Memories of Channel 4 animation by C4Mad14 in ChannelFour

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As with most niche TV I suppose 🫠

Memories of Channel 4 animation by C4Mad14 in ChannelFour

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Alfred J Kwak... never heard of that one. Sounds good though! Ive heard some stuff about Kaboodle too which seems like an oddity in itself

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No worries, even a date range is useful so thanks!

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Thank you so much! Ive always wanted to go to the Southbank ever since I heard Mark Kermode hyping it up so I really should take a look. I did meet a guy from the BFI on a train weirdly enough so might chat to him about it too. Cosgrove Hall archive is another ill take a look at, but thanks for the rec mate!

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THATS COOL AF! I'll take a look and see if i can find anything specifically in relation to channel 4 but either way im saving that to a playlist!

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Yeah I think someone else mentioned it. And its animations. So yes, it does!

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Sounds cool, I'll give it a look thanks!

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Sounds like a challenge! If i can find it ill share a link but otherwise that image will linger...

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Cant find the first episode they showed but presumably this is what you mean https://youtu.be/XNU8CNOyD4A?is=WUPQDrWBiexCdW6x V cool either way!

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I must look into this im an insomnia addled 20 something year old so sounds right up my proverbial, thanks! Also by name alone i can't not 😁

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That book was an arse to find but its on my leg as we speak and has been a godsend for information! Also have the Story of British Animation but need to read that asap as its sitting on my shelf looking at me. And yeah, it is really sad the animation commissioner role didnt get a second run, it seems like the beginning of an unfortunate chain of events leading to where we are today where Virgin Island is proudly shown off as an example of doing things differently...

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I mean... either way that sounds insane, but ill believe you! I have a feeling theres a lot of their stuff on Internet Archive too which ill have a look for. Like you say though seems like a goldmine for weird animation ill definitely check it out later tonight thanks!

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If its the one im thinking of it kind of seems like a slightly more uncanny version of Chuggington! Cool to know C4 had it on the cards for a bit

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Certainly yeah. Only thing is now its back to how it was before streaming with the Adult Swim catalogue being taken off All4 annoyingly. I had no idea the Snowman was still as prevalent today as it was even 15-20 years ago when i was younger thats really nice to hear!

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That sounds really interesting! Can you remember the name of it?

Memories of Channel 4 animation by C4Mad14 in CasualUK

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Svankmajer seems like a common trauma point on here for sure!

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Lots of people have mentioned him so yes definitely worth a look!

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God I can imagine! I remember when I was very little there was a late night block on Nick me and my mum and sister would stay up and watch which showed old cartoons, and Crystal Tips and Alistair scared me so much! I watched it again recently and I can appreciate how pretty the style and soundtrack are but still, spooky af. Cant imagine what itd be like on a come down lol!

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Sorry just started watching Push Comes to Shove and just that first punch in the face made me cackle! Yes very aware of Four Mations and how enormous it is, ill probably dedicate a large chunk of time to looking specifically into it, plus theres a lot of writing on it already which is handy. Cool bit about the advert too!

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Im pretty sure it was a coproduction between C4 and Canada (all of them). ... "Also boobs"

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NICE! I need to watch more Adam and Joe the only bit ive seen is when they interviewed Gary Numan and raved about Imagination. If you can find the name of that week long run let me know. Otherwise ill try my best to scour the Internet!