Zog and the Flying Doctors (2020)

Pearl and Gadabout are now a flying doctor trio, caring for creatures including a mermaid, a unicorn and a sneezy lion. However when bad weather forces them to land at the palace, Pearl is locked up by her uncle, the king.Zog and the Flying Doctors is another book from Julia Donaldson given the animated treatment.Princess Pearl is a doctor who decides to forsake royal duties and look after the needs of the animals.She, Zog and Sir Gadabout fly about seek out animals in distress. A mermaid who has been sunburnt, a lion who has the flu and a unicorn with an extra horn. They are all dealt with by the trio.However Princess Pearl’s uncle, also a king, believes that a princess has no reason to be a doctor. He locks her up in the tower and give her more girly things to do.Then the king falls ill and turns orange. All the doctors in the kingdom cannot cure him but the princess comes up with a remedy.Another charming animation for all the family. It is a fairly simple story and is well animated. There is some subtext which plays around with the fairy tale tropes.