Joy Batchelor Movies

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

Charley, a mechanic, inherits a half-share in a farm run by his cousin and he soon has his dream of an idyllic country life rudely shattered by hard...

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

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 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.

A candlemaker entrusts his young son with the task of making candles for their church on Christmas Eve.

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.

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...

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

Cartoon on the fly nuisance, showing the dangers of food contamination and how the dangers can be minimised by food-protection and cleanliness that...

The film is designed to encourage recycling - which was a key part of the war effort.

The first British animated Technicolor film.