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...

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.

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 Baronet of Ruddigore, Sir Despard Murgatroyd, has inherited a family curse which forces him to commit a crime every day — or die in agony....

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

A BAFTA nominated specialized film

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.

This cartoon propaganda short by Halas & Batchelor sweetens the pill of post-war coal prices by promising jam tomorrow.

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

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

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

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 short Halas & Batchelor animation about the adventures of Bolly and his friends on imaginary planets, featuring animation by Tony Guy, animation...

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

An introduction to the life and work of Joy Batchelor on the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Joy was a director, animator, producer and designer...

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

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

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