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...

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Cartoon of chicken's adventures while being chased by woodland animal.

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

The first British animated Technicolor film.

A BAFTA award nominated animation tracing the development of the motor car from the original horseless carriage common in the late 19th century to...

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.

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...

Puck is introduced to the twentieth century and is as amused by the contemporary obsession with television as he was by the lovers' antics.

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

A powerfully graphic piece of animation that best expresses John Halas' own feelings about mans universal quest for freedom.

Animated version of the fairy tale. Tom proves himself cleverer than his brothers when he outwits an ogre and returns home with treasure.

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...