6
60 min
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Peter Lord | Self | Unowned |
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David Sproxton | Self | Unowned |
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Walter R. Booth | Self (archive Footage) | Unowned |
| Jez Stewart | Self | Unowned | |
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Walt Disney | Self (archive Footage) | Unowned |
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Len Lye | Self (archive Photos) | Unowned |
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Osbert Parker | Self | Unowned |
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Lotte Reiniger | Self (archive Photo) | Unowned |
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John Halas | Self (archive Photos) | Unowned |
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Joy Batchelor | Self (archive Photos) | Unowned |
| Louis De Rochemont | Self (archive Photo) | Unowned | |
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Bob Godfrey | Self (archive Photos) | Unowned |
| Stan Hayward | Self | Unowned | |
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Stanley Kubrick | Self (archive Footage) | Unowned |
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Joanna Quinn | Self | Unowned |
| Mike Mort | Self | Unowned | |
| Emma Calder | Self | Unowned | |
| Sarah Ann Kennedy | Self (Narrator) | Unowned |