Happy Families (1989)

Concept and creative process

Titles for a children's comedy series based on the 'Happy Families' series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. A filmed animated sequence of the Happy Families card game in which the cards burst out of the pack and fly about in the air before landing to form the title of the programme. As they fly around, they interact in a multi-layered animated optical sequence with Happy Families characters as played in the series by the actors.