Fantasy/Animation

Fantasy/Animation

Christopher Holliday is Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education at King’s College London (UK).

Alexander Sergeant is a Lecturer in Digital Media Production at the University of Westminster (UK), specialising in the history and theory of fantasy cinema.

Each episode, they look in detail at a film or television show, taking listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation.

Latest Episode

Archive Episode - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (with Simran Hans) (29.07.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • Archive Episode - Wizards (1977) (Live @ Cinema Museum) 14.07.2025
  • Archive Episode - Inside Out (2015) (with Eric Herhuth) 30.06.2025
  • Archive Episode - Sub-Saharan African Animation (1966-2013) (with Paula Callus) 16.06.2025
  • Archive Episode - Space Jam (1996) (with Paul Wells) 02.06.2025
  • Footnote #65 - Pervasive Animation 26.05.2025
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Patrick McKay & J.D. Payne, 2022-) (Live @ PCA 2025) 19.05.2025
  • Footnote #64 - The Golden Age of Animation 12.05.2025
  • Mickey Mouse (with David McGowan) 05.05.2025
  • Footnote #63 - The Censored Eleven 28.04.2025
  • Rise of the Guardians (2012) 21.04.2025
  • Footnote #62 - Object Relations 14.04.2025
  • Up (2009) (with Tom Brown) 07.04.2025
  • Footnote #61 - The Gaze 31.03.2025
  • World of Tomorrow (2015-2020) (with Elizabeth Cox) 24.03.2025
  • Footnote #60 - Psychoanalysis 17.03.2025
  • The Wind Rises (2013) (with Esther Leslie) 10.03.2025
  • Footnote #59 - Magic 03.03.2025
  • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) (with Lisa Scoggin) 24.02.2025
  • Footnote #58 - Wonder 17.02.2025
  • ABBA Voyage (2022-) (with Ian Comley) 10.02.2025

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