Bob Godfrey

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.

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 sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.

Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and no man is safe from the crotch-grabbing tea lady. In his attempts to seduce pretty office secretary Cheryl, Pigeon invents a machine called Agnes that emits a 'sonic aphrodisiac' guaranteed to turn any man or woman into an slathering sex maniac. Although his attempts to zap Cheryl are singularly unsuccessful, Pigeon gets some interesting results when he accidentally turns the 'sex ray' on his bullying boss Nutbrown and the prudish Mary Watchtower.

A surreal party game of musical bumps with sinister undertones based on 'Lord of the Flies'.

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.

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

Veteran British animator and Oscar-winner Bob Godfrey describes how he got started in Animation and the losses of one era ending and the excitement of a new one beginning.

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

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 happen.

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

Agony Aunt Margery Boobs (based on real life newspaper correspondent Margery Proops) has heard it all when it comes to sexual fantasies. Still, she finds her match in the unlikely “worried Streatham” when his sex life and weird obsessions call for expert advice.

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

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

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

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.

Art for art's sake.

Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation.

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

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 women and their "kitties". Willie is a live talking character in this satire on sexuality.

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

Watch the Ungle Wungle bird find his mate in this very early Bob Godfrey film, made with his colleagues at Larkins Studio.

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 bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.

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.

Collection of erotic themed animated shorts from around the world, including "Boobs a Lot" (1968), "Armchair Inventions" (1975), "Little Genitalia", "A Child's Alphabet With Casual Reference to DNA Replication in the Garden of Eden" (1971), "The Further Adventures of Super Screw" (ca. 1928-1933), "Jack in the Fox", "Hearts and Arrows", "Schneewittchen" (a sex parody of 'Snow White'), "Buried Treasure" (ca. 1928-1929), "Crocus", "Little Ms. Muffet", "Seed Reel #1."; "Sniff and Lick"; "Hungry Poem"; "Twelve Dancing Penises", "L'ombre de la pomme" (1967), "Show biz", "Kama Sutra Rides Again" (1972) and a varitation of "Boobs a Lot".

An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.

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

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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.

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

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

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

Film directed by Bob Godfrey

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 cavemen to the philosophers of the world to better comprehend Marx ideals for the proletarian and why the world is an unfair contradiction of all sorts.

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 happen.

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 happen.

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

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 shoes of his hero: conductor Lance Corporal.

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