Movies: Bob Godfrey

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

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

Eight unrelated humorous episodes....

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

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

A lonely, middle-aged man gets more than he bargained for when he finds a can of Instant Sex at the local supermarket....

A mock promotional short cartoon film for the 'Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit'...

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

Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation....

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

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

Veteran British animator Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question "What Is Animation?" His answer is by turns witty, iconoclastic and insightful and all the while is acted out by a tiny man in a bowler hat....

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

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 contest organised in 1987 by the CNC, the INA, Canal+ and the Annecy Festival....