David Sproxton

Secrets of British Animation

Sebastian Barfield

Peter Lord, David Sproxton

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.

Peter Gabriel - So

George Scott

Peter Gabriel, George Acogny

This addition to the acclaimed & award winning Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So". It was Gabriel's fifth solo album and the first one to have a title (the others all having just been called "Peter Gabriel" ). The album spawned a number of hit singles on both sides of the Atlantic including "Sledgehammer", "Big Time", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Kate Bush) and "In Your Eyes" which drove "So" to multi-platinum sales, the No.1 spot in the UK and No.2 in the US. So was very much an album of the MTV generation and the distinctive videos for tracks like "Sledgehammer", "Red Rain", "Big Time" and "Don't Give Up" were key factors in the album's success.

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Richard Mears

Martin Freeman, David Tennant

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

Animation Outlaws

Kat Alioshin

Seth Green, Andrew Stanton

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.” Outside of Walt himself there are few people who have brought together and united more animators in the history of the genre than Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble, known to all as Spike & Mike. They created an animation festival that helped launch the careers of John Lasseter, Peter Lord, Will Vinton, Bill Plympton and Mike Judge to name just a few. Their Spike & Mike festival had an enormous impact on animation that was felt the world over. The festival was known as much for the breakthrough animation it presented as the outrageous antics of the founders.

Early Bird

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

The morning shift at a big-city radio station.

Babylon

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

Tony Robinson

Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of “animated visions of the apocalypse”.

Sales Pitch

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

A door-to-door salesman tries to use the gift of the gab to sell an elderly couple things they don't really need.

Down and Out

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

A homeless pensioner tries to fathom the correct procedure to get a meal.

Palmy Days

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

Aged travellers reminisce about halcyon holidays of old.

Owzat

David Sproxton, Mark Brierley

A moonlit churchyard is a lovely spot for a nocturnal game of cricket.

On Probation

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

A probationer wants to miss a meeting to go and see his brother, but must negotiate with his officer.

Late Edition

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

An exclusive look behind the scenes of a magazine production.

Confessions of a Foyer Girl

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

Two usherettes in a cinema foyer talk about boys and boredom and what they are going to do when they get home from work.

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

David Sproxton, Peter Lord

Peter Sallis, Anne Reid

Anthology of Aardman Animation short films released in theaters in 1996, centered on the new release of the third Wallace & Gromit short, "A Close Shave." Includes: "A Close Shave," "Creature Comforts" and "Heat Electric Commercials" by Nick Park; "Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct", "Rex the Runt: Dreams" and "Ident" by Richard Goleszowski; "Wat's Pig" and "My Baby Just Cares For Me" by Peter Lord; "Early Bird" by Peter Lord and David Sproxton; "Pib and Pog" directed by Peter Peake