Thursday 17 October 2013

Animation: 1960s-1970s

Scooby Doo

Scooby-Doo is an American animated cartoon. Several animated television series were produced from around 1969 to the present day. Scooby-Doo was created for Hanna- Barbera Productions by the writers; Joe Ruby, Ken Spears in 1969. The series focused on four teenagers and their dog. The characters were: Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers and their talking Great Dane Scooby-Doo.

Bagpuss:

Bagpuss is a UK children's television series that was created by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate from February 1974 to May 1974. There has only been 13 episodes made but are often repeated in the UK. The creators of this use stop-frame animation to bring the characters (objects/toys) to life.

Postman Pat:

Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series, this was first produced by a company called Woodland Animations. The first series which consisted of 13 episodes were aired on TV in 1981 on BBC1. As the first series was a massive success they followed by bringing out a second series to the screen which also consisted of 13 episodes this was aired in 1996. John Cunliffe wrote the original treatment and scripts and it was animated by Ivor Wood.

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