Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world--now a Emmy Award-winning Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy Nicholas Hoult and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years Richard Adams s Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England s Downs a once idyllic rural landscape this stirring tale of adventure courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.