Bob Godfrey Movies

Emily Sprod tries various ways to escape her loveless marriage and meaningless 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.

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

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

Agony Aunt Margery Boobs (based on real life newspaper correspondent Margery Proops) has heard it all when it comes to sexual fantasies. Still, she...

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation.

Margaret Thatcher gives the audience a lecture whilst being wooed by a miner in Bob Godfrey's remake of his classic earlier cartoon Polygamous...

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

A comical saga about the French Revolution, as seen by an Englishman, to music by Offenbach. The film's script was selected as part of the Revolution...

Veteran British animator Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question "What Is Animation?" His answer is by turns witty, iconoclastic and insightful...

I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob...

Animated short. A workman appears to climb a magical rope and return with a fortune in jewels.

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

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

Art for art's sake.

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

A wry, satirical look celebration of 700 years of Switzerland and Swiss culture.

Cartoon about a lady lecturer who gives the audience a lecture on art and is wooed by a romantic gentleman.