CHF Entertainment (originally established as Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment) was an animation studio formed in 2011. It was the reincarnation of the animation company Cosgrove Hall Films which closed in 2009 after 40 years. Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall formed and ran the original Cosgrove Hall creating over 1000 episodes of animated programs such as ''

Danger Mouse Danger Mouse may refer (or appear in) to: * ''Danger Mouse'' (1981 TV series), a 1981 British animated television series * ''Danger Mouse'' (2015 TV series), a 2015 reboot of the British animated television series * Danger Mouse (musician) (born ...

'', ''

Cockleshell Bay Cockleshell Bay is a stop-motion children's television series which was shown at lunchtime on ITV during the early 1980s. It was made by Cosgrove Hall for its parent company, the ITV broadcaster Thames Television. Other children's programmes in ...

'', '' Count Duckula'', ''

Lavender Castle ''Lavender Castle'' (also known as ''Gerry Anderson's Lavender Castle'') is a British stop motion/ CGI science fantasy television series created by Rodney Matthews and produced by Gerry Anderson. It was produced in 1997 through a collaboration ...

'' and ''

The Wind in the Willows ''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and gets ...

'', and produced '' Fifi and the Flowertots'', '' Postman Pat,'' and ''

Roary the Racing Car ''Roary the Racing Car'' (stylised as ''ROARY: The Racing Car'') is a British-stop-motion children's television series created by David Jenkins and produced by Chapman Entertainment and Cosgrove Hall Films. It follows the adventures of Roary ...

''. They won a number of awards, including six BAFTAs and two international Emmys. In November 2012, Brian Cosgrove received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts' Special Award for outstanding creative contribution to the industry at the British Academy of Children's Awards. Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall came out of retirement in 2011 to form CHF Entertainment with Francis Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick co-created '' Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks'' which won a number of Emmy Awards. A new children's story, ''Pip!'', was created. They believed it would turn into a major worldwide TV series. Hall died in November 2011 before this could be realized, and was replaced by his son Simon Hall. CHF Entertainment is currently working on a number of children's shows, including ''

Pip Ahoy! ''Pip Ahoy!'' is a British children's animated television series aimed at preschoolers following the adventures of a puppy named Pip and his best friend, a kitten named Alba, who live in Salty Cove. The series originally aired on Milkshake! on Ch ...

'', the story of a loveable sea pup aimed at pre-school children; and ''HeroGliffix'', targeted at a slightly older audience. ''Pip!'' was showcased at MIPCom Global Sales Fair in Cannes in October 2011 and was flagged by the industry as being 'one to watch'. There were 52 eleven-minute episodes planned, of whom were released in spring 2013. In 2012, David Jason provided the voice of 'Skipper', one of the show's leading characters. Jason had provided the voices for a number of Cosgrove Hall's animated series, including ''Danger Mouse'', ''The Wind in the Willows,'' and ''Count Duckula''. ''Magic Marlon'' began on Milkshake in spring/summer of 2016. On 6 June 2019, the closure of CHF Entertainment's animation department was announced, but would not affect the production of 2 more series of ''

Daisy & Ollie Daisy & Ollie is a British children's animated series for preschoolers produced by CHF Entertainment and Hoopla Studio for Cartoonito and Channel 5's Milkshake! block. The show follows the daily life of two little kids named Daisy and Ollie, ...

'', which will be undertaken by Hoopla Animation.

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Prolificnorth.co.uk: "Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment appoints Sir David Jason to the board"
February 2013 {{Animation industry in the United Kingdom British animation studios Mass media companies established in 2011 2011 establishments in England