it used a classical music-influenced soundtrack by wallace & gromit composer julian nott. narration on the uk releases of the programme, entitled "the very hungry caterpillar and other stories", was performed by roger mcgough and juliet stevenson, this version was briefly released in the us in the same year by scholastic before on 5 august 1995, disney released a us dub of the video, with narration by brian cummings and linda gary. subsequent to that adaptation, the film and tv rights were sold for £1 million.