acknowledgements

Thanks to Gary Jackson & Cat Russ of ScaryCat Studio; Tony Guy; Ian Mackinnonn, Peter Saunders & Christine Walker of Mackinnon & Saunders; Barry Purves; Jeff Newitt; Guionne Leroy; Timothy Hittle; Sara Mullock; Helen Nabarro at the BBC Animation Unit; Nick Hilligoss at ABC; Ange Palethorpe, Glen Holberton and Emma Bruce at Loose Moose; John Schofield at bolexbrothers; Blair Clark at Tippett Studios; Lionel Orozco of Stop Motion Works; David McCormick; Helen Garrard; Tristan Oliver; Bob Thorne at Artem; Anthony Scott; Trey Thomas; Richard Goleszowski; John Wright at John Wright Modelmaking; Miguel Grinberg (MagPie); Brigid Appleby & Mark Hall of Cosgrove Hall; Jackie Cockle & Sarah Ball of Hot Animation; Barry Bruce at Vinton's; Nigel Cornford; James Mather; John Parsons; Pete Lord, Helen Brunsdon, Luis Cook, Nick Park, Sharron Traer, Dave Sproxton, Dan Lane, Tom Barnes, Jan Sanger, Martin Shann, Ian Fleming, & Michael Carter of Aardman Animations; Chris Webster at UWE; Rick Catizone; Chris Grace at S4C; Jack and Elke Counsell, and for keeping me on track: Loyd Price at Aardman. Last of all: Ken, Kitty and Alice for their patience.