The Wind in the Willows is a 2006 live-action television adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's classic novel The Wind in the Willows. It was a joint production of the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and starred Matt Lucas , Bob Hoskins , Mark Gatiss , and Lee Ingleby . Rachel Talalay directed. It debuted in Canada on CBC Television on December 18, 2006, in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on January 1, 2007, in the U.S. on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre on April 8, 2007 and in Australia on ABC TV on December 23, 2007. It was filmed on location in Bucharest, Romania. Though the novel is... considered children's literature, critics noted that this adaptation might not be appropriate for young children; Ginia Bellafante wrote in The New York Times that it "is ultimately too jaunty to be considered 100 percent safe for someone over 10", and David Knox thought it "may well alienate children". However, Variety's Brian Lowry said that its appeal "should run the demographic gamut for PBS, from Sesame Street to Bleak House." Critics praised Matt Lucas's portrayal of Mr. Toad. "In ordinary life Mr.
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