Gogs (Gogs)

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Directed by

Michael Mort

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Josie Lawrence

Rob Rackstraw

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"The Gogs - Gogwana"

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Description: "Claymation with a kick.... in the teeth!'" Say hello to young Ogo, Oglas, Ogla, long-haired Igi, grandpa Gogas and baby Girj, otherwise known as 'The Gogs', and otherwise unnamed within these two series of prehistoric encounters because 'The Gogs' do not actually use language to communicate with one another. Instead they gesticulate, thump, grunt, and - um - expel in equal proportion. Yep, the Gog family are our all-farting, all-belching, snot-dribbling, bottom-exposing caveman ancestors. More missing stink, than missing link. They inhabit a lost world of hungry dinosaurs, extremes of climate, and environmental cha "Claymation with a kick.... in the teeth!'"

Say hello to young Ogo, Oglas, Ogla, long-haired Igi, grandpa Gogas and baby Girj, otherwise known as 'The Gogs', and otherwise unnamed within these two series of prehistoric encounters because 'The Gogs' do not actually use language to communicate with one another. Instead they gesticulate, thump, grunt, and - um - expel in equal proportion. Yep, the Gog family are our all-farting, all-belching, snot-dribbling, bottom-exposing caveman ancestors. More missing stink, than missing link. They inhabit a lost world of hungry dinosaurs, extremes of climate, and environmental chaos. The word 'subtlety' hasn't been invented here. They're crude, but never just rude, and frequently very funny to watch.

This prehistory claymation was the brainchild of Mike Mort and Deiniol Morris of 'Aaargh! Animation'. A pilot was developed in 1993 and the subsequent first series brought initially to welsh screens by Meirion Davies of S4C. From there it was sprung on to a national platform with the help of Colin Rose at the BBC.

The five episodes of that first series -'Gogs I' - were first screened nationally on BBC2 as a run of daily episodes during the Christmas Holiday schedules in 1996. 'Gogs' went on to acquire a 1995 Children's BAFTA Award for Best Animation, and a prestigious Banff Animation award, and it also spawned a sequel, imaginatively titled 'Gogs II'...

But that wasn't the end of things, of course. A half-hour feature beckoned. 'Gogwana' has bigger sets, bigger effects and bigger bogeys and takes the club-thumping clan out of their cave and off on an extraordinary dino-filled, pygmy-stuffed adventure to a new home. What's more BAFTA stardom beckoned again when the film was nominated for Best Animation in the prestigious film section...

'Aaargh!' have gone from strength to strength on the back of those 'Gogs'. They won plaudits for their Levi 501s commercial - the Mr Bombastic/Shaggy one - they've also animated for ReadyBrek, and in 2001 they mined still more BAFTA gold, winning their second Children's BAFTA for Best Animation for the film "Aunt Tiger". This was 'Aaargh!''s contribution to the "Animated Tales of the World" tv series. 'The Animated Tales' series proved to be the world's largest ever co-production venture with numerous animation studios contributing versions of famous and some not-so-famous folk tales from around the globe....

For those who need to know, the ever-chomping dino in that first 'Gogs' series has a name. He's apparently called Ray...

Trivia Hounds will also note that comedian/actor Josie Lawrence lends her voice to 'The Gogs'. Is that her shrieking tones on the funky end titles too - what do
you think?

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