--- title: Watch Tom Hardy's Bedtime Story YouTube VIDEO description: 'Taboo' actor Tom Hardy gave the world a Valentine's gift that keeps on giving by reading a bedtime story for a BBC children's show. canonical: https://time.com/4671892/tom-hardy-bedtime-story/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-15T18:06:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:09.717Z og:title: The Internet Went Wild for Tom Hardy's Latest Bedtime Story og:description: The Valentine's gift that keeps on giving moms and kids alike og:url: https://time.com/4671892/tom-hardy-bedtime-story/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Went Wild for Tom Hardy's Latest Bedtime Story twitter:description: The Valentine's gift that keeps on giving moms and kids alike twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Internet Really Lost It Over Tom Hardy Reading Bedtime Stories > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 15, 2017 6:06 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 15, 2017 6:06 PM UTC The BBC delivered a special gift to parents on Valentine’s Day: a video of [roguish _Taboo_ actor Tom Hardy](http://time.com/4504868/taboo-tom-hardy-video/?iid=sr-link6) taking a break from playing a violent gangster or [action villain](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/16/times-review-of-the-dark-knight-rises-to-the-depths-to-the-heights/?iid=sr-link3), and instead putting on a soothing voice to read a children’s [bedtime story](http://people.com/movies/tom-hardy-bedtime-story-read/) alongside his dog, Woody. The teaser video itself caused an uproar when it debuted online, with Hardy gently imploring viewers to “get yourself tucked up.” > [](https://twitter.com/CBeebiesHQ/status/831568961099608064) And the reactions to the bedtime story’s debut proved that Hardy’s subtle charms are highly motivating, especially for women. > [](https://twitter.com/notgavin/status/831815861405118464) > [](https://twitter.com/meandthebebes/status/831576584893112321) > [](https://twitter.com/MarriedtoaGeek1/status/831297492188790788) > [](https://twitter.com/ciderlass/status/831579837009633281) > [](https://twitter.com/JoyDenham/status/831628850144632834) > [](https://twitter.com/IMAwlEarsTT/status/831578616379097090) Due to rights reasons, U.S. viewers aren’t able to watch the BBC segment, which isn’t sitting well with Hardy fans. > [](https://twitter.com/alliemackay/status/831590277961822208) > [](https://twitter.com/spursgurl/status/831735186333237248) For those who _do_ have access to the BBC, the good news is that [this is Tom Hardy’s second time reading](http://people.com/movies/tom-hardy-bedtime-story-read/) a story—and, based on the wildly positive feedback from fans young and old, perhaps it won’t be his last. In the meantime, one woman filmed herself watching the story on Valentine’s evening, which gives us all a peek at the pleasures of Hardy’s calming recitation of _The Cloudspotter_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4671892/tom-hardy-bedtime-story/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4671892/tom-hardy-bedtime-story/"},"headline":"The Internet Really Lost It Over Tom Hardy Reading Bedtime Stories","datePublished":"2017-02-15T18:06:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:09.717Z","description":"It's a story that kids and moms can be equally excited about.","url":"https://time.com/4671892/tom-hardy-bedtime-story/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4671892/tom-hardy-bedtime-story/","name":"The Internet Really Lost It Over Tom Hardy Reading Bedtime Stories"}}]}] ```