S02: Ant & Len | BBC HD Film Shorts

Toy Story 4 (2019)

When Woody, Buzz and the gang join Bonnie on a road trip with her new craft project turned toy, Forky, the innocent little spork's hilarious antics launch...

Animal Farm | Secrets of British Animation

Halas and Batchelor made the first British feature length animation, an adaptation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm''.

Toy Story 3 (2010)

With their owner Andy leaving home for university, the toys fear for their future. Escaping being thrown away as rubbish, they arrive at a childcare centre.

When The Wind Blows (1986)

Based on the work of Raymond Briggs, this chilling yet humorous story follows an elderly couple as they muddle through a nuclear attack, placing t...

Toy Story (1995)

When Andy receives a toy Buzz Lightyear for his birthday, his old favourite toy, cowboy Woody, feels left out and jealous.

Flee (2021) | Storyville

A Storyville documentary, mostly animated, that charts the extraordinary true tale of Ali, a gay Afghan man, and the desperate measures he is forced...

S02: Little Dinosaurs | BBC HD Film Shorts

Original animation which uses a tale of two dinosaurs to reflect on issues around how we relate to each other.

Toy Story 2 (1999)

When Woody is kidnapped, Buzz Lightyear and the other toys set out in hot pursuit. However, when they find him they discover him in a new life, with new f...

Aardman | Secrets of British Animation

The humble beginnings of Aardman, from using recordings of conversations in homeless shelters to the success of ''Chicken Run''.

Bob Godfrey | Secrets of British Animation

Bob Godfrey got his break with the advent of ITV, where British advertisements were born. His belief was the least amount of work,...

Chuck Steele | Secrets of British Animation

Animortal Studios are an independent studio out of Bridgend, who without massive backing made ''Chuck Steele''.

Emma Calder | Secrets of British Animation

Emma Calder makes use of a small shed for her studio, showing that you don't need much to be a creative animator.

First animations | Secrets of British Animation

Filmmaker Walter Booth would intercut his films with cut-out animation as early as 1910, but it was a WWI propaganda film tha...

Halas and Batchelor | Secrets of British Animation

Guests discuss how Halas and Batchelor set the tone during WWII for evolving British animation through wartime information...

Joanna Quinn | Secrets of British Animation

Joanna Quinn created ''Beryl'', one of the first non-sexist depictions of women in animation. Quinn also created ''Britannia'' a ...

Len Lye & Osbert Parker | Secrets of British Animation

Len Lye experimented with painting on film rather using stop-motion as a cheap alternative, and inspired people like O...

Lotte Reiniger | Secrets of British Animation

German immigrant, Lotte Reiniger, used cut out black card in reference to Chinese shadow puppets.

Morph | Secrets of British Animation

Peter Lord shows us behind the scenes with the mascot of British Animation, Morph and how he achieves a walking shot.

S01E01: This Way Up | BBC HD Film Shorts

Oscar-nominated British animation short in which two funeral directors go on a hellish journey trying to bury a woman's coffin.

S01E04: Round | BBC HD Film Shorts

Shot entirely using hand shadow performance, this short film highlights man's position as a footnote in the Earth's very long story. Music...