<P> All the rats' names derive from the words they have seen written on tins before they knew what the words meant, and they have called themselves whatever they thought sounded good . Pratchett puns on this, such as the doubting rat, who was called "Tomato" (as in Doubting Thomas). </P> <Ul> <Li> BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 90 - minute dramatisation in 2003, which was repeated on BBC 7 on June 2, 2007 and April 27, 2008 . The character of Dangerous Beans was voiced by David Tennant . Darktan's voice was a spoof version of Sean Connery's Scottish burr . The narrator in the adaptation was Maurice himself, describing to Dangerous Beans how they arrived at the perilous situation near the end of the plot . Quotes from Mr. Bunnsy Has an Adventure, which appear as chapter heads in the book, were read by Rebecca Norfolk, aged 8, who played "Child reader" in the BBC Radio 4 production . To mark the occasion of Terry Pratchett's knighthood, it was broadcast on BBC 7 again, along with other dramatizations of his work, in February 2009 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 90 - minute dramatisation in 2003, which was repeated on BBC 7 on June 2, 2007 and April 27, 2008 . The character of Dangerous Beans was voiced by David Tennant . Darktan's voice was a spoof version of Sean Connery's Scottish burr . The narrator in the adaptation was Maurice himself, describing to Dangerous Beans how they arrived at the perilous situation near the end of the plot . Quotes from Mr. Bunnsy Has an Adventure, which appear as chapter heads in the book, were read by Rebecca Norfolk, aged 8, who played "Child reader" in the BBC Radio 4 production . To mark the occasion of Terry Pratchett's knighthood, it was broadcast on BBC 7 again, along with other dramatizations of his work, in February 2009 . </Li>

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