Bob Godfrey

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's...

I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob...

A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.

Sped up footage of musicians fighting on a stretch of mudflats.

Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation.

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent...

A down-to-earth portrait of art school life.

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by...

A pair of irreverent shorts. In "Masks," a sad man hides behind a happy mask. In "Happenings," a bored man stands around waiting for something to...

A behind-the-scenes look at the techniques and methods used to create Bob Godfrey's Oscar-winning short film 'Great' (1975).

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come...

Veteran British animator Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question "What Is Animation?" His answer is by turns witty, iconoclastic and insightful...

Art for art's sake.

An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century -...

This is a short film about a man, a dog and a duck who enjoy bouncing together.

This is a short film about a man, a dog and a duck who enjoy bouncing together.

Art for art's sake.

An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.

An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.

A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A...

An Oscar nominated cartoon about underestimating those appearing small and weak.

Oscar nominated animated short from 1972. An animated short from British comedian Bob Godfrey.

A series of shorts about adventures of a man and his "willie". They are best friends and talk about everyday problems they face, like competition or...

The talking penis, first seen in the books of Gray Joliffe, returns for his second animated outing.

Sped up footage of musicians fighting on a stretch of mudflats.

An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the hapless ‘little man’ who longs to stand in the...

Eight unrelated humorous episodes.

Agony Aunt Margery Boobs (based on real life newspaper correspondent Margery Proops) has heard it all when it comes to sexual fantasies. Still, she...

In order to understand the works and ideas of Karl Marx, this animation takes an ordinary man through several different periods of history, from the...

Emily Sprod tries various ways to escape her loveless marriage and meaningless life.

Emily Sprod tries various ways to escape her loveless marriage and meaningless life.

Emily Sprod tries various ways to escape her loveless marriage and meaningless life.

A wry, satirical look celebration of 700 years of Switzerland and Swiss culture.

An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century -...

A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.

Animated short. A workman appears to climb a magical rope and return with a fortune in jewels.

Whenever Father is away, Mother's friend "Uncle Fred" comes to visit. Animated short.

80 minutes of erotic animation, from the 20s through the 70s, all of which you can be sure will never play on a Saturday morning!

A comical saga about the French Revolution, as seen by an Englishman, to music by Offenbach. The film's script was selected as part of the Revolution...

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

A henpecked husband gets a welcomed surprise when he adds too much detergent to the laundry and out pops a beautiful woman made of soap suds.

A pair of irreverent shorts. In "Masks," a sad man hides behind a happy mask. In "Happenings," a bored man stands around waiting for something to...

A pair of irreverent shorts. In "Masks," a sad man hides behind a happy mask. In "Happenings," a bored man stands around waiting for something to...

A pair of irreverent shorts. In "Masks," a sad man hides behind a happy mask. In "Happenings," a bored man stands around waiting for something to...

Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by...

Cartoon about a lady lecturer who gives the audience a lecture on art and is wooed by a romantic gentleman.

Cartoon about a lady lecturer who gives the audience a lecture on art and is wooed by a romantic gentleman.

Cartoon about a lady lecturer who gives the audience a lecture on art and is wooed by a romantic gentleman.

Margaret Thatcher gives the audience a lecture whilst being wooed by a miner in Bob Godfrey's remake of his classic earlier cartoon Polygamous...

Margaret Thatcher gives the audience a lecture whilst being wooed by a miner in Bob Godfrey's remake of his classic earlier cartoon Polygamous...

Albert and Bruce Lacey, all dressed in their stiff Edwardian refinery, dance and play strange unusual instruments in this manic, animated short music...

Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation.

A light-hearted look at a thousand years of British history, condensed into a musical cartoon.

At the supermarket, a middle-aged man in an overcoat that's the worse for wear, sees a can marked "Instant Sex." He buys it, heads for his apartment,...