An adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic story. The animated central section is sandwiched by stylised live-action sequences and it beautifully captures the book's free-floating, fantastic sense of adventure and wonder. Forced into a life of drudgery by his evil aunts, Sponge and Spiker (Margolyes and Lumley), orphan James dreams of escape to New York. An old man (Postlethwaite) appears and gives the boy a jigging handful of fluorescent, magical crocodile tongues, a dead peach tree bears a gigantic find out more...

A Disney gem that brings back happy memories for even the most cynical and hard-bitten amongst us! Typically superb animation brings JM Barrie's adventures of the ever-youthful Peter Pan to life. Oh! If only we could all live in Never Never land. find out more...

A cuter-than-cute puppet who dreams of being a real little boy, a kindly old toymaker, a magical soundtrack, and that nose! A timeless fairytale and just as much fun for grown-up children too! find out more...

On the night of Princess Lovelypenny's big party, poor Prince Cinders is left home alone by his three mean, bossy brothers. While they live it up at the party, Cinders is visited by his inept fairy godmother who offers to turn him into a heroic muscleman, but instead turns him into a big hairy ape! A delightful twist on Cinderella taken from Babette Cole's bestselling children's book. For the children. find out more...

One part of a highly acclaimed series of abridged Shakespearean tales, which can be used either as an introduction to the bard's work, or (due to the skilful animation) can provide a fascinating alternative interpretation. For those that don't remember; Twelfth Night, Malvolio is the malevolent in the fancy trousers, and the eligible Olivia is in love with Viola (a girl dressed as a boy) who is in love with a man who thinks she's a man. As You Like It revolves around the relationship between per find out more...

Richard III is dominated by Richard the hunchback Duke of Gloucester, who becomes Richard III through a series of horrible acts, killing off his enemies, his kinsmen, his wife and most of his supporters before reaching the Battle of Bosworth and crying out "My kingdom for a horse." Julius Caesar is a dramatization of actual events, Shakespeare drawing upon the ancient Roman historian Plutarch's Lives of Caesar, Brutus, and Mark Antony. It establishes the dramatic problem of alarm at Julius Caesa find out more...

One part of a highly acclaimed series of abridged Shakespearean tales, which can be used either as an introduction to the bard's work, or (due to the skilful animation) can provide a fascinating alternative interpretation. Macbeth is one the darker plays, full of madness, witchcraft and murder. Romeo and Juliet is the archetypal tale of pride, revenge and a doomed, star-crossed love. Hamlet... well that should do it really, but just in case; spoilt, slightly unhinged lad, starved of real parenta find out more...

Originally appearing as a comic strip in a childrens' supplement to a Belgian newspaper in 1929, Tintin was written and illustrated by Georges Remi (that is R.G, and subsequently Herge.) In 1992 most of the books were faithfully and painstakingly animated in the spirit of the original adventures. Join the iconic boy reporter Tintin, and his faithful canine sidekick Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and The Thompson Twins in this compendium of thrilling Tintin tales. Other Episodes Avail find out more...

Originally appearing as a comic strip in a childrens' supplement to a Belgian newspaper in 1929, Tintin was written and illustrated by Georges Remi (that is R.G, and subsequently Herge.) In 1992 most of the books were faithfully and painstakingly animated in the spirit of the original adventures. Join the iconic boy reporter Tintin, and his faithful canine sidekick Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and The Thompson Twins in this compendium of thrilling Tintin tales. Other Episodes Avail find out more...

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