Secrets of British Animation

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.

Director: Sebastian Barfield

Cast

Peter Lord David Sproxton Walter R. Booth Jez Stewart Walt Disney Len Lye Osbert Parker Lotte Reiniger

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