The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix 1976

7.30

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".

1976

Animal Farm

Animal Farm 1954

7.02

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.

1954

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal 1981

6.50

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

1981

A Modern Guide to Health

A Modern Guide to Health 1946

1

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

1946

The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra

The Hoffnung Palm Court Orchestra 1965

6.00

This a story of a violinist, pianist and cellist as they perform from place-to-place, under very unusual conditions. Every time they play, they remind someone of a lost love, so they are hired immediately hired by nightclub owners, ship captains and even a pirate... wherever circumstances take them.

1965

Ruddigore

Ruddigore 1967

5.50

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony. Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, the rightful heir, has run away to live as innocent peasant Robin Oakapple in the Cornish village of Rederring, sticking his brother Despard with the curse. But on the very day that "Robin" is to marry sweet, beautiful Rose Maybud, it all falls apart. Can Sir Ruthven outwit a picture gallery full of his ancestors' ghosts to save the day?

1967

The Butterfly Ball

The Butterfly Ball 1977

3.20

Roger Glover puts on a star-studded concert at the Royal Albert Hall for his concept album "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast".

1977

Robinson Charley

Robinson Charley 1948

1

No man is an island, but Charley represents his nation in this economical cartoon tale of Britain’s economics.

1948

6 Little Jungle Boys

6 Little Jungle Boys 1945

6.00

A short animated War Office commissioned health education film, showing the fate of each of the 6 jungle soldiers.

1945

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast 1974

3.00

A project assembled to musically support William Plomer's (1903-73) book of poems called 'The Butterfly Ball and Grasshoppers Feast'; in which Alan Aldridge had provided the illustrations. British Lion had secured the rights, and commissioned Glover, through Tony Edwards (the Deep Purple manager), to add the musical dimension that it required if it were to be made into a 26-part animated cartoon series, suitable for TV. (Discogs) This is the music video for the song Love Is All, performed by Ronnie James Dio.

1974

Piping Hot

Piping Hot 1959

1

An animated film about the history and use of hot water.

1959

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom

Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom 1994

1

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

1994

The Axe and the Lamp

The Axe and the Lamp 1963

1

Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of sin and folly as relevant today as in the 16th century.

1963

Charley in New Town

Charley in New Town 1948

1

Meet Charley, your jovial cartoon guide to Britain’s changing towns and cities.

1948

Midsummer Nightmare

Midsummer Nightmare 1964

7.00

Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

1964

Automania 2000

Automania 2000 1964

6.80

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with predictable environmental consequences.

1964

Topology

Topology 1969

1

One of a humorous series of films devised to explain in graphic terms the concepts of basic mathematical functions.

1969

Charley Junior's Schooldays

Charley Junior's Schooldays 1949

3.00

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

1949

The Figurehead

The Figurehead 1952

7.00

A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint.

1952

For Better, For Worse

For Better, For Worse 1961

1

Married to your television? This cartoon gives you an opportunity to re-evaluate your relationship with the gogglebox.

1961