Chris Pallant is Professor of Animation and Screen Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is the author of Demystifying Disney (2011) and Storyboarding: A Critical History (2015), and editor of Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (2015) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, Legacy (2021). He currently serves as President for the Society for Animation Studies.

• 1. Introduction2. The Whimsical Authenticity of Smallfilms: Ivor the Engine (1959-1964; 1975-1977)3. Building Worlds - The Sagas of Noggin the Nog (1959 – 1965; 1982)4. Aesthetic Transition and the Persistence of the Hand-Made in The Seal of Neptune (1960), The Mermaid’s Pearls (1962) and Pingwings (1961-65)5. Low-Angle Persons – The Pogles (1965) and Pogles Wood (1966-1968)6. Technology and Inventiveness within Smallfilms animation: Clangers (1969–1974)7. The Forgotten History of Smallfilms: Sam on Boffs’ Island (1972–1973)8. Creative Collaboration and the Bricolage of Bagpuss (1974)9. Smallfilms at the End of the Road? Tottie (1984/1986), Life on Earth Perhaps (1985), and Pinny’s House (1986)10. The Afterlife of ‘Smallfilms’: Adaptation and RenewalAPPENDIX A: Smallfilms – statistical perspectivesAPPENDIX B: Examples of Oliver Postgate’s Screenwriting StyleWorks CitedFilmographyIndex

Chris Pallant has dived deep and long, leaving no stone unturned, and has finally come up for air with a valuable treasure-trove of thoroughly researched facts and enlightening insights into the weird and whimsical worlds from the studios of Smallfilms.

Chris Pallant is Professor of Animation and Screen Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is the author of Demystifying Disney (2011) and Storyboarding: A Critical History (2015), and editor of Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (2015) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, Legacy (2021). He currently serves as President for the Society for Animation Studies.

• 1. Introduction2. The Whimsical Authenticity of Smallfilms: Ivor the Engine (1959-1964; 1975-1977)3. Building Worlds - The Sagas of Noggin the Nog (1959 – 1965; 1982)4. Aesthetic Transition and the Persistence of the Hand-Made in The Seal of Neptune (1960), The Mermaid’s Pearls (1962) and Pingwings (1961-65)5. Low-Angle Persons – The Pogles (1965) and Pogles Wood (1966-1968)6. Technology and Inventiveness within Smallfilms animation: Clangers (1969–1974)7. The Forgotten History of Smallfilms: Sam on Boffs’ Island (1972–1973)8. Creative Collaboration and the Bricolage of Bagpuss (1974)9. Smallfilms at the End of the Road? Tottie (1984/1986), Life on Earth Perhaps (1985), and Pinny’s House (1986)10. The Afterlife of ‘Smallfilms’: Adaptation and RenewalAPPENDIX A: Smallfilms – statistical perspectivesAPPENDIX B: Examples of Oliver Postgate’s Screenwriting StyleWorks CitedFilmographyIndex

Chris Pallant has dived deep and long, leaving no stone unturned, and has finally come up for air with a valuable treasure-trove of thoroughly researched facts and enlightening insights into the weird and whimsical worlds from the studios of Smallfilms.

Chris Pallant is Professor of Animation and Screen Studies at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is the author of Demystifying Disney (2011) and Storyboarding: A Critical History (2015), and editor of Animated Landscapes: History, Form and Function (2015) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: New Perspectives on Production, Reception, Legacy (2021). He currently serves as President for the Society for Animation Studies.

• 1. Introduction2. The Whimsical Authenticity of Smallfilms: Ivor the Engine (1959-1964; 1975-1977)3. Building Worlds - The Sagas of Noggin the Nog (1959 – 1965; 1982)4. Aesthetic Transition and the Persistence of the Hand-Made in The Seal of Neptune (1960), The Mermaid’s Pearls (1962) and Pingwings (1961-65)5. Low-Angle Persons – The Pogles (1965) and Pogles Wood (1966-1968)6. Technology and Inventiveness within Smallfilms animation: Clangers (1969–1974)7. The Forgotten History of Smallfilms: Sam on Boffs’ Island (1972–1973)8. Creative Collaboration and the Bricolage of Bagpuss (1974)9. Smallfilms at the End of the Road? Tottie (1984/1986), Life on Earth Perhaps (1985), and Pinny’s House (1986)10. The Afterlife of ‘Smallfilms’: Adaptation and RenewalAPPENDIX A: Smallfilms – statistical perspectivesAPPENDIX B: Examples of Oliver Postgate’s Screenwriting StyleWorks CitedFilmographyIndex

Chris Pallant has dived deep and long, leaving no stone unturned, and has finally come up for air with a valuable treasure-trove of thoroughly researched facts and enlightening insights into the weird and whimsical worlds from the studios of Smallfilms.