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Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years.
He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–93) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.
Most Popular Bob Godfrey Trailers
Total trailers found: 47
01 November 1962
A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.
31 December 1979
In order to understand the works and ideas of Karl Marx, this animation takes an ordinary man through several different periods of history, from the cavemen to the philosophers of the world to better comprehend Marx ideals for the proletarian and why the world is an unfair contradiction of all sorts.
01 January 1979
A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community.
01 January 1966
Art for art's sake.
01 January 1970
A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.
24 September 1968
Animated short. A workman appears to climb a magical rope and return with a fortune in jewels.
31 December 1999
A light-hearted look at a thousand years of British history, condensed into a musical cartoon.
13 November 1971
Oscar nominated animated short from 1972. An animated short from British comedian Bob Godfrey.
19 November 2018
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of some of the great animation pioneers who have worked in Britain – trailblazing talents such as Len Lye, John Halas and Joy Batchelor, Joanna Quinn, and Bristol’s world-conquering Aardman Animations.
07 July 1964
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964.
01 January 1960
Sped up footage of musicians fighting on a stretch of mudflats.
15 February 1976
Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and no man is safe from the crotch-grabbing tea lady.
29 July 1965
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off).
01 January 1965
An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the hapless ‘little man’ who longs to stand in the shoes of his hero: conductor Lance Corporal.
17 March 1975
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship).
06 December 2025
Veteran British animator and Oscar-winner Bob Godfrey describes how he got started in Animation and the losses of one era ending and the excitement of a new one beginning.
02 January 1969
A pair of irreverent shorts. In "Masks," a sad man hides behind a happy mask. In "Happenings," a bored man stands around waiting for something to happen.
02 January 1951
An animated short that summarizes the manufacture of steel and a humorous look at a world without it.
01 January 1967
Eight unrelated humorous episodes.
01 January 1988
A down-to-earth portrait of art school life.
01 January 1955
I now pronounce you... animated! Newlyweds meet a nuisance in an playful mix of cartoon comedy and real-life actors, including Roobarb legend Bob Godfrey.
23 September 1968
Whenever Father is away, Mother's friend "Uncle Fred" comes to visit. Animated short.
01 January 1980
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.
01 January 1962
Emily Sprod tries various ways to escape her loveless marriage and meaningless life.
07 August 2014
Veteran British animator Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question "What Is Animation?" His answer is by turns witty, iconoclastic and insightful and all the while is acted out by a tiny man in a bowler hat.
01 January 1985
Margaret Thatcher gives the audience a lecture whilst being wooed by a miner in Bob Godfrey's remake of his classic earlier cartoon Polygamous Polonius.
31 May 1975
Collection of erotic themed animated shorts from around the world, including "Boobs a Lot" (1968), "Armchair Inventions" (1975), "Little Genitalia", "A Child's Alphabet With Casual Reference to DNA Replication in the Garden of Eden" (1971), "The Further Adventures of Super Screw" (ca.
11 September 1968
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her.
01 January 1964
This is a short film about a man, a dog and a duck who enjoy bouncing together.
12 December 1990
A series of shorts about adventures of a man and his "willie". They are best friends and talk about everyday problems they face, like competition or women and their "kitties".
01 January 1960
Meet Mildred. A delightfully dotty older lady who’s carefree attitude means you need to be careful around her.
01 January 1994
Set to Gilbert and Sullivan tunes, a musical cartoon attempts to describe the character of the British nation, with occasional interruptions by Prince Charles.
01 April 1961
A mock promotional short cartoon film for the 'Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit'
01 October 1994
An Oscar nominated cartoon about underestimating those appearing small and weak.
01 January 1976
Agony Aunt Margery Boobs (based on real life newspaper correspondent Margery Proops) has heard it all when it comes to sexual fantasies.
01 January 1997
A surreal party game of musical bumps with sinister undertones based on 'Lord of the Flies'.
01 January 1991
The talking penis, first seen in the books of Gray Joliffe, returns for his second animated outing.
01 November 1980
A lonely, middle-aged man gets more than he bargained for when he finds a can of Instant Sex at the local supermarket.
01 January 1963
Albert and Bruce Lacey, all dressed in their stiff Edwardian refinery, dance and play strange unusual instruments in this manic, animated short music film.
01 January 1952
Film directed by Bob Godfrey and Keith Learner
04 February 1971
Bob Godfrey shared his deep passion for animation.
01 November 2018
A behind-the-scenes look at the techniques and methods used to create Bob Godfrey's Oscar-winning short film 'Great' (1975).
01 January 1960
Cartoon about a lady lecturer who gives the audience a lecture on art and is wooed by a romantic gentleman.
01 January 1981
Film directed by Bob Godfrey
01 January 1989
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 contest organised in 1987 by the CNC, the INA, Canal+ and the Annecy Festival.
01 January 1990
A wry, satirical look celebration of 700 years of Switzerland and Swiss culture.
