Film
Secrets of British Animation
United Kingdom- Age rating
- 12A
- Director
- Sebastian Barfield
- Year
- 2018
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.
Top cast
Peter Lord
Self
David Sproxton
Self
Walter R. Booth
Self (archive Footage)
Jez Stewart
Self
Walt Disney
Self (archive Footage)
Len Lye
Self (archive Photos)
Osbert Parker
Self
Lotte Reiniger
Self (archive Photo)
John Halas
Self (archive Photos)
Joy Batchelor
Self (archive Photos)
Louis De Rochemont
Self (archive Photo)
Bob Godfrey
Self (archive Photos)
Stan Hayward
Self
Stanley Kubrick
Self (archive Footage)
Joanna Quinn
Self
Mike Mort
Self
Emma Calder
Self
Sarah Ann Kennedy
Self (Narrator)
Directed by
Sebastian Barfield
Produced by
Sebastian Barfield
