing an animated film about bunny rabbits: Watership Down. In the middle of the afternoon, with roast lamb and Easter ...

An all-star voice cast from Britain brings the classic Richard Adams novel 'Watership Down' to life in a less scary but entertaining way for Netflix. By Tim Goodman Watership Down, the 1972 Richard ...