Joy Batchelor Movies

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...

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...

This highly entertaining animated film begins as a young girl settles down into bed to sleep after coming home from a party. One of her feet...

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

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

A BAFTA award nominated animation looking at the development of oil prospecting techniques since the 19th century.

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

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

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

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

Hamilton the elephant loves playing music with his trunk. When he is fired from the circus he does odd jobs till he gets his big break.

An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen, disguises himself as an 18-year-old motorcyclist, the better to lure...

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

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

In this film Charley demystifies the new state-funded National Health Service, detailing the benefits a free-at-point-of-delivery health service will...

A BAFTA nominated specialized film

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

First Line of Defence is a short cartoon recruitment film for the RAF created in 1949 by animation duo Halas and Batchelor. The story follows a...

A particularly vicious Father Time with a hit-list in his Book of Doom seeks to wipe out characters brought to life from fabric patterns. This neat...

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...