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BONUS: New series, Badger and The Blitz

May 9th, 2023 9m 40s

A story of love and hope, inspired by the real-life events of World War II.When Jack’s dog and best friend Badger finds her life on the line, he must act fast to save her.An act of survival becomes an adventure, as they journey across war-tor

The Old Man and the Desert Island

Sep 18th, 2021 11m 4s

In the final episode, the Old Man washes up on a desert island where, in a surreal encounter, he and the Worm meet the Narrator of the series. The bottle that the genie threw into the lake in Episode 4 reappears and inside is a slip of paper th

The Old Man and The Boat

Sep 11th, 2021 9m 52s

The final two episodes are linked together, exploring the idea of whether an individual has a purpose, or a reason, for existing and then moves on to the biggest question: the Meaning of Life. Here, the Old Man begins speaking to his Boat, who

The Old Man and The Mirage

Sep 4th, 2021 11m

The Old Man’s hunger takes hold of him in this episode and he imagines he can see a box of food floating on the lake. Sadly, it’s only a mirage. This provokes an increasingly panicky debate between the Old Man and the Worm about when and whethe

The Old Man talks to the Sun

Aug 28th, 2021 10m 39s

The Old Man meets the Sun in this episode, which is a little broader than most of the others. It’s about the individual’s place in the universe, and in the history of time. The Old Man thinks about the time he’s been on earth and the millions o

The Old Man and His Shadow

Aug 23rd, 2021 10m 38s

In this episode the Old Man begins talking to his own shadow, plus the shadows of the Worm and the Seagull. They all have differing views on what it’s like to be a shadow, but the Old Man’s shadow is particularly depressed by his role. What the

The Old Man and The Fish

Aug 14th, 2021 10m 7s

This episode is really all about the concept of ‘fairness’ and what is and isn’t fair. The Old Man finally catches a fish, who is at first grateful to have the hook removed from her mouth, but then appalled when she discovers that the Old Man p

The Old Man and The Genie

Aug 7th, 2021 10m 29s

The Old Man finds a bottle in the lake and when he uncorks it, a genie pops out. It turns out, that, somehow, the genie is The Old Man - or, at least, part of the Old Man’s soul. Inside the bottle is a note the Old Man wrote many years earlier

The Old Man and the Raindrop

Jul 31st, 2021 9m 25s

It begins to rain and the Old Man finds himself in conversation with a raindrop. After some discussion about why humans dislike rain, the Old Man asks if the raindrop has seen any kind of God sitting up in the clouds where she dropped from. Thi

The Old Man and the Seagull

Jul 24th, 2021 10m 42s

The Old Man gets to meet the Seagull who pooped in his beard in the first episode. The Old Man is a bit cross with him at first, but he slowly thaws as the two of them discuss whether humans are more intelligent than animals, and what ‘intellig

The Old Man and the Worm

Jul 17th, 2021 9m 21s

We meet the Old Man in the Boat for the first time. He’s fishing and almost catches a fish, but it jumps off the hook. He’s left with his bait, an indignant Worm, who helps the Old Man question whether he, or the Worm, are free, and what freedo