A collage featuring: an 8-bit style soccer player, nails painted with a footballer and red-white-blue gradient, orange soccer players art on a brick wall, and a smiling football bobblehead labeled YA MAAL—evoking Nicos Livesey animation for BBC World Cup. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Nicos Livesey Animates on Everything in Buildup to BBC’s World Cup Coverage

Blinkink director Nicos Livesey, whose stop-motion titles for BBC’s coverage of the UEFA Women’s EURO nabbed a BAFTA this year, expands his animation canvas exponentially in this trailer for the World Cup on BBC Sport. [Watch]

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games BBC Trailer by NOMINT | STASH MAGAZINE

Pyro-Mation: NOMINT Teases the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on BBC

Wrangling 700 3D‑printed athletes and a dozen pyro techniques, director Yannis Konstantinidis and the fearless stop-motion crew at NOMINT craft a dazzling trailer for the BBC’s coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. [Watch]

BBC 2025 UEFA Womens Euro by Nicos Livesey and Blinkink | STASH MAGAZINE

Nicos Livesey Stops at Nothing for 2025 UEFA Women’s Euro

Blinkink director Nicos Livesey and BBC Creative (who teamed on this breakout 2018 World Cup work) just dropped another craft-heavy soccer spot, a stop-motion spectacle for BBC’s coverage of the 2025 UEFA Women’s Euro. [Watch]

Best of Stash 2024 Characters | STASH MAGAZINE

Best of Stash 2024: Characters!

The broad range of styles and production techniques seen in these seven films speaks to just how energized and extraordinary 2024 was for character design and animation across the motion industry. [Watch]

Joseph Wallace and Atime Works Sleeping Forecast BBC Sounds | STASH MAGAZINE

Joseph Wallace and Atime Works Relax With the “Sleeping Forecast” for BBC Sounds

UK director Joseph Wallace brings his stop-motion and puppetry powers to this film shot by Malcolm Hadley (Corpse Bride, Chicken Run 2) thru London prodco Atime Works for a BBC podcast designed to help listeners fall asleep. [Watch]

BBC 2024 Paris Olympics Nexus Fx Goby | STASH MAGAZINE

Fx Goby and Nexus Studios Launch BBC 2024 Olympics Coverage in the City of Love

Nexus Studios’ director Fx Goby, whose wide-ranging character work you can see here and here, captures the passion and pain of 36 athletes in this rousing spot for the BBC’s coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. [Watch]