He finds it boring and repetitive as his Granny always feeds him cabbage-related dishes, most commonly cabbage soup and cabbage chocolate, and they are constantly playing Scrabble, plus her television hasn't been working since the 1990s. A hilarious and moving story of old age, adventure, stolen jewels and swimming the Thames, from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. In 2008 David’s first children’s book The Boy in the Dress was published, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

She was a cabbage enthusiast, a Scrabble partner… and an international jewel thief known as The Black Cat.From the acclaimed producers of Billionaire Boy and Awful Auntie comes a brand new tour of the award-winning production of this amazing story by David Walliams. Until one day, when Ben's grandma tells him a story that she was once an international jewel thief, and together they go on a wild adventure to complete the one heist she never quite managed in her criminal heyday - which brings them face-to-face with Her Majesty The Queen, played by Joanna Lumley ( Absolutely Fabulous).

No, not just an interest, but they wish he’d turn a contestant and conquer the dancing world on both sides of the pond. Granny who might look like your typical grandma turns out surprising in her own way, though what she really wants in life is no different from others in her place.In this one some bits, which could be described I guess as “toilet humour” (using a term I don’t like) was what I was put off by but this wasn’t too prominent in the book. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David's previous bestsellers.

Join David Walliams on this deeply moving and hilarious adventure, which has been enjoyed by young and old for over a decade. But what Ben doesn’t know is that Granny has a secret – and Friday nights are about to get more exciting than he could ever imagine, as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with his very own Gangsta Granny! Read all Ben is getting to life without his Gran, and although it's a year since she died, the memories of their Crown Jewel heist are fresh in his mind. Gangsta Granny is a British comedy-drama television film based on David Walliams' 2011 children's comedy fiction book of the same name.World-famous treasures are stolen in the dead of night and the clues point to none other than The Black Cat?

Adaptation of David Walliams's children's book about a schoolboy who doesn't realise his grandma was once an international jewel thief. Once inside the White Tower, the duo is met by Queen Elizabeth II (played by Joanna Lumley), who pardons them, in keeping with tradition, as the last person to attempt to steal the Crown Jewels was also pardoned.Since the publication of his ground-breaking first novel, The Boy in the Dress (2008), Walliams has seen unprecedented growth with global sales exceeding 40 million copies, and his books translated into 53 languages. The character of a young boy named Ben, is acclaimed to be a hero, who is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay over at his Grandma’s house… But she is the most boring Grandma there can be. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.