Happy Hour Productions

Happy Hour Productions Happy Hour is a leading TV and Video advertising agency.

Ranked in Campaign's Top 30 and No 1 outside of London, we handle creative and production for ambitious brands and businesses. Our film and animation production services cover TV commercials, DRTV advertising, corporate video production and 3D animation, 2D animation and stop frame animation. Established in 2003 and based in a historic building in Bristol's city centre, Happy Hour has built up a c

lient base of national and international brands, in addition to providing production services to many of the largest creative agencies in the region. With in-house VFX, Picture and Sound Post Production, including full 2D/3D animation facilities, Happy Hour has built up a reputation as the leading TV commercials company in the South West of England.

🎭 From stage to screen!Our Head of Creative, Matt Cooper, recently returned to his alma mater—the —to speak on a panel c...
10/07/2025

🎭 From stage to screen!

Our Head of Creative, Matt Cooper, recently returned to his alma mater—the —to speak on a panel celebrating 50 years of Theatre & Performance Studies.

Matt joined the “Working for Screen” discussion, sharing insights from his career in advertising and how the principles of theatre still shape his creative work today.

Thanks to Warwick for hosting such a brilliant event—and congrats on 50 years of shaping creative minds! 🥂

🎬 Celebrating Emerging Talent in Film 🎓We were thrilled to see our Executive Producer, Tiffany Donnelly, invited to pres...
08/07/2025

🎬 Celebrating Emerging Talent in Film 🎓

We were thrilled to see our Executive Producer, Tiffany Donnelly, invited to present the Best Director award at 2025 Graduate Screening.

Supporting the next generation of creative talent is something we care deeply about at Happy Hour, and it was an honour for Tiff to be part of such a special evening.

A huge congrats to all the graduates, and especially to this year’s winner of Best Director, , who won with a fantastic short film called ‘The Years Between Us’.

The future of filmmaking is looking bright 👏

💫 Super exciting announcement 💫We’re delighted to welcome to the Happy Hour family 🥳We’re passionate about creating mea...
10/04/2025

💫 Super exciting announcement 💫

We’re delighted to welcome to the Happy Hour family 🥳

We’re passionate about creating meaningful, impactful content, so we’re incredibly excited to work alongside WaterAid in support of their vital mission – to provide clean water, decent toilets, and good hygiene to communities around the world 💛

10/01/2025

🐶 New year, new work! 😺
We’re thrilled to share our latest 30” TVC for Animal Friends Pet Insurance! On air now, this latest ad is the first to embrace the brand’s updated visual identity.

We’ve been partnering with the wonderful in-house team on their TVCs for the past 13 years, supporting the evolution of the brand from creating their original claymation commercials, to live action, to this latest new blend of live action with animation.

All shot in a single day in Bristol, the ad features footage and stills of real Animal Friends colleagues and their pets, celebrating the special relationships that exist between pets and their owners. This is balanced with the brand’s unique offering to their animal-loving customers – that every policy enables them to give back millions to animal welfare and conservation charities 🙌

24/12/2024

🎄Merry Christmas from everyone at Happy Hour!🎄

As we near the end of the year, we'd like to thank everyone we’ve worked with in 2024; every client, partner, crew member and cast.

We couldn't do it without you and we wish you all the very best for 2025!

13/12/2024

🎄Traditional Animation - What You See vs What We See🎄

We love working with traditional techniques, as demoed by key members of our crew lending a hand to physically animate the National Trust gift shop characters.

Utilising the best of traditional animation with the flexibility of modern digital comping, we brought these animals to life in a wonderful celebration of Christmas.

Check out the full ad here: https://lnkd.in/epc9ZvJu

🎄Christmassy Comping - What You See vs What We See🎄Sometimes you need to add a bit of extra sparkle to a scene.We digita...
12/12/2024

🎄Christmassy Comping - What You See vs What We See🎄

Sometimes you need to add a bit of extra sparkle to a scene.
We digitally animated hand-cut felt hearts and five different felt snowflakes (as well as some extra characters) to create a hybrid of real-life textures and digital animation. This resulted in a high quality production that was relatively quick to deliver, with more flexibility to achieve the final edit.

National Trust |

🎄Miniature Set Builds - What You See vs What We See🎄We’ve worked with the multi-talented Michael and his expertise in mi...
11/12/2024

🎄Miniature Set Builds - What You See vs What We See🎄

We’ve worked with the multi-talented Michael and his expertise in miniatures for as long as we can remember. Miniature set builds come in handy for all sorts of projects. From animations to TV commercials and feature films, miniatures are a great way to transport us to another time, location, or even world – all from within our very own studio.

Here you can see how we’ve created a miniature model of the National Trust gift shop, visited by Robin, in their latest digital campaign.

26/11/2024

⚡ More new work this month ⚡
We’re proud to share our latest TVC for Christian Aid, produced in collaboration with the brilliant team at Aha Consultancy.

This was a real creative process between our two agencies, involving an extensive update to the existing ‘Kodak Memories’ ad, to create a brand new ad for Christmas 2024 - a critical fundraising time for charities.

With Aha developing the creative direction and scripts and Happy Hour producing all aspects of the TVC, this moving new advert inspired by the message of Away in a Manger was a joy to work on 🙌

21/11/2024

🎥✨ Wanna know what goes into making a TV commercial? ✨🎥

Step into the action with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from our latest ad for NFU Mutual - and witness the artistry, the hustle, and the VFX!

14/11/2024

Check out our latest TVC for our wonderful clients at NFU Mutual 🎉

This 30” ad is their first ever Business Insurance TV commercial, focusing on the breadth of businesses they help – from sole traders and retail to larger industrial and manufacturing companies, and beyond.

Filmed with a real NFU Mutual agent and colleagues, across two locations including a customer’s business, this campaign is designed to drive awareness of NFU Mutual’s dedication to supporting businesses across the country.

Following the creative strategy of the Brand and Motor Insurance commercials, our animated wheat continues to feature throughout, underpinning the promise that NFU Mutual is always there with you.

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Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
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Our film and animation production services cover TV commercials, DRTV advertising, corporate video production and 3D animation, 2D animation and stop frame animation. Established in 2003 and based in a historic building in Bristol's city centre, Happy Hour has built up a client base of national and international brands, in addition to providing production services to many of the largest creative agencies in the region. With in-house VFX, Picture and Sound Post Production, including full 2D/3D animation facilities, Happy Hour has built up a reputation as the leading TV commercials company in the South West of England.