Once upon a time, down a narrow Devon lane in the depths of
the Blackdown Hills, there was a rickety old farmhouse where a couple of eccentric
animators lived in a fantasy world, bringing to life a series of quirky
fairytales adapted by an equally eccentric musician, Ed Welch. These tales,
featuring a wiley wolf, a wicked witch and a ginormous, giant were greatly
influenced by the surrounding countryside of rolling hills and foreboding
woods.
I have amazing memories of working from our tiny studio
looking out into the countryside while storyboarding and designing this
wonderful series. It's a body of work I
am truly proud of and I knew as we were producing it that it was a classic
handcrafted animated series that had storytelling at its heart. It was such a
creative time in our careers and I am grateful to Vanessa Chapman, CITV's Commissioning
Editor at the time for her vision in commissioning the series, and to Michael
Forte and Lewis Rudd from Carlton TV for the freedom they allowed us to design
and create with very little interference. It was about family viewing that didn't talk down to children, it
appealed to both parents and children who could enjoy it on different levels.
Twenty years on the TV landscape is very different, but Wolves
is still being played on CITV to a new generation of children.
Sara Bor, producer and director.
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