Platforms / Comedy
Right from the outset, Beakus have been laughing… A lot… The reason is because we like to make comedy clips, for broadcast, the web, or even film. Our directors have worked with the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV, creating such comedy vehicles as Fonejacker's 'Talented Mouse', BBC3's darkly satirical Monkey Dust 'Divorced Dad', MTV Load's 'Leap Of Faith', and 4Mations' 'Brat & Bear'.
Most recently, Steve Smith wrote and directed 5 new episodes of 'Stuffed', a painfully funny comedy skit about a sadistic spiky-haired boy and his cognitive yet paralysed toy bear. In fact, 'Stuffed' should be on the BBC's website from February…
Below is a selection of sketches we've animated, and even sometimes originated. We have a cupboard crammed with new ideas so if you're looking to commission new animated comedy, get in touch – studio@beakus.com.
All 5 episodes of Steve Smith's irreverent comedy 'Stuffed' are online at the BBC Comedy portal! To make your browsing easier we've collected them here – but be warned, they are downright rude and quite vulgar..!
Featuring the voice behind Aleksander the Meerkat, 'Stuffed' is an animated series following chipper young deviant Brat and his victim [...]
Leigh Hodgkinson's zany, energetic, and foul rendering of Kayvan Novak's 'Fonejacker' sketch 'Talented Mouse' is hilarious. Created using a myriad of photographs and some clever compositing it was the standout skit from Series 1, gaining Leigh an Annecy Crystal (and Kayvan a BAFTA!)
Director: Leigh Hodgkinson
Producer: Maria Manton for Slinky
Commission: Channel 4, Hat Trick
Catnip
Pest Control
Cheese
Oasis
'Brat & Bear' is a 3-part mini-series created by Steve Smith for Channel 4. It stars a vindictive, experimental spike-headed kid and his set-upon yet optimistic toy bear. The action takes place each night in the shed at the bottom of the garden, where Bear lives. Inanimate yet cursed with strong cognitive emotions, Bear is [...]
Beakus director Steve Smith was commissioned to make a 1-minute short for MTV's 'Load' mobile platform. 'Leap of Faith' follows the perils of being a box-headed robot in a post-apocalyptic cityscape.. Made entirely in 3D it features music accompaniement by Julian Wilson, and was actually used by BAFTA as an example of how to make [...]
The insanely popular Mitchell & Webb approached animators (via the BBC of course) to visualise some of their radio sketches. Beakus director Steve Smith designed and animated 'Pit Ponies' about a couple of old nags down a mine who realise life isn't all it's cracked up to be…
Director: Steve Smith
Producer: Richard Barnett for Trunk
Commission: BBC [...]
