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The Snowman is a children's book without words by English author Raymond Briggs , first published in 1978 by Hamish Hamilton in the U.K., and by Random House in the U.S. that November. In the U.S. it received a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1979.
The Snowman was adapted as a 26-minute animated film by Dianne Jackson for the fledgling British public-service Channel 4 . It was first telecast late on Christmas Eve in 1982 and was an immediate success. It was was nominated for the 1982 Academy Award for Animated Short Film and it has been shown every year, becoming part of British and international popular culture at Christmas .
The film story is told through pictures, action and music, scored by Howard Blake . It is wordless like the book, except for the song "Walking in the Air ". In addition to the orchestral score, performed in the film by the Sinfonia of London , Blake composed the music and lyrics of the song, performed by a St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty .
The film ranks 71 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes , a year 2000 list drawn up by the British Film Institute , based on a vote by industry professionals. It was voted number 4 in UKTV Gold 's Greatest TV Christmas Moments .

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