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Just completed user testing on our latest project, a Flash learning portal which includes, games, scientific activities/experiments and lots of facts, all bound up in an intriguing animated interface for children to explore. An interesting and enjoyable project to work on.

We have completed a fully animated MOA video for one of the UK's leading multinational pharmaceutical companies. The film depicts the journey of a drug molecule into the body, through the tissues, and into a cell, finishing up inside the cell's nucleus where we see what is happening at DNA level.

Just completed a series of seven short films with Evans Woolfe Media for the Open University. The films show what microbes can do to us, and for us, from the Black Death to making beer.
To be delivered via Youtube, with the aim of encouraging and educating young adults with an interest in science.

Late night TV viewers can catch Ant and Len in HD on the BBC HD channel at midnight on Saturday 12th Feb. Click here for the listing.

We have recently designed the interface for Numberjacks: Mission to Learn, a soon to be launched online learning resource based on the popular Numberjacks TV shows, which we also animated. The design gives the user their own room inside the Numberjacks' sofa from where they can go on missions, or play games to improve their maths skills.

Another skirmish into the world of film. We just delivered a couple of special effects shots for the excellent short film "Boffin & Boffin". The film was shot on a Red One camera and looks great. Click here to see the work.

We have just signed the contract to produce character animation for the live action feature Sweet Little Lies (working title) directed by William J.Saunders. The characters represent the imagination of one of the main characters, Waldo. They are also used in the title sequence, it should be a great project to work on, can’t wait to get started.

Ant & Len has won Shooting People's Film of the Month for November 2009. Judge, Christine Vachon (Producer of ‘Far From Heaven’, ‘Velvet Goldmine’ and the Oscar winning ‘Boys Don’t Cry’), said: “Extremely sophisticated visually. The animation is seamless and looks great. A very cute short that manages to effectively tell a story despite being under two minutes in length. My daughter would love this. Well done!!”

Nycomed released our animated MOA for roflumillast to coincide with the presentation of a major study confirming the safety and efficacy of roflumilast in the treatment of COPD at the Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

Ant & Len has been selected for the onedotzero adventures in motion international touring festival starting in London, 9-13th September, at the BFI Southbank. The festival then goes on to tour several major cites around the world.

The Numberjacks Seaside Adventure, a special 45 minute episode featuring the newly created 'Shape Japer's Lair', has been released on DVD. Click here to see a clip.

We are currently working on series 2 of the award winning Children’s series Numberjacks. The new episodes are set to air in Autumn 2009 on CBeebies.

Numberjacks comes third in a list of the best educational TV programes ever. The list has been compiled by Sarah Ebner from the Times Online. The full article is availible here.

Numberjacks has won the award for the Best Educational Television programme of 2006 for 0-5 year olds.