{"id":2000104284,"date":"2026-03-05T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000104284"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:47:43","slug":"michael-sheen-narrates-new-climate-change-film-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/michael-sheen-narrates-new-climate-change-film-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Sheen narrates new climate change film for schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

According to BBC, the five-minute film, launching on Thursday, was filmed on a rewilded farm at the Westacre Estate<\/strong> near King\u2019s Lynn in Norfolk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Norfolk playwright Emma-Louise Howell<\/strong>, the script was created in collaboration with young farmers. It explores why people often talk about the weather but avoid discussions about climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howell said the farmers she spoke to are directly affected by shifting climates, adjusting daily to changes rather than seeing it as a distant concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film features young Norfolk actor Hemi Grimsby<\/strong>, Ben Mansfield<\/strong> of Primeval<\/em>, and Florence Wright<\/strong> from The Flash<\/em>. Environmental group Climate Majority Project<\/strong> hopes it will help pupils and teachers speak \u201chonestly and sensitively\u201d about climate issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Howell described working with Sheen, known for Good Omens<\/em> and The Twilight Saga<\/em>, as a dream come true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Harry Tomlin<\/strong> added that the Norfolk landscape provided the perfect backdrop, presenting the story through a child\u2019s perspective in a gritty folk-horror style<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the film offers an accessible, engaging way to start climate conversations without feeling didactic or patronising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Renowned Actor born in Newport, Wales, Michael Sheen has narrated a new short film, You Told Us To Talk About the Weather, designed to help schools discuss climate change more openly.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000104288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000104284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000104288,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bnm.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Renowned Actor born in Newport, Wales, Michael Sheen has narrated a new short film.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bnm.jpg","width":150,"height":84},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bnm.jpg","width":300,"height":169},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bnm.jpg","width":768,"height":432},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bnm.jpg","width":1024,"height":576},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bnm.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000104284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000104291,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000104284\/revisions\/2000104291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000104288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000104284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000104284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000104284"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000104284"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000104284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}