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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2022 7:19:40 GMT
He'll be remembered for his captivating work on 'The Snowman' but for me his magnum opus was 'When the Wind Blows' which earned him the ire of the Tories of the time.
He must have been doing something right.👍
RIP Raymond.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 15, 2022 9:30:38 GMT
Not watched this yet but heard v good things... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bwdvth
Several decades ago, Raymond Briggs used a pot of coloured pencils to create The Snowman, a wordless book of illustrations which would inspire the film enjoyed by millions of British households every Christmas. His timeless story of the friendship between a young boy and a snowman continues to delight generation after generation with its effortless blend of warmth, humour and sadness.
After creating an instant classic with The Snowman, Briggs disturbed a generation with his anti-nuclear story When the Wind Blows, enthralled kids and adults alike with Fungus the Bogeyman and Father Christmas and, in recent years, moved readers to tears with Ethel & Ernest, a touching account of his parents' life story.
Raymond Briggs has been celebrating the ordinary and making it extraordinary for five decades. And the characters he has created have been both popular and influential. As Nick Park says in the film, he couldn't imagine Wallace and Gromit without the experience of reading Briggs's books. This playful, moving and often emotional portrait is told through interviews with Raymond, specially commissioned animation illustrated by Chris Riddell, and contributions from friends, colleagues and admirers, including Andy Serkis, Nick Park, Steve Bell and Posy Simmonds.
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