Mark William Hall (17 May 1936 — 17 November 2011) was an English producer and writer, known for Danger Mouse (1981), The Wind in the Willows (1983), The Wind in the Willows (1984), The BFG (1988), and Discworld miniseries Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music (both 1997). Hall and his professional partner, Brian Cosgrove, a friend from college, established Cosgrove Hall Productions, an animation company, in 1976 and retired in 2000. Their company is now called Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick.
The Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987, based on characters from Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows and following the 1983 film The Wind in the Willows. It was made by animation company Cosgrove Hall for Thames Television and shown on the ITV network. An hour-long feature, A Tale Of Two Toads, was broadcast in 1988, and a fifth season of 13 episodes was shown in 1989 under the title Oh! Mr Toad in some countries, whilst retaining the title The Wind in the Willows in others.
Release Date1984-04-27
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count65
Vote Count16
Noddy's Toyland Adventures was a children's television programme that was broadcast from September 1992 until December 1994 and again from 1999 to 2001 on the BBC. It was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and was produced and shown in stop-motion animation. It follows the adventures of Noddy a little wooden doll who lives in Toyland with his red and yellow taxi often trying to make sixpence or getting himself in trouble. His best friends Big Ears, Mr Plod and Tessie Bear are always ready to lend a hand, especially when he gets tricked by Gobbo and Sly the wicked Goblins. Whatever the situation the episode mostly ends with Noddy laughing and nodding his head which makes the bell on his hat ring.
Release Date1992-09-17
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count53
Vote Count6
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
Release Date1990-12-25
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count168
In 1376, the city of Hamelin is freed from a plague of hungry rats by a mysterious Piper who plays a tune and leads the vermin on a mery dance out of town and straight in to the river. But the greedy city Governers refuse to pay their agreed fee, so the Piper wreaks a terible revenge. He plays his pipe once more, only this time he leads all the children of Hamelin away to a magical mountain portal, from which they never return...
Release Date1980-03-12
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the Nomes. 15000 years ago the Nomes crashed to Earth in a scout ship from the starship Swan. Generations of them have come and gone with the passing years and the changing countryside. Suddenly faced with extinction, the ten surviving Nomes, guided by their reluctant leader Masklin, must face many exciting adventures during their search for a new home and hiding place in the big, bad world of the humans.
Release Date1992-05-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count7
When Duke Felmet murders King Verence and takes over the small country of Lancre on the Discworld, a trio of witches—the flowery Magrat Garlick, the lively Nanny Ogg, and their leader Granny Weatherwax—are involuntarily tasked with protecting the king's infant son.
Release Date1997-05-18
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count6
Vote Count16
One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
Release Date1983-12-30
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count39
Engie Benjy is a pre-school children's television show, broadcast on ITV's children's strand, CITV. Engie Benjy is a blue haired boy, a mechanic who helps fix problems with his friends' vehicles. His dog is Jollop. Other characters include Pilot Pete and Astronaut Al. The vehicles included in the show are a van, a bus, a bike, a plane, a boat, a tractor and a spaceship. Engie Benjy has a few catch phrases: "whadda-we-do-Dan?", "This is an emergency!" and "Great work team!" Engie also has a song he sings when solving a problem: "There's a problem here without a doubt, let's look around and check it out... Spin the screws, hear the hum, check the temperature.." before Jenny joins in singing "Make a mess, break stuff, whack the dummy with a bat...." The main character voices are provided by television double act, Ant and Dec. In the first series Dec voiced the title role of Engie Benjy while Ant voiced his dog, Jollop. In the third series another character was added for Ant to voice called Trucker Troy, Engie Benjy's cousin, whilst Brianna Gentilella, the duo's American rival, voices Jenny, the assistant of Benjy. Many of the other characters are voiced by the entertainer Les Dennis.
Release Date2002-09-04
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count6
Vote Count2
Soul Music is a seven-part animated television adaptation of the book of the same name by Terry Pratchett, produced by Cosgrove Hall, and first broadcast on 12 May 1997. It was the first film adaptation of an entire Discworld novel. The series soundtrack was also released on CD, but the disc is now out of production. The soundtrack is, however, now available through iTunes.
Release Date1997-06-06
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count7
Vote Count5
The fast-paced antics of a troublesome red cat as he pulls pranks and generally enrages his family and everyone else he meets.
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count52
Vote Count1
Cosgrove Hall's stop-motion animation of the classic fairy tale Cinderella
Release Date1979-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1
Faced with imminent extinction, and guided by a mysterious handheld black box, the surviving members of an alien race of small people - Nomes - embark upon a quest to find a new home, safe from the unwelcome attentions of us destructive humans...
Release Date1992-01-10
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count13
Vote Count3
A man on a bad run of luck – he loses his job, his car, his girlfriend, and a manuscript in a 48-hour period – has a complete life reassessment with the help of his adulterous brother and an immature cousin.
Release Date1999-04-02
DepartmentProduction
JobAssociate Producer
Oh, Mr. Toad was a television spin-off from the 1980s stop motion animation series The Wind in the Willows. The show was animated by Cosgrove Hall and broadcast on CITV. It then became Series 5 of the main series, when it came onto DVD.
Release Date1990-03-27
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count13
Chorlton and the Wheelies is an animated children's television series that ran from September 1976 until June 1979 on British Television Channel. It followed the adventures of Chorlton, a fictional happiness dragon, in Wheelie World. Chorlton and the Wheelies was created by Cosgrove Hall for the ITV station Thames Television, and the eponymous lead character gets his name from the suburb of Manchester in which the Cosgrove Hall studio was based: the legend "Made in Chorlton-cum-Hardy" is found written on the inside of the egg from which he hatches in the very first episode of the series.
Release Date1976-09-27
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count4
A delightful video introduction to the Bible story of Noah's Ark. Your child will venture along with Noah as he obeys God's command to build an ark and gather two of every kind of animal. Our visually creative combination of animation, toys, animals in nature, children in adorable outfits and puppets – all set to beautiful classical and worship music – will thoroughly engage and entertain your child.
Release Date1972-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Rocky and the Dodos was a stop-motion animated television series produced by Cosgrove Hall, and broadcast on CITV from 1998 to 1999. It followed a group of dodos who lived on a far off island.
Release Date1998-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count26
Vote Count1
Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensive stop-motion techniques) brings Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book to life. When the villainous Weasel and his crew of thugs kidnap an unsuspecting Toad and send an impostor to take over Toad Hall, Badger, Rat and Mole aren't fooled. But can they figure out a way to save their friend before it's too late?
Release Date1989-12-29
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count1
Pilot for an unproduced Cosgrove-Hall series.
Release Date1975-01-01
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
