Mark William Hall (17 May 1936 – 18 November 2011) was a British producer and animator who co-founded Cosgrove Hall Productions and CHF Entertainment, with

Brian Cosgrove Brian Joseph Cosgrove (born 6 April 1934) is an English animator, designer, director, producer and sculptor. With Mark Hall, he founded Cosgrove Hall Films in 1976 and produced successful animated children shows including ''The Wind in the W ...

. Together, they created multiple animated series, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. Hall died of

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in 2011, leaving his role in CHF Entertainment to his son Simon.

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