Editing Cosgrove Hall Films (section)

{{Short description|British animation studio}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Cosgrove Hall Films
| logo = CosgroveHallLogo.png
| logo_size = 300px
| logo_caption = Final logo (1994-2009)
| image= CHPro.jpg
| image_caption = Second logo of Cosgrove Hall Productions (1985-1993); taken from [[Alias the Jester]]
| industry = [[Animation]]
| predecessor = Stop Frame Productions
| fate ='''1993:'''<br />Closed; reopened as Cosgrove Hall Films<br />'''2009:'''<br />Folded by [[ITV plc]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1976}}<br />(original; Cosgrove Hall Productions)<br />{{Start date and age|df=yes|1993}}<br />(revival; Cosgrove Hall Films)
| founders = [[Brian Cosgrove]]<br />[[Mark Hall (animator)|Mark Hall]]
| defunct = {{End date and age|df=yes|1993}}<br /> (as Cosgrove Hall Productions)<br />{{End date and age|df=yes|2009}}<br />(as Cosgrove Hall Films)
| successor = [[Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment|Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment, Ltd.]]<br />'''Library:'''<br />[[Boat Rocker Media]]<br />(mostly)
| location_city = [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]],<br />[[Manchester]], England
| key_people = Brian Cosgrove<br />Mark Hall<ref name="BBC.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15792282 |title=Danger Mouse co-creator Mark Hall dies |work=BBC News |date=8 November 2011 |access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref><br />Keith Scoble<br />Chris Randall<br />[[Brian Trueman]]
| products = 
| owner = [[ITV plc]]
| parent = '''Original:'''<br />[[Thames Television]]<br />'''Revival:'''<br />Anglia Television Entertainment/ITEL (<small>[[Anglia Television]]/[[HBO]]</small>) (1993–2000, 75%<ref>https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/hbo-anglia-form-kidvid-firm-115865/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>)<br />[[Granada plc|Granada Media Group/Granada plc]] (2000–2004, 75%<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.c21media.net/news/citv-orders-cosgrove-hall-pre-schooler/ | title=CiTV orders Cosgrove Hall pre-schooler }}</ref>)<br />[[ITV plc]] (2004–2009)
| divisions =
| subsid = 
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160817134734/http://chfentertainment.com/ chfentertainment.com]
}}
'''Cosgrove Hall Films''' was a British [[animation]] studio founded by [[Brian Cosgrove]] and [[Mark Hall (animator)|Mark Hall]], headquartered in [[Chorlton-cum-Hardy]], [[Manchester]]. Cosgrove Hall was a major producer of [[children's television]] and [[animated]] programmes/films, which are still seen in over eighty countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/itv-upheaval-threatens-toytown-home-of-noddy-staff-at-an-award-winning-animation-studio-are-facing-1555022.html |title=ITV upheaval threatens Toytown home of Noddy |first=Maggie |last=Brown |work=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=2 October 1992 |access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> The company was wound down by its then owner, [[ITV plc]], on 26 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news/24736-cosgrove-hall-quietly-shut-down.html?news_section=4159 |title=Cosgrove Hall quietly shut down |work=Thebusinessdesk.com |last=Graham |first=James |date=18 June 2010 |access-date=18 November 2011}}</ref> It was mainly known for its series ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'' and ''[[Count Duckula]]''.