For anyone who grew up with the golden age of British animation, this is a bit of a moment. Before the public opening, visitors are being invited for a first look at the brand new permanent gallery dedicated to the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive, now settled into its forever home inside the newly refurbished Sale Library.
From Friday 16 January, the free exhibition will open its doors and bring together an entire era of Manchester-made television history. Expect to see icons like Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Chorlton and the Wheelies and a whole cast of familiar faces who shaped childhoods across generations.
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The exhibition digs into the story of Cosgrove Hall, the groundbreaking studio founded by Brian Hall and Mark Cosgrove in 1976. Alongside the characters themselves, you’ll find original artwork, puppets, props, sets and scripts that reveal exactly how these worlds were built. That includes the full sorting office, cottage and lighthouse that appeared in Postman Pat, as well as the storybooks that inspired some of the studio’s most loved adaptations, from The Wind in the Willows to The BFG.
Visitors can explore the artistry behind stop-motion and hand-drawn animation, tracing each step from paper sketch to finished puppet. It’s a rare chance to go behind the scenes of a studio that quietly transformed British children’s television, and to see the characters in the place they’ll now call home.
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