August Newsletter

Welcome to our August newsletter…! Beakus was a busy bee last month, completing the first of a series of new animations for the BBC – 'Day In The Life'.

Starring Eric, a 10-year-old animated boy who can travel back in time, 'Day In The Life' was created to accompany a major new BBC series ‘Hands On History’. The animations will encourage kids to find out more about historical periods through the BBC’s website. 

The first episode, ‘The Normans’, was directed by Dave Hodgson at Pesky, and animated and designed by Steve Smith at Beakus. As a Norman boy Eric drinks beer for breakfast and poos in the castle moat…. He then juggles an array of fighting implements before serving wine at a banquet.

Eric is voiced by the talented Daniel Roche, from ‘Outnumbered’, whose idiosyncratic delivery helped to develop Eric’s character.

You can watch this first episode at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/day-in-the-life.shtml. The BBC rate it pretty highly, as the other day it featured at the top of their website!

Lots more to come next month, but until then, have a great Summer!