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  Animated features from the UK

British Movie Toons


   They're great, they're British
   
and they're animated!

   Here is Toonhound's guide to British animated features of the past and
   present. The index includes straight-to-video productions and tv specials
   alongside theatrical
titles.

   For the purposes of this index, a "feature" is defined as being any animated
   film with a running time of 40mins or beyond.
 Titles lead to film synopses,
   information, credits and site reviews
...


 
    A-Z titles
 


    ANGELINA BALLERINA: 
    PRINCESS DANCE 

    ANGELINA BALLERINA:
    THE SHOW MUST GO ON 

    ANIMAL FARM       

    THE BFG  
     
    BOB THE BUILDER:

    BUILT TO BE WILD


    BOB THE BUILDER:
    A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER

    BOB THE BUILDER:
    THE KNIGHTS OF CAN-A-LOT

    BOB THE BUILDER:
    SNOWED UNDER
    UPDATED

    CHICKEN RUN 

    CHRISTMAS CAROL:
    THE MOVIE  

   
 CINDERELLA

    DICK DEADEYE
    OR DUTY DONE

    DOUGAL AND THE BLUE CAT  

    FAERIES

    FLUSHED AWAY
    UPDATED

    THE FOOL OF THE WORLD
    AND THE FLYING SHIP
      
    FREDDIE AS FRO7

    HANDLING SHIPS
           
    HEIDI

    THE KING'S BEARD  

    THE KOALA BROTHES
    OUTBACK CHRISTMAS


    THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT

    THE MIRACLE MAKER 





             OTHERWORLD / Y MABINOGI

             PINK FLOYD THE WALL 

             THE PLAGUE DOGS

             
THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN

             RUDDIGORE     

             THE SECRET ADVENTURES
             
OF TOM THUMB

  
          THE SNOW QUEEN 

           
  THE SNOW QUEEN'S REVENGE 

             A TALE OF TWO TOADS

             THE TALKING PARCEL

             THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER

             THOMAS AND FRIENDS:
             CALLING ALL ENGINES!

             THUNDERBIRD 6

             THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO 

             VALIANT

             WALLACE & GROMIT:
             THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

             THE WATER-BABIES 

             WATER FOR FIRE FIGHTING

             WATERSHIP DOWN

             WHEN THE WIND BLOWS 

             THE WILLOWS IN WINTER

             THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
             (COSGROVE HALL)

             THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
             (TVC)

             YELLOW SUBMARINE


 
    Facts and figures
 



       First feature-length animation:
       HANDLING SHIPS
 (1945)

       First feature-length animation
       to be released commercially:
       ANIMAL FARM (1954)

       First Welsh feature:
       
THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN (1992) 

       First in the Welsh-language:
       OTHERWORLD / Y MABINOGI (2002) 

       First CGI feature produced in the UK:
       VALIANT  (2005) 

    
 Highest grossing feature:
      CHICKEN RUN (2000)
      $225m worldwide
   
      Longest film:
      THE PLAGUE DOGS (1982)
      102 mins 54secs



  Longest production period: 27 years
  THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER (1968-1995)

  OSCAR winning films: 1

  BAFTA winning films: 2
  BOB THE BUILDER:
  A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER - winner 2003
  THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
- winner 1983

  EMMY winning films: 2
  THE FOOL OF THE WORLD
  AND THE FLYING SHIP - winner 1991
  THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
- winner 1983

  Busiest Studios:
  COSGROVE HALL - 6 films
  HALAS & BATCHELOR - 4 films

  Biggest inspiration:
  THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
  by Kenneth Grahame - 4 films

  Biggest star:
  BOB THE BUILDER - 4 films

 
    Movie Toon timeline  


    Films now arranged by date of release, DVD premiere,
    or first tv broadcast, as appropriate...

 

     1945  HANDLING SHIPS

     1948  WATER FOR FIRE FIGHTING

     1954  ANIMAL FARM  

     1966  THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO 

     1967  RUDDIGORE     

     1968  THUNDERBIRD 6
      
              YELLOW SUBMARINE

     1972  DOUGAL AND THE BLUE CAT  

     1975  DICK DEADEYE OR DUTY DONE

     1978  THE WATER-BABIES 

              THE TALKING PARCEL

              WATERSHIP DOWN


     1979  CINDERELLA

     1982  PINK FLOYD THE WALL 

              THE PLAGUE DOGS

     1983  THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

               (COSGROVE HALL)

     1986  WHEN THE WIND BLOWS 

     1989  THE BFG  

               A TALE OF TWO TOADS      

     1990  THE FOOL OF THE WORLD
               
AND THE FLYING SHIP

     
1992  THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN

               FREDDIE AS FRO7

     1993  THE SECRET ADVENTURES
               OF TOM THUMB

     1995  THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS

             
(TVC)

              THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER

              THE SNOW QUEEN

     1996  THE SNOW QUEEN'S REVENGE

              THE WILLOWS IN WINTER

     1999  FAERIES

     2000  CHICKEN RUN 

              THE MIRACLE MAKER 
     
     2001  THE KING'S BEARD  

              CHRISTMAS CAROL: THE MOVIE  

              BOB THE BUILDER:
              A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER

     2002  OTHERWORLD / Y MABINOGI


     2003  ANGELINA BALLERINA:
              THE SHOW MUST GO ON
 

              BOB THE BUILDER:
              THE KNIGHTS OF CAN-A-LOT

     2004  BOB THE BUILDER:
              SNOWED UNDER

     2005  THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT

              VALIANT

              HEIDI

              THOMAS AND FRIENDS:
              CALLING ALL ENGINES!

              WALLACE & GROMIT:
              THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

              THE KOALA BROTHERS
              OUTBACK CHRISTMAS

     2006 ANGELINA BALLERINA:
              PRINCESS DANCE

              BOB THE BUILDER: 
              BUILT TO BE WILD


              FLUSHED AWAY


 
 
 
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