CHF Entertainment

CHF Entertainment was a British animation production company and intellectual property developer focused on children’s and preschool television. Established in 2011, it brought together experienced animation talent and emerging animators in Greater Manchester, with the aim of continuing the creative tradition associated with Cosgrove Hall. It was a separate company from Cosgrove Hall Films, the earlier studio that closed in 2009.

The company developed characters and programme concepts and undertook animation pre-production and production. Its capabilities included character design, storyboarding, scriptwriting and storytelling, using both 2D digital animation and 3D CGI. Its business also included coordination of licensing and merchandising around its properties.

Television productions

Its flagship production, Pip Ahoy!, was a 2D preschool series featuring Sir David Jason as Skipper. The programme premiered on Channel 5’s Milkshake! block in 2014, and CHF produced its first three seasons. The studio subsequently produced the first two seasons of Daisy & Ollie, a CGI preschool series executive-produced and voiced by comedian Jason Manford. That programme debuted on Cartoonito UK in 2017.

CHF also produced the short-form series Magic Marlon. Its development slate included HeroGliffix and Horatio, which the research identifies as concept or development properties rather than completed productions.

Company history

The business adopted its CHF name in January 2014. Its production operations moved within Greater Manchester and Cheshire during its active years, before its in-house animation department closed in spring 2019. Production of subsequent seasons of Daisy & Ollie passed to independent Manchester company Hoopla Animation.

CHF Entertainment entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 17 April 2019. As of October 2026, its physical production operations remained closed, and corporate dissolution was scheduled for 13 November 2026.