Already acclaimed as the creators of the much-loved animated duo Wallace and Gromit, in 2000 Aardman Animation joined forces with Dreamworks for their feature length debut. For their setting they chose a chicken farm in the north of England; for action, the chickens’ attempt to escape from their compound; for inspiration a myriad of films from the post-war period. The result was Chicken Run.

But what can Chicken Run tell about war films in the post-war period, and post-war Britain more generally?

Featuring Dr Sam Manning, whose publications include: 'Cinemas and Cinema-going in the United Kingdom: Decades of Decline. 1945-1965'.