Episode 22 - Pogles' Wood (Oliver Postgate, 1965-1967) (with Simon Costin)
Pogles' Wood (Oliver Postgate, 1965-1967).
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Episode 22 marks a return to the small screen, as Chris and Alex discuss the BBC television stop-motion animated series Pogles’ Wood (Oliver Postgate, 1965-1967), produced by renowned British production company Smallfilms. The Fantasy/Animation team are joined for this latest installment by Simon Costin, artist, set designer and director of the Museum of British Folklore, a project devoted to celebrating and researching the UK's rich folkloric cultural heritage. Weaving their way through this staple of sixties British television, the trio examine stop-motion techniques and the craft of puppetry, the integration of magic and wonder into idyllic pastoral visions, and broader traditions of British fairies, folktales, and fantasy.
Suggested Readings
Manlove, Colin. 1999. The Fantasy Literature of England. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Torre, Dan. 2015. “Boiling Lines and Lightning Sketches: Process and the Animated Drawing.” animation: an interdisciplinary journal 10, no. 2: 141-153, available here.
Warner, Marina. 2014. Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zipes, Jack. 1988. The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. London: Routledge.