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Cosgrove Hall Films is a British animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England that is a major producer of children's television programmes. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The bouncing ball animation (below consists of these 6 frames Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburban area of the City of Manchester, North West England, known locally as Chorlton. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Cosgrove Hall's programmes are now seen in over eighty countries.

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Founded in 1976 by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall, Cosgrove Hall Films was part of Thames Television until 1993 (when Thames lost its weekday ITV London licence to Carlton Television). Thames Television was a licencee of the British ITV television network covering London and parts of the surrounding counties Carlton Television is the British ITV franchisee for London and parts of the surrounding counties from 925am every Monday to 5 Its ownership later transferred to Anglia Television (and, following the series of 1990s takeovers, ITV plc). Its first series was Chorlton and the Wheelies, the lead role being named after the district of Manchester where the company was based (the other characters were placed on wheels as this made the stop-frame animation easier). Chorlton and the Wheelies was a British children's Animated television series that ran between 1976 and 1979 The show, sold worldwide by Thames, was never shown in Israel after a graphic designer mistakenly put a Star of David on the front of a talking spell-book instead of a pentagram. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Star of David or Shield of David ( Magen David in Hebrew with nikkud or מגן דוד without academically transcribed Māḡēn Dāwīḏ by Early history Sumer The first known uses of the pentagram are found in Mesopotamian writings dating to about 3000 BC The book spoke with a German accent and therefore was considered offensive. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.

One of their early employees was Bernard Sumner who went on to be an integral member of Manchester rock bands Joy Division and New Order. Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956 in Lower Broughton, Salford, Lancashire, England) is a British singer Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook

DangerMouse was one of the studio's earliest international successes. DangerMouse is a British Animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. The studio made 89 episodes between 1981 and 1992. In each one, Dangermouse, the world's greatest secret agent, and his well-meaning but useless sidekick Penfold, outwit the evil Baron Silas Greenback and assorted baddies.

In 1983 the studio made a 75-minute film, The Wind in the Willows, based on Kenneth Grahame's classic story of the same name. The Wind in the Willows is a 1983 79-minute film by the studio Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network Kenneth Grahame ( March 8, 1859 – July 6, 1932) was a British Writer, most famous for The Wind in the Willows The Wind in the Willows is a classic of Children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It won a BAFTA award and an international Emmy award. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation Subsequently the studio made a 52-episode TV series based on the characters between 1984 and 1990. The Wind in the Willows is a 52-episode TV series that originally aired between 1984 and 1987 based on characters from Kenneth Grahame 's classic story The Legendary Stone Roses guitarist John Squire worked on this series. The Stone Roses were an English Alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1984 John Squire (born John Thomas Squire on 24 November, 1962) is an English Musician, Songwriter and Artist.

Count Duckula was a spoof on the Dracula legend; its title character is the world's only vegetarian vampire. Count Duckula is a British Animated television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes Meat (including game and slaughter by-products Fish (including Shellfish and other sea Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living He aspires to be rich and famous. Originally he was a villain/henchman recurring in the DangerMouse series, but got a spinoff series in 1988 that rapidly became one of Cosgrove Hall's most successful programmes. DangerMouse is a British Animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing

Truckers, the first book in The Bromeliad, was the studio's first collaboration with the best-selling author Terry Pratchett. For the family of flowering plants see Bromeliaceae. The Bromeliad Trilogy (also known in the UK as The Nome Trilogy Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948 is an English fantasy, Science fiction, and children's author. The 1991 series follows the efforts of a group of gnomes whose spaceship crash-landed on Earth 15,000 years ago, to return home. In 1997 Cosgrove Hall films produced two series for Channel 4 based on Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music, two novels from Pratchett's Discworld series. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Wyrd Sisters is Terry Pratchett 's sixth Discworld novel published in 1988 and re-introduces Granny Weatherwax of Equal Soul music is a Music genre that combines Rhythm and blues and Gospel music, originating in the United States. Discworld is a comedic Fantasy Book series by the British author Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat

One of the studio's specilialites is producing programmes for young children. They made 39 episodes of Noddy (1992-1999) and 52 of Bill and Ben (2001) for the BBC. Noddy is a character created by British Children's author Enid Blyton, originally published between 1949 and 1963 Like Bill and Ben, the 52 episodes of Andy Pandy (2002) are based on the classic characters from the 1950s. Andy Pandy is a British Children's television series, the original incarnation of which premiered on BBC TV on 11 July 1950 Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill was involved in the early stages of this project. Inspiral Carpets are an Indie rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1986 Craig Gill (born Craig Douglas Gill 5 December 1971, Salford) is a British Musician. In Australia all of them were aired on the ABC, although DangerMouse, Count Duckula and Alias the Jester later aired on Network Ten. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. DangerMouse is a British Animated television series which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. Count Duckula is a British Animated television series created by British studio Cosgrove Hall, and a spin-off from DangerMouse Alias the Jester was an Animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Films, airing in 13 episodes on ITV starting on November 13th 1985 Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia 's three major commercial television networks.

The studio also made Ghosts of Albion (2003) for the BBC's first fully animated webcast. Ghosts of Albion started as a Computer-animated web movie series on the BBC 's Website and has now spawned two book adaptations and two novels This gothic tale is set in a 19th century London swarming with demons. Website visitors can learn about the production and help to develop the story. The studio also produced Scream of the Shalka, a Doctor Who animated story for the BBC website. Scream of the Shalka is a flash -animated serial based on the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. According to Doctor Who Magazine #371 and the BBC Doctor Who website, they have animated the missing first and fourth episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Invasion. Doctor Who Magazine (abbreviated as DWM) is a Magazine devoted to the long-running British Science fiction television The Invasion is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first A DVD of The Invasion including these animated episodes was released on 6th November 2006. The Invasion is a serial in the British Science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Other animations made by the studio include The Foxbusters, Victor and Hugo, Avenger Penguins, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Fetch The Vet and Albie. The Foxbusters was a British Animation very loosely based on the Dick King-Smith book The Fox Busters. Victor and Hugo Bunglers in Crime is an Animated series made by Cosgrove Hall and screened on ITV from 1991 to 1992. Avenger Penguins was an Animated series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films in 1993, it was animated by Alfonso Productions, a Spanish Jamie and the Magic Torch was a British children's Animated television series, made by Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and shown Albie is a Cosgrove Hall -produced Animated series about a 6-year old boy with a wild distorted imagination They have also produced the new episodes of Postman Pat. Postman Pat is a British Stop-motion animated Children's television series produced by Woodland Animations.

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