BBC Three were offering new animators a chance to join a select band of the funniest, most imaginative up and coming animators in the country for a brand new sketch show pilot entitled "FAO3" which is due for broadcast in 2007.

We wanted anyone who had the ability to produce short, snappy, silly sketches that capture the imagination and, more importantly, make people laugh.

The sketches that make it into the final show were paid for at a rate of £15 per second used.

Anyone 18 years old, or over, who had never had a director's credit on a previously broadcast animation could apply.