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The
World of Peter Rabbit
and Friends (1992
- 1995)
producers: TVC London for Frederick
Warne & Co.
animation: 2D animation
episodes: 9 x 25mins
"The
rain has moved on, and left a new day..."
Take a classic collection of stories and characters
from a world-famous author,
add a clutch of multi-award winning producers
and production companies and
an array of the very best British animation directors
and animators, mix in an
extraordinary list of actors voices and you
end up with 'The World Of Peter Rabbit
And Friends', a series of animated films baked
to perfection and exquisitely
presented.
The individual films were originally produced and
broadcast over a number of
years (much like the 'Brambly
Hedge' films). There were nine films made in total,
and each has its own live-action bookend, with Niamh
Cusack playing Beatrix as
she settles down to write her latest tale. And similarly,
each is wrapped up with
the haunting series song 'Perfect Day' playing over
the credits. Beatrix Potter's
creations may not be everyone's cup of tea, but no
one can deny the quality of the
translation here, with her miniature watercolours
brought beautifully into life by the
animation teams and the whole package enhanced by
the period filmwork, shot in
and around Potter's actual Hill Top Farm home. What's
more these were hand-drawn
films, produced at the time when folks were
beginning to make the big leap in to
computer-driven animation. And with the names
of John Coates, Geoff Dunbar,
Ginger Gibbons, Dave Unwin, Tony Guy and Roger Mainwood
on the credits
students can view the series as if it were an animation
masterclass.
Though produced overall by TVC London, the scale
of the project called for
additional production partners in the form of
Jumping Jack Animation, Grand
Slamm Partnership and Stuart Brooks Animation
who directed and
shepherded individual episodes through to completion...
Award
nominations
1993 BAFTA Nomination - Best Animation
1993 Emmy Award Nomination - Outstanding Animated
Program
Peter
Rabbit on DVD
The
World Of Peter Rabbit & Friends - Complete Box Set
All
9 films / 225mins / R2 / Universal / March 2002
Series
credits
series producer: John
Coates
exec producer: Jonathan
Peel
live-action dir: Dennis
Abey
live-action prod: Chris
Johnson
music: Colin
Towns
'Perfect
Day' sung by
Miriam
Stockley
starring: Niamh
Cusack (Beatrix Potter)
Episodes
The Tale Of Peter Rabbit And Benjamin
Bunny
director:
Geoff Dunbar
producer: Ginger Gibbons
voices: June
Whitfield
Richard Wilson
Rory
Carter
Andrew Clitheroe
The Tale Of Tom Kitten And Jemima
Puddle-duck
director:
Dave Unwin
producer: Catrin
Unwin
voices: Sandra
Dickinson (Jemima Puddle-duck)
Su
Pollard
Rosemary
Leach
Alan
Bowe
Enn
Reitel
Dinsdale
Landon
The Tailor Of Gloucester
director: Jack
Stokes, Dennis Abey
producer: John
Coates
anim dir: Roger
Mainwood
voices: Ian
Holm (Tailor Of Gloucester)
The Tale Of Samuel Whiskers Or The Roly-Poly
Pudding
directors: Mike
Stuart
producer: Nick
Comley
voices: Struan
Rogers (Samuel Whiskers)
Sheila Hancock (Anna Maria)
Rosemary Leach (Tabitha Twitchit)
Patricia Routledge (Cousin Ruby)
John Gordon Sinclair (John Joiner)
The Tale Of Pigling Bland
director: Mike
Stuart
producer: Nick
Comley
voices: Chris
Lang (Pigling Bland)
Mark Lockyer
Pam Ferris (Aunt Pettitoes)
Josie Lawrence (Bigwig)
David Neal (Farmer)
The Tale Of Mrs Tiggywinkle And Mr Jeremy
Fisher
directors: Geoff
Dunbar
producers: Ginger
Gibbons
voices: Derek
Jacobi (Mr Jeremy Fisher)
Prunella Scales (Mrs Tiggywinkle)
Rebecca Hall (Little Lucy)
Richard Wilson (Mr McGregor)
The Tale Of The Flopsy Bunnies And Mrs
Tittlemouse
director: Dave
Unwin
producer: Catrin
Unwin
anim dir: Tony
Guy
voices: Anna
Massey (Mrs Tittlemouse)
Richard Griffiths (Mr Jackson)
Adrian Scarborough (Mr Benjamin Bunny)
Sheila Steafel (Mrs Flopsy Bunny)
Andrew
Robertson
(Mr McGregor)
June Watson (Mrs McGregor)
Mary
Jane Bowe, Nichola Dawson, Jenny More,
Kim
Parker, Sarah Woolcock (Flopsy Bunnies)
Enn
Reitel (Robin / Insects)
Suzanne
Bonnetti (Insects)
The Tale Of Mr Tod And The
Further Adventures Of Peter Rabbit
director: Geoff
Dunbar
producer: Ginger Gibbons
voices: Dinsdale
Landon (Mr Tod)
Don Henderson (Tommy Brock)
Enn Reitel (Mr Bouncer)
Sheila Steafel (Mrs Flopsy Bunny)
Adrian
Scarborough (Mr Benjamin Bunny)
Mark Lockyer (Alexander)
The Tale Of Two Bad Mice And Johnny Town-Mouse
director: Roger
Mainwood
producer: John Coates
voices: Felicity
Kendal (Hunca Munca)
Rik Mayall (Tom Thumb)
Hugh Laurie (Johnny Town-Mouse)
Alan Bennett (Timmie Willie)
Enn Reitel (Mr Bouncer)
On
the web
Beatrix
Potter
http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk
The official Beatrix Potter
site is bit of an award-winner, with very subtle
flash animation scattered through
the pages - flittering butterflies, twitching
noses, etc.- There are some series
clips to download at 'Squirrel Nutkin's
Film Show' but the majority
of the site is, of course, concerned with
the original books and characters.
And as it happens, even an old cynic
like me has to admit this captures
the mood of BP's world beautifully.
All you flash-cluttered movie
sites take note!
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