Here’s a clip from an animation my brother, Mark and his wife, Sally and I made on Charles Dickens life. The animation was launched on the BBC’s website and coincided with the broadcasting of ‘Bleak house’ on BBC 1. The BBC still hosts the animation and you can watch all of it here.

This was really well received and I’d like to continue to make more of these in a similar style about different people throughout history. It’s a really fun way to learn and could be adapted for schools as part of their history lessons.

Illustrations & Layouts: Mark Ruffle
Script and Research: Sally Spray
Animation: Tim Ruffle

This was an idea I had for a kids series based on a secret space program run by dogs aimed at boys aged 5 – 10. The series takes place on the ground at ‘Hound Control’ as they send two brave dogs in a spaceship (Rover 1) to explore the universe.

The space missions don’t run as smoothly as intended. They are dogs after all!

This is a little animation I made for A Productions website. I think they’re still using it on their site but it’s days must be numbered as it’s a incandescent lightbulb and therefore outdated. Damn you global warming!