Earlier this year, Hardy announced his return to the children’s television channel, this time reading The Cloudspotter by Tom McLaughlin.
Last New Year’s Eve, the actor appeared on the last CBeebies Bedtime Stories of 2016, reading You Must Bring a Hat, by Simon Philip and Kate Hindley, alongside his dog, Woody.
Having only appeared in Peaky Blinders and The Revenant in 2016, Hardy had a relatively quiet year.
Despite playing villainous characters such as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, both Kray twins in Legend, and John Fitzgerald in The Revenant, Tom Hardy has proven himself an excellent bedtime story teller.