Magic Light Pictures

Productions

Since 2009, Magic Light Pictures has produced thirteen half-hour animated specials based on the best-selling children's story books by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler: The Gruffalo (2009), The Gruffalo's Child (2011), Room on the Broom (2012), Stick Man (2015), The Highway Rat (2017), Zog (2018), The Snail and the Whale (2019), Zog and the Flying Doctors (2020), Superworm (2021), The Smeds and the Smoos (2022), Tabby McTat (2023), Tiddler (2024) and The Scarecrows' Wedding (2025). Overall, their productions have won more than 40 awards, including two Children's BAFTAs and the Prix Jeunesse, and have been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Short Animation. Their most recent production, The Scarecrows' Wedding, premiered on BBC One during Christmas Day 2025, and was watched by more than 8.7 million viewers.

Their other productions include the Oscar-nominated Revolting Rhymes (2016), a live-action/animated short based on The Velveteen Rabbit (2023), a preschool animated TV series called Pip and Posy (2021), and feature films including the Oscar-nominated Spanish-language animated feature Chico and Rita (2010), a comedy thriller starring Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt called Wild Target (2010), the British English version of a Danish-language animated feature called Terkel in Trouble (2006), and a romantic comedy feature starring Shaun Evans and Stockard Channing called Sparkle (2007).

Brand partnerships

Magic Light Pictures has several award-winning brand partnerships with organisations including Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Forestry Commission England and Arla milk.

The Chessington World of Adventures Resort currently hosts the Gruffalo River Ride Adventure, themed hotel rooms, an arena dedicated to the films and characters, and a food outlet. In March 2019 Chessington launched a Room on the Broom attraction with specifically themed hotel rooms.