Skwigly Podcast 08 (Christmas 2012) - Tim Searle, Michael Rose, Robin Shaw & Hilary Audus

Summary: The eighth Skwigly podcast, a holly'n'jolly seasonal special brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Eb-Ben-eezer Mitchell Special guests: Tim Searle of BabyCow Animation (The Cow Who Almost Missed Christmas, Uncle Wormsley's Christmas) Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures (Room On The Broom, The Gruffalo's Child) Robin Shaw & Hilary Audus of Lupus Films (The Snowman and The Snowdog) Original Skwigly theme by Wesley Allard, christmas arrangement and additional music by Ben Mitchell Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - Humbug. That's right, I wrote a li'l play. 0:04:27 - Discussing BabyCow Animation, whose two specials "The Cow Who Almost Missed Christmas" and "Uncle Wormsley's Christmas" are being broadcast over the holiday season. Ben loves Julia Davis 0:12:06 - Steve interviews BabyCow Animation head Tim Searle. 0:33:40 - Magic Light's "Room on the Broom" discussion, followed by an interview with producer Michael Rose whose other credits include "Chico & Rita" and the "Gruffalo" films. 0:51:54 - Announcing the winners of our two book competitions. The Christmas Card competition winners have to wait a little longer. Give the advent calendar a gander in the meantime! 0:54:09 - The twitterverse band together to get Ben in the mood. Much reminiscing and merry memories. Ben reveals probably too much about the degree of his "Nightmare Before Christmas" musical appreciation. 1:20:14 - Ben interviews Hilary Audus and Robin Shaw, co-writer/director and Assistant director respectively of "The Snowman & The Snowdog", the much-anticipated follow-up to Raymond Briggs's animated channel 4 classic "The Snowman" which was first broadcast 30 years ago. 1:40:29 - Merry Christmas, movie house.