Raymond Brigg’s controversial film ‘The Snowman’ set to be banned by climate change activists. 

Set in Sussex in the southeast of England, the film’s hero, James, builds a flying snowman after a night of heavy snowfall over Sussex. The Snowman and James fly across the South Downs to Brighton before heading north to see the aurora borealis while partaking in various arctic shenanigans. The following morning a thaw sets in, reducing The Snowman to a small mound with a hat, scarf and assorted snowman-related bric-a-brac lying around.  

Climate activists, however, have condemned the film as unrealistic and outdated. 

“Our research estimates that building a snowman of that proportion in a typical Sussex garden would require a snowfall of at least 14 inches. Sussex hasn’t seen snow of this magnitude since February 1963. It’s ridiculous,” said one activist. 

 “Since the film was aired in 1982, the British climate has seen ever-decreasing snowfall totals, so the film gets more absurd with each passing year.” 

“We feel it should be stripped of its BAFTA and banned from our screens.” 

However, the angry activist did admit to “loving the music” and conceded she always cries at the end.