THE CHILDREN'S PARTY AT THE PALACE

THE OFFICIAL SITE OF ANTHONY HEAD

Children's Party at the Palace
UK Television appearance
Character: Captain Hook
Original air date: June 25, 2006
Network: BBC 1
Summary: Captain Hook (Anthony) and other assorted 'baddies' from British children's literature conspire to ruin the Children's Party at the Palace, being held in honour of the Queen's 80th birthday at Buckingham Palace.

The Children's Party at the Palace was an event held at Buckingham Palace on June 25, 2006, in honour of the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The event, which had the theme British children's literature, was attended by 2,000 children and 1,000 adults who were chosen through a national ballot. For the occasion, the palace grounds were transformed into scenes from children's books including places like the Hundred Acre Wood. The grounds also had an author's corner where authors like J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Eric Hill and Raymond Briggs read from their books.

The main event was a play called "The Queen's Handbag", which was performed on a stage resembling Buckingham Palace and broadcast live on both BBC1 and the CBBC channel.

In the play, the baddies of children's literature were angry to find out none of them had been invited to the party, so they decided to ruin the party for the goodies too. After multiple failed attempts, one of them manages to steal the Queen's handbag. Without its contents, her reading glasses, the Queen won't be able to deliver her closing speech.