The Vale

Very smart and entertaining stories about every day life's of ordinary working class people.

This low budget animated show is a great example of what can be done.

You can see the effort in every frame, and sometimes they use their disadvantages in their advantage.

It's a recommendation for me.

You can watch it on YouTube wright now.

If you've ever been to the quaint mountain village of Ebbw Vale, (The Jewel of the Valleys) you'll realise this is more of an animated documentary.

Like early South Park or the Big Lez Show, it's the story, characterisation, and quality of writing that drives this show; that quickly makes you forget the simplistic home-cooked animation style.

It can be very adult in content, sometimes to the point of sickness, (I hope to see it released in uncensored DVD form) it's obviously a labour of love for its creators. Incredibly funny, yet it still remains a poignant coming-of-age story.

It does smell vaguely of tinned carrots though...