BAFTA Children’s Awards Nominations Announced
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has today announced the nominations for the British Academy Children’s Awards, which honour the very best in children’s media. The ceremony will be held at the Roundhouse, London, on Sunday 20 November and will be hosted by British actor, writer and comedian Doc Brown.
Leading the way with three nominations, for the second year in a row, is Horrible Histories for its special episode celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. The gruesomely entertaining history show is nominated in the Comedy, Writing and Performer categories, with the latter for Tom Stourton’s portrayal of the Bard himself.
This year’s nominations also demonstrate the shift in how young audiences are consuming media with three nominations for online educational platform TrueTube. It receives nominations in the Learning: Secondary category for Katie, the Drama category for Refugee and also for Channel of the Year – the first nomination for an online-only channel.
A number of programmes received two nominations each: The Amazing World of Gumball, successful in both the Animation and Writer categories; Hetty Feather nominated in Drama and Writer; Clangers also nominated in Writer, with its second nomination in the Pre-school Animation category. School-based panel show The Dog Ate My Homework is nominated for Comedy with host Iain Stirling nominated in the Presenter category while Operation Ouch!, fronted by Alexander and Chris van Tulleken, receives nominations in both the Factual and Presenter categories for a consecutive year. Completing the Presenter category are Naomi Wilkinson for Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature and first-time nominee Maggie Aderin-Pocock for CBeebies Stargazing.
The Feature Film nominations are Zootropolis, The Good Dinosaur, The Jungle Book and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The force of the intergalactic franchise is strong in other categories, with Star Wars Arcade nominated in Interactive: Adapted and LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens nominated for Game.
LEGO Dimensions is also found in the Game category where it is joined by Ratchet & Clank and Tearaway Unfolded, an adventure through a magical world of paper, whose creative team includes 2013 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, Rex Crowle.
The BAFTA Kids’ Vote launched on the 18 October and, until 18 November, children aged seven to 14 can cast their votes at the BAFTA Kids website – www.baftakids.org – which includes online challenges, competitions, and information on BAFTA’s year-round events and initiatives that give families an insight into creative excellence within film, television and games, through behind-the-scenes roadshows, workshops and masterclasses, and special hospice screenings.
ANIMATION
- THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell
Cartoon Network Studios
Europe/Cartoon Network - COUNTERFEIT CAT
Ben Marsaud, Sarah Mattingley
Wildseed Studios/Disney Channels
EMEA/Disney XD - SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE FARMER’S LLAMAS
Production Team
Aardman Animations/BBC One - STICK MAN
Production Team
Magic Light Pictures/BBC One
CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
- CARTOON NETWORK
- CBBC
- CBEEBIES
- TRUETUBE
COMEDY
- DIDDY TV
Dez McCarthy, Julian
Kemp, Steve Ryde
CBBC Production/CBBC - THE DOG ATE MY HOMEWORK
Production Team
CBBC Production/CBBC - HORRIBLE HISTORIES SPECIAL: SENSATIONAL SHAKESPEARE
Production Team
Lion Television/CBBC - SO AWKWARD
Production Team
Channel X North/CBBC
DRAMA
- THE DUMPING GROUND
Emma Reeves, Phil Leach, Sallie Aprahamian
CBBC Production/CBBC - HETTY FEATHER
David Collier, Delyth Thomas, Emma Reeves
CBBC Production/CBBC - REFUGEE
Production Team
CTVC Ltd/TrueTube - ROCKET’S ISLAND
Lucy Martin, Paul Cotter, Nick Leather
Lime Pictures/CBBC
ENTERTAINMENT
- ART NINJA
Production Team
Dot To Dot Productions/CBBC - DENGINEERS
James Knight, Jennifer Morrison, Annette Williams
CBBC Production/CBBC - MATILDA AND THE RAMSAY BUNCH
Paul Ratcliffe, Colin Steele, Matilda Ramsay
One Potato Two Potato/CBBC - SAM & MARK’S BIG FRIDAY WIND-UP
Sid Cole, Steve Ryde, Dave Skinner
CBBC Production/CBBC
FACTUAL
- THE BOY ON THE BICYCLE (MY LIFE)
Rachel Drummond Hay, Tamsin Summers, Stefania Buonajuti
Drummer TV/CBBC - BLUE PETER
THE WALK THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
Zoe Thorman, Matthew Peacock, Andrew Hassall
CBBC Production/CBBC - NEWSROUND
HIROSHIMA SPECIAL
Georgina Bowman, Leah Boleto, Will Pilkinton
CBBC Production/CBBC - OPERATION OUCH!
Production Team
Maverick Television/CBBC
FEATURE FILM
- THE GOOD DINOSAUR
Peter Sohn, Meg LeFauve
Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - THE JUNGLE BOOK
Jon Favreau, Brigham Taylor
Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
J.J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Kathleen Kennedy, Bryan Burk
Lucasfilm/ Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures - ZOOTROPOLIS
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer
Walt Disney Animation Studios//Walt Disney
Studios Motion Pictures
GAME
- LEGO DIMENSIONS
Development Team
TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Jamie Eden, James Norton, Tim Wileman
TT Fusion/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment - RATCHET & CLANK
Development Team
Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - TEARAWAY UNFOLDED
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- BLUE ZOO
- FACTORY
- KARROT ENTERTAINMENT
- SIXTEEN SOUTH INTERACTIVE
ADAPTED
- CBEEBIES ADVENT CALENDAR AND NEW YEAR COUNTDOWN
Development Team
CBeebies Production - GET WELL SOON HOSPITAL APP
Juliet Tzabar, Anne Brogan, Ranj Singh
Plug in Media & Kindle Entertainment - PJ MASKS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Development Team
Entertainment One/Kids Industries - STAR WARS ARCADE
Development Team
Disney and Goodboy Digital
INTERACTIVE
- ORIGINAL BLINKES
Development Team
Lost My Name - DIXI:3 GAME OF DIXI
Dan Berlinka, Nina Metivier, Melanie Stokes
Kindle Entertainment Ltd - DOGBISCUIT
Development Team
Blackstaff Games - SECRET LIFE OF BOYS
Development Team
Zodiak Kids Studios
INTERNATIONAL
- NOWHERE BOYS
Beth Frey, Tony Ayres, Peter Salmon
Matchbox Pictures/CBBC - PETER RABBIT
Production Team
Nick Jr., Silvergate Media and Frederick Warne & Co Limited, in association with Brown Bag Films/CBeebies - SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Production Team
Nickelodeon/Nicktoons - WE BARE BEARS
Daniel Chong, Manny
Hernandez,Carrie Wilksen
Cartoon Network Studios/Cartoon Network
LEARNING: PRIMARY
- AN INTRODUCTION TO EXETER CATHEDRAL
Robert Edmonds, Andrew Chater, Paul Trainor
NRG Digital - I CAN’T GO TO SCHOOL TODAY
Production Team
Mosaic Films for BBC Learning - SEARCH IT UP!
Production Team
Azoomee & ArthurCox - SHAKESPEARE IN SHORTS
Production Team
Fettle Animation/The Firm Music Group/BBC Learning
LEARNING: SECONDARY
- KATIE
Production Team
CTVC Ltd/TrueTube - SLEEPING LIONS
David Barnes, Louise Lynch, Neil McKay
Libra Television/David & Goliath/BBC Two - TEN PIECES II
Production Team
Somethin’ Else and BBC Music production forBBC Learning/BBC Two - WALTER TULL – BRITAIN’S BLACK OFFICER
Michael Davies, David Cortese
Off the Records
PERFORMER
- NICK JAMES
as Hank Zipzer in Hank Zipzer
CBBC - TOM STOURTON
as William Shakespeare in Horrible Histories Special: Sensational Shakespeare
CBBC - JUSTIN FLETCHER
as Mr Tumble in The Tale of Mr Tumble
CBeebies - LEONA VAUGHAN
as Jana in Wolfblood
CBBC
PRESCHOOL ANIMATION
- CLANGERS
Production Team
Coolabi Productions, Factory, CBeebies/CBeebies - GO JETTERS
Adam Redfern, Joanne Allen
CBeebies Production/CBeebies - HEY DUGGEE
Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sue Goffe
Studio AKA/CBeebies - SARAH & DUCK
Production Team
Karrot Entertainment/CBeebies
PRESCHOOL LIVE ACTION
- ANDY’S PREHISTORIC ADVENTURES
Production Team
BBC Natural HistoryUnit/CBeebies - SOMETHING SPECIAL
Claire Taylor, Helen Sheppard, Oli Jones
CBeebies Production/CBeebies - TELETUBBIES
Production Team
Darrall Macqueen
Limited, DHX Worldwide Limited/
CBeebies - TOPSY AND TIM
Production Team
Darrall Macqueen Limited/
CBeebies
PRESENTER
- MAGGIE ADERIN POCOCK
CBeebies Stargazing
CBeebies - IAIN STIRLING
The Dog Ate My Homework
CBBC - NAOMI WILKINSON
Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature
CBBC - ALEXANDER AND CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN
Operation Ouch!
CBBC
SHORT FORM
- CITV SHARE A STORY
Production Team
CITV/CITV - DRAW MY LIFE: MO’S BULLYING STORY
Amy Macaulay/Helen Varley
CBBC Production/CBBC - GOOD AS GOALED
Tom Gran, Martin Woolley
Wildseed Studios/Disney Channels EMEA/Disney XD - TEE AND MO: COME ON GET UP
Dominic Minns, Ellie Wyatt,
Nathaniel Cooper
Plug-in Media/CBeebies
WRITER
- WRITING TEAM
The Amazing World of Gumball
Cartoon Network - DANIEL POSTGATE, DAVE INGHAM
Clangers
CBeebies - HELEN BLAKEMAN
Hetty Feather
CBBC - WRITING TEAM
Horrible Histories Special: Sensational Shakespeare
CBBC
Nominations are correct at the time of going to press. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 20 November 2016