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Skwigly presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Ben Mitchell in conversation with Sarah Cox as part of our ongoing coverage dedicated to the Bristol animation scene in association with Bristol Animation Meetup (BAM).
Previously co-owner and director of the award-winning animation production company ArthurCox, Sarah Cox would also cultivate a relationship with Bristol’s Aardman Animations where she directed films including "Don’t Let it all Unravel" and "The Itch of the Golden Nit". She currently holds the role of Chief Creative Director at Bristol’s Aardman Animations, where she also sits on the Board of Directors. Her role sees her responsible for the development slate across Aardman, exec producing such projects as "Robin Robin", "Epic Adventures of Morph", "Lloyd of the Flies", the "Shaun the Sheep" series "Adventures from Mossy Bottom" and special "The Flight Before Christmas".
With the third "Shaun the Sheep" feature film "The Beast of Mossy Bottom" (Dir. Steve Cox/Matthew Walker) about to hit cinema screens this September, Skwigly were delighted to catch up with Sarah on her history, her current role at the studio, the value of Bristol as an animation locale and what makes "Shaun the Sheep" such an enduring franchise.
23 Jul 2026
Skwigly Podcast 121 - Summer 2026
Presenting episode 121 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast!
In this episode we welcome the team from the upcoming animated series 'Ghostbusters: Night Shift' - Ben Hibon, Elliott Kalan, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan and Amie Karp.
Also discussed: CAF highlights including Julia Pott and 'The Midnight Walk', festival karaoke traditions, beating the heat at Annecy, teasing 'Wildwood' with Travis Knight, Richard Williams's posthumous final film 'Lysistrata', Ricky Gervais's 'Alley Cats', Ben's attempt to get through Charlie Kaufman's stop-mo-themed novel 'Antkind', the rise of both AI and the vehement pushback against it through projects including Jorge Gutierrez's abandoned project 'Punky Duck' and the Annecy furore around Hisko Hulsing's 'Danse Macabre'.
1 Apr 2026
Skwigly Podcast 120 - Spring 2026
Presenting episode 120 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast!
In this episode we welcome Ugo Bienvenu, who joins the podcast to discuss his film 'Arco', out this month in UK cinemas.
Also discussed: The increasing sneakiness of AI creators passing their content off as animation, adult fandoms of popular children’s shows, pleasing Oscar and BAFTA outcomes with wins for 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' (Dir. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski) and 'Two Black Boys in Paradise' (Dir. Baz Sells), Aardman‘s upcoming 'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom', upcoming Cardiff Animation Festival highlights, the 'social experiment' of Konstantin Bronzit's Oscar-nominated short 'The Three Sisters' and we review the recent BBC series 'Small Prophets' featuring animation by Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson.
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