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Art DepartmentTelevisionAnimation

Cosgrove Hall Films

Manchester, United Kingdom(approximate location)

Since October 2017 Waterside has become home to the internationally acclaimed animation collection, the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive. Including some of the best-loved children’s characters Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Chorlton & the Wheelies and many more Cosgrove Hall creations.

From their site

Images from Cosgrove Hall Films’s own website.

Who works there

  • Westley Wood(ex-development producer for Cosgrove Hall)

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeArt Department · Television · Animation
Founded2017company website
LocationManchester, United Kingdom
Websitecosgrovehallfilmsarchive.co.uk
Social
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Statusdormantnone since 2008, site up i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

18 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of1nominations0%
Emmys1of1nominations100%
BAFTAs4of12nominations33%

15 wins from 33 nominations across all awards

Box office
$92,080

Combined US gross, 1 of 42 titles

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge poster
Highest rated
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
8.0154 votes
Noddy's Toyland Adventures poster
Lowest rated
Noddy's Toyland Adventures
1992
6.0235 votes
Mostly
animation, family, comedy
Active
1972–2008
Best known for
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 29 of 42 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
2667 seasons

1976–2008

Television rating
7.0IMDb

Their films average 7.4, so the television rates 0.4 lower.

Networks
  • ITV110
  • CITV3
  • Channel 42
  • BBC One2
  • Clan1
  • BBC Two1

Across 18 series matched to TMDB, 1,043 episodes. 2 still returning or in production.

Longest runningDanger Mouse · 10 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 45

16 films · 25 TV titles

Titles per year17 titles · busiest 1999 with 3

17 titles across 12 years, averaging 1.4 a year. The last five years average 0.0 a year, below their long-run rate.

Quality over time18 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.1198019902000

Their 1970s work is their strongest, averaging 7.7 across 3 titles. The 6 titles since 1996 average 7.0, holding at their 7.1 overall. 12 of 18 rated titles sit above their 7.1 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Brian Cosgrove3
  • Mark Hall2
Writers
  • Kenneth Grahame2
  • Rosemary Anne Sisson2
Notable cast
  • Jimmy Hibbert6
  • David Jason4
  • Brian Trueman3
  • Carole Boyd2
  • David Holt2
Genres
  • Animation28 of 29
  • Family18 of 29
  • Comedy9 of 29
  • Adventure8 of 29
  • Fantasy4 of 29

Names appearing on two or more of Cosgrove Hall Films’s produced titles, across the 29 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside Cosgrove Hall Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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