We’ve all received naff or undesirable gifts at Christmas time that have lain unused in the back of a cupboard or wardrobe. The BBC aim to deter the purchase of bad presents, suggesting a Digital Radio would be a much better gift option.

'Jumper' shows a reindeer-patterned woolly festering in a wardrobe, unworn and getting gradually moth eaten, as its neighbours are continually removed and replaced over time by their busy owner. 'Aftershave' takes place deep inside in a bathroom cabinet, the unsprayed scent remains in the bottle as it becomes cobweb covered and slowly dribbles and rusts. A DAB radio would have been a more popular choice by far.

The stories are told using stop frame animation to rapidly demonstrate the passing of time. It allows the jumper to be chewed by moths and the aftershave bottle to become covered in cobwebs before our eyes.

Glassworks' involvement commenced in 3D where Jaroslav converted all of the raw camera files into large format SGIs for use in Flame. He then set to work creating a realistic spider's web that could be 'built' as if watching a time-lapse film. Ian Richardson composited the spider webs and added more ageing effects to both objects (rust growing on the lid of the aftershave, adding 'flying' moths to the disintegrating jumper). Ian also helped set the grade in Flame as he was using Hi-res 16bit files to begin with. Finally, Tareq polished off the look of the final piece in telecine.