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'''''Animation Nation''''' was a documentary that aired in 2005 on BBC4, being repeated on the same channel two years later in 2007. It presented a detailed history of British animation and its uses throughout the years, featuring interviews with original creators and academics alongside clips from the many cartoons it discussed.
'''''Animation Nation''''' was a documentary that aired in 2005 on BBC4, being repeated on the same channel two years later in 2007. It presented a detailed history of British animation and its uses throughout the years, featuring interviews with original creators and academics alongside clips from the many cartoons it discussed.


It was a three-part series, consisting of the episodes 'Visions of Childhood' (which looked at classic British animation aimed at children), 'Something to Say' (which looked at more adult cartoons created post-1960s) and 'The Art of Persuasion' (which looked at animation's use in war-time propaganda and post-war advertising).
It was a three-part mini-series, consisting of the episodes "Visions of Childhood" (which looked at classic British animation aimed at children), "Something to Say" (which looked at more adult cartoons created post-1960s) and "The Art of Persuasion" (which looked at animation's use in war-time propaganda and post-war advertising).


Possibly due to its specialist subject matter, the documentary has never seen a widespread official release. The documentary does have its own section on the BBC website, but there are no clips or detailed information about it.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0088rlw BBC's Animation Nation Website]</ref> It used to be uploaded to YouTube but has since been taken down; similarly, the torrent website thebox.bz used to have a torrent for the series, but that site has since been closed down. It was rumoured that many of the most important members of thebox.bz actually moved to another, more secure website before the site was closed down, meaning that the torrent could still be out there.
Possibly due to its specialist subject matter, the documentary has never seen a widespread official release. The documentary does have its own section on the BBC website, but there are no clips or detailed information about it.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0088rlw BBC's ''Animation Nation'' website.]</ref> It used to be uploaded to YouTube but has since been taken down; similarly, the torrent website thebox.bz used to have a torrent for the series, but that site has since been closed down. It was rumored that many of the most important members of thebox.bz actually moved to another, more secure website before the site was closed down, meaning that the torrent could still be out there.
All episodes are now viewable on the Animation Nation Vimeo channel<ref>[https://vimeo.com/user72828045 Animation Nation Vimeo]</ref> and on the Internet Archive. <ref>[https://archive.org/details/AnimationNationTheArtOfPersuasionEpisode1 Animation Nation Series uploaded by Binzhou5]</ref>
All episodes are now viewable on the ''Animation Nation'' Vimeo channel<ref>[https://vimeo.com/user72828045 ''Animation Nation'' Vimeo]</ref> and on the Internet Archive. <ref>[https://archive.org/details/AnimationNationTheArtOfPersuasionEpisode1 ''Animation Nation'' series on the Internet Archive]</ref>


==Episode Chart==
==Episode Chart==
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|1||The Art of Persuasion||[https://vimeo.com/238675454<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|1||The Art of Persuasion||[https://vimeo.com/238675454<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|2||Something to Say||[https://vimeo.com/238676305<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|2||Something to Say||[https://vimeo.com/238676305<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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|3||Visions of Childhood||[https://vimeo.com/254930261<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|3||Visions of Childhood||[https://vimeo.com/254930261<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 01:18, 10 July 2020

Animation Nation title.JPG

The series' title card.

Status: Found

Date found: 17 Oct 2017

Found by: Scottstrachann

Animation Nation was a documentary that aired in 2005 on BBC4, being repeated on the same channel two years later in 2007. It presented a detailed history of British animation and its uses throughout the years, featuring interviews with original creators and academics alongside clips from the many cartoons it discussed.

It was a three-part mini-series, consisting of the episodes "Visions of Childhood" (which looked at classic British animation aimed at children), "Something to Say" (which looked at more adult cartoons created post-1960s) and "The Art of Persuasion" (which looked at animation's use in war-time propaganda and post-war advertising).

Possibly due to its specialist subject matter, the documentary has never seen a widespread official release. The documentary does have its own section on the BBC website, but there are no clips or detailed information about it.[1] It used to be uploaded to YouTube but has since been taken down; similarly, the torrent website thebox.bz used to have a torrent for the series, but that site has since been closed down. It was rumored that many of the most important members of thebox.bz actually moved to another, more secure website before the site was closed down, meaning that the torrent could still be out there. All episodes are now viewable on the Animation Nation Vimeo channel[2] and on the Internet Archive. [3]

Episode Chart

# Episode Title Status
1 The Art of Persuasion Found
2 Something to Say Found
3 Visions of Childhood Found

References