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{{short description|1995 television film directed by Ian Toynton}}
{{Infobox television
| image              = Annie A Royal Adventure cover.jpg
| image_size         = 240
| image_alt          = A young red-haired girl dangles happily on the corner of a double-decker bus, her right hand holding at one of the passenger handles as her dog pants by the lower-left side, with the Houses of Parliament and a partly-visible Big Ben in the background.
| caption            =
| genre              = Family<br>Musical
| creator            = 
| based_on           = 
| writer             = Trish Soodik
| screenplay         = 
| story              = 
| director           = [[Ian Toynton]]
| starring           = [[Ashley Johnson (actress)|Ashley Johnson]]<br>[[Joan Collins]]<br>[[George Hearn]]
| narrated           = 
| music              = [[David Michael Frank]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| num_episodes       = 
| executive_producer = Wendy Dytman<br>Ruth Slawson
| producer           = 
| location           = [[London]]
| editor             = [[James Galloway (film editor)|James Galloway]]
| cinematography     = [[Alan Hume]]
| runtime            = 94 minutes
| company            = [[Ray Stark|Rastar Television]]<br>[[TriStar Television]]
| budget             = 
| network            = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
| released           = {{Start date|1995|11|18}}
}}

'''''Annie: A Royal Adventure!''''' (also known as '''''Annie 2''''' or '''''Annie 2: A Royal Adventure!''''') is a 1995 American [[comedy film]] and the sequel to the 1982 theatrical film ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]''. It was released as a [[television film]] on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the United States on November 18, 1995. The film has no songs apart from a reprise of "[[Tomorrow (1977 song)|Tomorrow]]" sung at the end of the film, immediately after Daddy Warbucks is knighted.

None of the cast members from the previous film appear in this sequel. Annie, Daddy Warbucks, Molly, Punjab, Asp, Sandy, and Miss Hannigan are the only characters from the original to appear in this film. Grace, Rooster, Lilly and Mrs. Pugh are not in the sequel. Many of the original cast had either moved on to other projects or were too old for the sequel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19951118&slug=2153219|title='Annie' Is Back, This Time In London &#124; The Seattle Times|website=Archive.seattletimes.com|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111231253/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19951118&slug=2153219|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
A year after the 1982 film, twelve year old Annie Warbucks ([[Ashley Johnson (actress)|Ashley Johnson]]), Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks ([[George Hearn]]), their dog Sandy, Annie's new friend Hannah ([[Emily Ann Lloyd]]), an eccentric scientist ([[Ian McDiarmid]]), and Annie's old friend Molly ([[Camilla Belle]]) (who is still an orphan but gets adopted by the Webb family in the end), travel to Britain, where Warbucks is to be knighted by His Majesty the King. However, the kids and their new English friend Michael Webb ([[George Wood (actor)|George Wood]]) get mixed up in the scheme of an evil noblewoman known as Lady Edwina Hogbottom ([[Joan Collins]]) to blow up [[Buckingham Palace]] while all the heirs to the throne are present for Daddy Warbucks' knighting.

==Cast==
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* [[Ashley Johnson (actress)|Ashley Johnson]] as [[Little Orphan Annie|Annie Warbucks]]
* [[Joan Collins]] as Lady Edwina Hogbottom
* [[George Hearn]] as [[Daddy Warbucks|Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks]]
* [[Ian McDiarmid]] as Dr. Eli Eon
* [[Emily Ann Lloyd]] as Hannah
* [[Camilla Belle]] as Molly
* [[Crispin Bonham-Carter]] as Rupert Hogbottom
* [[Perry Benson]] as Mean Murphy Knuckles
* Antony Zaki as Punjab
* David Tse as Asp
* Jayne Ashbourne as Charity
* [[Carol Cleveland]] as Miss Hannigan
* [[George Wood (actor)|George Wood]] as Michael Webb
* Buffy Davis as Mrs. Webb
* [[Ian Redford (actor)|Ian Redford]] as David Webb
* [[Timothy Bateson]] as Derwood
* Deborah MacLaren as Madame Charlotte
* [[Ann Morrish]] as Mrs. Fowler
* David King as [[Winston Churchill]]
* [[Tim Seely]] as [[George VI of the United Kingdom ]]
* Roger Bizley as Captain Thomas
* [[Mary Kay Bergman]] as Miss Hannigan / British children / New York children / additional voices (voice)
* Sam Mancuso as Newspaper Seller
* [[Sam Stockman]] as James
* [[Edward Highmore]] as Hotel Clerk
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==Reception==
The film received a mixed reception from critics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/18/arts/television-review-annie-and-daddy-warbucks-go-to-london.html|title=TELEVISION REVIEW;Annie and Daddy Warbucks Go to London|first=John J.|last=O'Connor|date=18 November 1995|access-date=12 November 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111233116/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/18/arts/television-review-annie-and-daddy-warbucks-go-to-london.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/annie-a-royal-adventure-1200443874/|title=Annie: A Royal Adventure|first=Carole|last=Horst|website=Variety.com|date=13 November 1995|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111232421/https://variety.com/1995/tv/reviews/annie-a-royal-adventure-1200443874/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Home media==
The film was released on VHS on November 14, 1995, and Region 1 and 2 DVD in 2004 and contained no special features, only a subtitle selection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/12117|title=DVD Talk|website=Dvdtalk.com|access-date=12 November 2021|archive-date=11 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111232532/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/review/12117|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0112374|title=Annie: A Royal Adventure}}
* {{allMovie title|id=234658|title=Annie: A Royal Adventure}}

{{Little Orphan Annie}}

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