ANIMATION NATION SHORTS
Monday 31 October - Monday 14 November 2005 (TBC)
Three nights of great British animation - from early propaganda films to the contemporary Angry Kid. While the line-up is largely confirmed, please note that there may be minor alterations.
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Monday 31 October 10pm-11pm Creature Comforts - Nick Park combines interviews with real people together with stop frame animation Wahala Kamot - British animator Dick Taylor's 1960s cult advert for Barclays in West Africa Automania 2000 - Halas and Batchelor take a futuristic 1960s look at life on the roads in the year 2000 Trouble - Tim Hope's music video for the Coldplay song Pan-Tele-Tron - Digby Turpin commercial that won a Bafta for its original take on telecommunications Colour Box - Pioneering Len Lye promotional film for the General Post Office (GPO) Charley Says... - "Falling in the Water" and "Teapots" - cult 1970s public information films by Richard Taylor Without Fear - Peter Sachs' personal vision of a united Europe, believed lost until found last year by BBC Four The Audition - pilot for BBC Bristol's Animated Conversations series by Bill Mather Full details of Animation Nation: Episode 1
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Monday 7 November 10pm-11pm Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit - Bob Godfrey demonstrates how to become a cartoonist Angry Kid - "Russian Roulette" and "Card Trick" episodes of Darren Walsh's series Long Drawn Out Trip - controversial film made by Gerald Scarfe in 1973 about a visit to America Alternative Fringe - funny and poignant look at the horror of the bad haircut by Candy Guard A is for Autism - each design in Tim Webb's film comes from a drawing by somebody with autism and people with the condition provide the narration Girls Night Out - Welsh housewife goes to a strip club with her friends, by Joanna Quinn Bob's Birthday - touching film about a dissatisfied middle aged man by Alison Snowdon and David Fine Full details of Animation Nation: Episode 2
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Monday 14 November 10pm-11pm The Magic Roundabout - "Ice Age" episode of the beloved animated series, voiced by Eric Thompson The Pogles - "King of the Fairies" - this episode of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's programme was deemed too scary for children by BBC commissioners The Balloon - the adventures of a girl's balloon, captured and tortured by a sinister 'child-catcher' in Ken Lidster's film The Clangers - "The Rock Collector" - an episode chosen specially for us by Oliver Postgate When Roobarb Made a Spike - the first episode of Bob Godfrey's surreal and anarchic Roobarb and Custard Captain Pugwash - John Ryan's simple animation combined with witty storylines The Sandman - atmospheric and bewitching film by Paul Berry, not suitable for younger viewers Full details of Animation Nation: Episode 3
