On The Air

Some­times real­ity is harder to believe than fic­tion, and when that hap­pens, what bet­ter medium to cap­ture its mad­ness than ani­ma­tion? When the BBC Ire­land realised that, they cre­ated On the Air bring­ing to life some of the most idio­syn­cratic phone-ins from BBC Radio Ulster’s Gerry Ander­son show to the screen by ani­mat­ing the real-life dia­logue with col­or­ful char­ac­ters and re-interpreted settings.

Gerry Ander­son said he was con­cerned with how the ani­ma­tors are rep­re­sent­ing him: “I am still upset about hav­ing only three fin­gers on each hand and no nose. I’m tak­ing this to the high­est court in the land. And then to Stras­bourg.”

In this episode (The third one of the series) Gerry’s intrigued by Karen’s call who’s hav­ing trou­ble with a psy­chotic crow attack­ing her house. The series was pro­duced by Flick­er­pix around 2006.