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New Hobbies

After winning the award in 2003 with 'Hobbies', Nick Mackie and Pete Avery spent part of 2004 developing 6 new animations on the same theme, which were broadcast on BBC THREE in March 2005. At the end of 2005 'Hobbies' picked up the prestigious Royal Television Society West Award for Best Network Animation.

 

Stick Insects Breeding Stick Insects

A stick insect collector who finds his hobby heavenly, particularly if the twig-like creatures crawl over his body !
Warning: contains references of an adult nature.

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Clairvoyant Clairvoyant

With a little help from psychic sidekick 'little brown running bear', clairvoyance is his hobby and watch out for the seafood!

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Record Collecting Record Collecting

CDs are sick! He's a vinyl man with a groovy hobby and a strange sheepdog which helps him to sell records!

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Join the TA Join the TA

A hobby with a bang! He does gun noises, rockets exploding and shows his men how to build a foxhole only to get buried up to the neck in it.

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Test Tubes Test Tubes

His hobby is inventing. A strap-on toilet for dogs, a self knotting 'kerchief and a disastrous gravy.
Warning: contains references of an adult nature.

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A Big Red Bus A Big Red Bus

Wolfgang, the star of the 2004 award winning Hobbies, returns. The bus collector with a love of eggnog and a diorama of Croydon does a Sean Connery and M impersonation.

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Hobbies Hobbies 2003

The original animation that won Nick and Peter the 2003 award and introduced the world to 'Wolfie', his bus collection and put Croydon on the map in his living room.

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