Rhys
Ifans rejuvenates Jerry the Tyke
Taffpack
actor Rhys Ifans has helped BBC Wales resurrect some of the lost
animations of pioneering Welsh animator Sid Griffiths.
Ifans
has worked with BBC Wales to narrate some of Griffiths' early animations
of Jerry The Tyke, the colourful cartoon canine made for the silent
cinema screen in the 1920s and regularly seen in Pathe Pictorial's
screen news-magazines.
And
the results will go on show at the European Animation Forum in north
Wales tomorrow (Friday 20 September).
The
long lost films were discovered by the Welsh Animation Group locked
in the vaults of Pathe.
Now
with a new voiceover from Ifans and new music from Cardiff-based
composer John Rea, played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
Jerry is set to capture a new army of fans.
Four
of the comic cats revived capers have been shown on BBC 2W. And
BBC Wales has acquired the rights to show 20 of the cache in the
coming months.
"Jerry
is like the Welsh Felix," says BBC Wales Head of Arts, Paul
Islwyn-Thomas. "Sid Griffiths really was the pioneer of his
day."
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