Mums across the UK were given a piece of good news that is sure to add a bit of sparkle to their New Year’s celebrations.

Tom Hardy is going to be reading the CBeebies Bedtime Story on New Year’s Eve!!

CBeebies shared the great news on their Facebook page, which saw many mums and grandmas sharing their excited comments at the prospect of having 39 year old Hardy read to them, ahem, I mean their kids.

One excited mum said: “Three long years of upsy daisy and igle pigle,  this is the best news i have had !… what should i wear ?…how long do we have ?…the child will have to be very quiet at this story time….its a special one…”

Another commented: “This is enough to make me forgive you for Mr Tumbles Christmas Album.”

One grandmas with a sense of humour wrote: “In the interest of my Grand children (sic) I must watch this and Record it only to make sure it is suitable for them I’m sure all you young Mummy’s understand . I’m just being a concerned Nana lol lol xx”

“And ladies don’t forget even if your “kids” are like 27 they are still your babies so it would be wrong to miss this ….right,” another said.

Hardy is a Hollywood actor famous for his roles in Inception, Mad Max, The Dark Knight Rises and The Revenant , has always been a bit of a heartthrob with the ladies! But now that he’ll be reading to the kids he will no doubt give us yet another reason to love him even more!

Hardy will be starring on CBeebies on New Year’s Eve, reading You Must Bring a Hat, by Simon Philip and Kate Hindley.

Other CBeebies Bedtime Stories over Christmas and the New Year will be read by Isla Fisher, Maureen Lipman, Justin Fletcher, Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes.

CBeebies Bedtime Stories is on CBeebies every day at 6.50pm.

We can’t wait! Can you?

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