Cosgrove Hall Films

Cosgrove Hall Films was founded 1976 by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall. Originally located in Chorlton, the company ultimately came to be based within Granada Studios, Manchester.

Cosgrove Hall Films was an independent film company specialising in 2D or drawn animation, stop-motion puppet and CGI animation. As well as generating their own intellectual properties, with programmes such as Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and Chorlton and the Wheelies, CHF also produced animated series for other companies. These programmes included Bill and Ben for the BBC, Postman Pat and Rupert the Bear for Entertainment Rights, Fifi and the Flowertots and Roary the Racing Car for Chapman Entertainment.

The company also had its own in-house training programme which enabled people who started out in prop-making or cel-colouring to become animators, directors and producers.

The company was wound up by ITV in 2009. Cosgrove and Hall went on to establish CHF Entertainment, another animation studio, in 2011.