Michael Morpurgo
On ‘Profile’ this week - one of Britain’s most celebrated storytellers.
Michael Morpurgo has written 180 books over the past half century.
Over Christmas, he narrated a new BBC TV film adaptation of his 2014 children’s story ‘Mimi And The Mountain Dragon’.
Morpurgo is best known for ‘War Horse’ - a book about a horse bought by the British army to serve in the First World War and its young owner’s attempts to bring it home to safety.
Turned into a National Theatre play, then a Hollywood movie – it’s made him a household name.
Mark Coles hears from Morpurgo’s wife, brother, biographer and close…
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