Chessmaster Theatre Featuring The music of Steve Hackett "Hammer in the Sand". An Animated Comedy.

Directed by John Wardlaw · Starring John Wardlaw, Michael Wilcox · 1997

A friendly game of chess descends into absurd, bloody chaos in this Monty Python-flavoured animated comedy set to Steve Hackett's 'Hammer in the Sand'.

A Telly-winning, Python-esque chess skit that turns a quiet board game into gleeful mayhem.

An animated comedy of a game of chess gone wrong. Described by one reviewer as being very like "a Classic Monty Python Skit". Winner of a Bronze Telly award. Did I mention there's blood? The animation took two 14 hour da

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