S1 E2: What can Chicken Run tell us about post-war Britain?
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Already acclaimed as the creators of the much-loved animated duo Wallace and Gromit, in 2000 Aardman Animation joined forces with Dreamworks for their feature length debut. For their setting they chose a chicken farm in the north of England; for action, the chickens’ attempt to escape from their compound; for inspiration a myriad of films from the post-war period. The result was Chicken Run. But what can Chicken Run tell about war films in the post-war period, and post-war Britain more generally? Featuring Dr Sam Manning, whose publications include: 'Cinemas and Cinema-going in the United Kingdom: Decades of Decline. 1945-1965'.
