A compilation of over 100 sketches from 2DTV series 1 and 2 will be on sale from 25th November, on both VHS and DVD.
19th December 2002 - François Le Vaillant in competition at Clermont-Ferrand
François Le Vaillant is competing in the National Competition category at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival to be held on 31 January - 8 February 2003.
11th December 2002 - François Le Vaillant wins Best Short Film at Tenerife
François Le Vaillant has won the prize for Best Short Film at the 1st Tenerife International Animation Festival 2002.
26th November 2002 - 2DTV nominated for British Comedy Awards
2DTV has been nominated for Best New TV Comedy at the prestigious British Comedy Awards 2002. The ceremony will be held on 14th December and will be televised from 9.00pm on ITV1.
12th November 2002 - 2DTV third series starts on 27th November
Series 3 of 2DTV begins at 10.30pm on ITV1 on 27th November 2002. The new episodes will be over double the length of previous shows.
11th November 2002 - Bounty Hamster up for BAF award
The Free Lenny episode of Bounty Hamster, the Silver Fox series that CelAction provided 3D animation for, is up for the TV Series For Children award at the Bradford Animation Festival, being held from the 14th to the 16th November.
31st October 2002 - 2DTV VHS and DVD out on 25th November
A compilation of over 100 sketches from 2DTV series 1 and 2 will be on sale from 25th November, on both VHS and DVD.
23rd October 2002 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! broadcast dates
The highly anticipated series Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! from Collingwood O'Hare has a provisional broadcast date on ITV1 next year. It will be shown at 4.50pm each day from 6th January 2003.
1st October 2002 - CelAction2D training course at La Poudrière
A week long training course in CelAction2D for 6 European animators was completed last week at La Poudrière, one of France's most respected animation schools. The unique course covered all the features of the software, and was over-subscribed. Watch this page for details of future training courses.
12th September 2002 - Peppa Pig at Cartoon Forum
Peppa Pig, the new series by Neville Astley and Mark Baker, will be presented at this year's Cartoon Forum from 19th-21st September in Wales. More details can be found at www.cartoon-media.be.
2nd September 2002 - François Le Vaillant wins International Jury Prize at Hiroshima
François Le Vaillant has won a Special International Jury Prize at the Hiroshima Animation Festival 2002.
30th August 2002 - Shoot The Dog video on CD and DVD
George Michael's Shoot The Dog video is now available on CD single (including a Quicktime movie of the video) and DVD.
22nd August 2002 - François Le Vaillant wins Special Commendation at MIAF
François Le Vaillant has won a Special Commendation for Outstanding Screen Presence at the Melbourne International Animation Festival 2002.
1st August 2002 - François Le Vaillant in competition at Ottawa
François Le Vaillant will be competing in the First Film category at the 2002 Ottawa International Animation Festival from 2nd-6th October 2002. More details can be found at http://www.awn.com/ottawa/ottawa02.
9th July 2002 - New George Michael video produced using CelAction2D
"Shoot The Dog", the latest music video by pop superstar George Michael, was produced in under three weeks by the 2DTV production team, in the style of their massively successful TV series. The video can be seen at www.georgemichael.com.
14th June 2002 - 2DTV gets highest ever ratings
The 2DTV episode that aired on the weekend of 25th May 2002 got 6.23 million viewers, with a massive 27.45% audience share. This is an incredibly high figure for an animated series on the UK.
9th June 2002 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! wins Best Pilot award at Annecy
The pilot for the series Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, has won the Best Pilot award at the Annecy 2002 festival.
7th June 2002 - François Le Vaillant in competition at Hiroshima
François Le Vaillant will be shown at the 2002 Hiroshima Animation Festival from 22nd-26th August 2002. More details can be found at www.urban.ne.jp/home/hiroanim/index.html.
29th April 2002 - 2DTV wins Press Prize at Montreux
2DTV has won the Press Prize for Comedy at the prestigious Rose D'Or 2002 festival in Montreux.
28th April 2002 - Repeat showing of The Big Knights on CBBC
The award-winning series The Big Knights is being repeated from 29th April 2002 on CBBC at 3.55pm. The whole series will show at this time every day Mondays-Fridays for three weeks.
26th April 2002 - Second series of 2DTV starts tomorrow
The second series of 6x10 minute topical animated comedy show 2DTV will broadcast every Saturday on ITV1 at 10.00pm, is repeated on Sundays at 10.45pm. More information can be found at www.2dtv.co.uk.
23rd April 2002 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! wins Best Pilot award at Cartoons On The Bay
The 5-minute pilot for the series Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, has won the Best Pilot award at the Cartoons On The Bay festival.
12th April 2002 - Three CelAction2D productions up for Annecy awards
Programmes created with CelAction2D feature in three different categories at the Annecy Film Festival 2002. Red and Ned in Cheeze Trapeze by Astley Baker at Loose Moose is nominated for Best Commercial, 2DTV by 2DTV Ltd is nominated for Best TV Series, and Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment is nominated by Best Pilot. More information can be found at www.annecy.org.
11th April 2002 - CelAction will be at MIFA 2002
CelAction will be on stand 4-09 at MIFA in Annecy, June 5-8 2002. Please contact us in advance if you wish to organise a demonstration of CelAction2D software. More information can be found at www.annecy.org.
9th April 2002 - First CelAction2D film resolution project is released
François le Vaillant, directed by Carles Porta as part of the Artist-in-Residence project at Folimage, is now being seen at festivals around the world. The 8 minute project is the first to be made at film resolution in CelAction2D.
8th April 2002 - Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! nominated for Best Pilot at Cartoons On The Bay
The 5-minute pilot for the series Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, by Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment, has been nominated for the Best Pilot award at the Cartoons On The Bay festival. More information can be found at www.cartoonsbay.com.
5th April 2002 - 2DTV nominated for Golden Rose of Montreux
2DTV, the topical animated comedy series, has been nominated for Best Comedy at the Rose D'Or festival held In Montreux. More information can be found at www.rosedor.ch.
4th April 2002 - New series for Disney Channel produced in CelAction2D
History On Toast, a 13-part series of short historical parodies, produced by Absolutely Productions, is now airing on the Disney Channel (in selected Territories). It was animated entirely using CelAction2D.
3rd April 2002 - Second Star To The Left nominated at Cartoons On The Bay
Second Star To The Left, a half-hour TV Special by Silver Fox Films has been nominated for the European Programme - Canal Grande Prize at Cartoons On The Bay. CelAction provided 3D animation on several sequences. More information can be found at www.cartoonsbay.com.
1st March 2002 - 2DTV nominated for a British Animation Award!
2DTV has been nominated in the Best Comedy category of the British Animation Awards 2002. The awards evening will be held on 15th March 2002.
13th February 2002 - Collingwood O'Hare series commissioned by ITV
Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! has been commissioned as a series of 52 5-minute shows by ITV, and is in production now using CelAction2D.
12th February 2002 - 2DTV nominated for Indie award!
2DTV has been nominated in the Animation category of the Indie Awards 2002. The awards evening will be held on 13th March 2002.
11th February 2002 - Astley Baker make comic strip of The Big Knights
This is kind of old news, but we realised we hadn't told anyone about it... Six completely new The Big Knights stories were produced as comic strips for Britain's FBX comic. The show's creators, Mark Baker and Neville Astley, used CelAction2D to create the artwork using the actual models used in the TV show. This not only ensured exact replication of the style of the show, it also allowed the directors to make the comic strip themselves without bringing in traditional illustrators, thus creating another direct revenue stream for the animation production company.
