Radio's Jordan North voices animated film for beloved 'happy place' Burnley FC

North expressed his love for the club while appearing on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2020, revealing its ground was the “happy place”. Credit: ITV/PA Images

Radio DJ Jordan North has voiced an animated film for his beloved Burnley FC celebrating “the kindness of strangers” at Christmas.

Preston-based production company Route Nine Studios was commissioned by the Premier League side to create the animation titled One Small Act.

North, who co-hosts the BBC Radio 1 drivetime show, narrates the story of a young Burnley fan who leaves her favourite cuddly toy - of club mascot Bertie Bee - on a park bench where it is found by lonely pensioner Leslie, a fellow supporter of the club.

Leslie is invited to spend Christmas Day with the family and given a matchday ticket as a present.

It comes after Burnley welcomed fans back to Turf Moor in August with a similar animated film, titled Where We Belong.

North, 31, expressed his love for the club while appearing on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2020, revealing its ground was the “happy place” he visualised during the show’s gruelling challenges.

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He said: “I loved Burnley FC’s first animation which marked fans’ return to the stadium. It really captured what is going on at Turf Moor – what that feeling is all about – the family feel that the club has. And this Christmas film does that again.

“Burnley is a proper small town and people there are kind and ‘salt of the earth’ who will do anything for their friends and family – One Small Act encapsulates that, the kindness of strangers.

"It is a feel-good animation which reminds me why Burnley and Turf Moor really is my ‘happy place’."

Burnley FC chairman Alan Pace said: "As we celebrate this special time of year, we wanted to send our best Christmas wishes in this holiday season with a special message of how every act of kindness counts, even One Small Act.”

Teri Moran-Dawson, co-founder of Route Nine Studios, said: "We were so excited to work on the first film so it’s a real treat to be asked to make a second, especially one that celebrates Christmas. We hope the story and characters find a special place in the hearts of fans.”

Music for the animation was created by Sylvia Navarro of Bleeding Fingers Music, the collective co-founded by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer.