Joy Batchelor Movies

Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and...

The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.

Modern advice and old-fashioned values combine in this postwar animated health guide from the makers of Animal Farm.

A dancing radio stops partying to transmit an announcement on fuel conservation in this WWII cartoon short.

A soon-to-be born baby learns about the kinds of schools he will attending in the years following his birth.

Ever seen a snake with a moustache? The Middle East was as much an ideological as a physical battleground in the Second World War. In the midst of...

For centuries, the Murgatroyd family, the Baronets of Ruddigore, have been under a witch's curse — commit a crime every day, or die in agony....

Popular animated character Charley explains the National Insurance Act, which was legislation that made health insurance available to all British...

Instructional cartoon for the Admiralty.

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...

The cartoon is one of the Marshall Plan's most popular films. A clash between a shoemaker and a hat maker illustrates the contrasts between...

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

T'was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower...

Animated short from Halas and Batchelor encouraging the British public to post early for Christmas.

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...

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

Joy Batchelor directed, produced, wrote and designed this short film for Brook Bond Tea: two girls compete for the affections of a Teddy Bear.

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

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness...