A MALVERN animator will have his work broadcast on the BBC after reaching the final of a national competition.

Adam Crowley, a former pupil at The Chase, finished in the top six in the animation competition run by BBC Talent.

His short film Spamton, a dark pastiche on the children's show Trumpton, will be shown on BBC3 tonight (Friday).

Mr Crowley said he entered the film in the competiton after favourable responses to his degree show at the University of Western England, where he qualified with a 2:1 in illustration.

"I wanted to find out how the BBC would react to it considering they broadcast Trumpton," he said.

"I remember seeing Trumpton when I was small. It was twee and meant to be a happy children's programme.

"But through the characters' banal and pathetic lives I sensed a dark and twisted underbelly. I created Spamton to reveal this dark underbelly."

Mr Crowley said he believed his work had what it took to do well in the competition.

"Of the final six, there are two or three that I really like but I still think that mine was up there with them," he said.

"I feel really pleased to have got so far, to know that all the hard work has paid off; that professional animators like what I did. I'm overjoyed that a larger number of the television watching public will get to see it."

Currently on holiday in Thailand, Mr Crowley said he hoped his success would herald a career in animation.

"A job in animation would be my dream job," he said. "I'm not sure exactly how much this will help me, but at least I've proven that a professional organisation likes what I've done. I see it as a foot in the door."

Spamton will be shown as part of Late Night Shorts on BBC3 at 11.30pm.