Woodland Animations

Woodland Animations

Woodland Animations was a British animation company, responsible for the production of the stop-motion animated series "Postman Pat", "Gran", "Bertha" and others.

History

Woodland Animations was founded in 1975 by Ivor Wood and his wife Josiane, specifically to produce series for the BBC. The company produced a number of shows, the most popular of which was Postman Pat. In 2001 Woodland was sold to Entertainment Rights. cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,1344142,00.html |title=Ivor Wood / Obituaries / The Guardian |accessdate=2007-05-31 |last=Bond |first=Michael |date=2004-11-05 |work=The Guardian ] cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/organisation/188774 |title=BFI / Film & TV Database / Woodland Animations |accessdate=2007-05-31 |publisher=BFI ]

Productions

*Postman Pat "(1981)"
*Gran "(1982)"
*Bertha "(1985)"
*Charlie Chalk "(1987)"

References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/company/co0137993/ IMDb entry]


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