The exhibition, at the Waterside arts centre in Sale, Greater Manchester, marks the opening of the Cosgrove Hall archive.
Count Duckula, who shunned meat after being resurrected with ketchup instead of blood, and Danger Mouse, the world’s greatest secret agent, are two of the stars of a new show exploring the work of Cosgrove Hall, an independent animation company based in Manchester.
For shows such as Danger Mouse, each second of animation required 12 subtly different frames, each drawn by hand on a transparent sheet of acetate.
In its heyday Cosgrove Hall was the biggest animation studio in Europe.