The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Nickelodeon's mega-hit original animated series (Nicktoon) "SpongeBob SquarePants" has won a
2012 British Academy Children's Award for Nickelodeon UK! Nick Jr. UK's popular animated preschool series "Peppa Pig" also won a 2012 British Academy Children's Awards!
Congratulations, Nickelodeon UK!
The Nickelodeon animated original series "SpongeBob SquarePants" beat of stiff competition from the popular live-action original Nickelodeon show "iCarly", the popular Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation original animated series (Nicktoon) "Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness" and Disney Channel's / Disney XD's animated show "Phineas and Ferb" to win this years 'International' British Academy Children's Award, and Nick Jr. UK's popular animated preschool show "Peppa Pig" won a 2012 British Academy Children's Award in the 'Pre-School Animation' category!:
British Academy Children's Awards Winners in 2012
[...] the full list of winners [Nickelodeon Nickelodeon UK won] [at] the British Academy Children's Awards in 2012. The ceremony took place on Sunday 25 November at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
[...]
International
WINNER: SpongeBob SquarePants
Paul Tibbitt, Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas
MTV Networks International/United Plankton Pictures/Nickelodeon UK
iCarly
Dan Schneider, Robin Weiner, Joe Catania
Schneider’s Bakery/Nickelodeon UK
Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness
Peter Hastings, Gabe Swarr, Randy Doormans
DreamWorks Animation/Nickelodeon UK
Phineas and Ferb
Production Team
Walt Disney Television Animation/Disney XD UK
[...]
Pre-School Animation
WINNER: Peppa Pig
Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen, Phil Davies
Astley Baker Davies/Five
Rastamouse
Greg Boardman, Eugenio Perez, Derek Mogford
The Rastamouse Company/CBeebies
Timmy Time
Jackie Cockle, Liz Whitaker, David Scanlon
Aardman Animations/CBeebies
Tree Fu Tom
Daniel Bays, Adam Shaw
Plug-in Media/Blue Zoo Productions/CBeebies
You can view a full list of winners at the 2012 British Academy Children's Awards
here on the official BAFTA website, bafta.org.
Also, from
C21Media:
Gumball, SpongeBob win Baftas
Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball and Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants were both triumphant at last night’s Bafta Children’s Awards in London.
Gumball, which is produced in the London development studio of Turner Broadcasting System’s Cartoon Network in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media and Studio Soi, took home two gongs, seeing off competition for a second year running in both the best animation and best writer categories.
The toon, now in its third season (40x11′), is written by Ben Bocquelet, James Lamont and Jon Foster and airs on Cartoon Network in more than 160 countries.
Meanwhile, SpongeBob SquarePants, produced by United Plankton Pictures for MTV and Nickelodeon, won again in the best international category, having first won the award back in 2007.
CBeebies series Peppa Pig repeated its success at last year’s event by picking up the preschool animation award – the third time it has won the category. CBeebies’ Justin’s House won in the live-action gong.
Blue Zoo Productions, which animates CBeebies’ Tree Fu Tom, won best independent production company and CBBC was named channel of the year and was also recognised for its Horrible Histories series, which picked up the comedy prize for the third consecutive year.
Irish prodco Jam Media won best drama for Roy, which airs on CBBC and Irish pubcaster RTÉ, while Deadly 60, recently picked up by Al Jazeera and new French family-skewing net 6ter , was beaten to the award in the factual category by My Life: Me, My Dad and His Kidney, produced by Nine Lives Media for CBBC.
For the full list of nominations and winners on the night, click here .
Nico Franks
26-11-2012
©C21Media
TAGS: Bafta
GENRES: Animation, Children's
SHOWS: Roy
PEOPLE: Ben Bocquelet, James Lamont, Jon Foster
COMPANIES: Jam Media
SECTIONS: C21Kids
COUNTRIES: UK
Also, from
Broadcast:
Justin Fletcher scoops third Bafta
Kids' TV star Justin Fletcher has become the UK’s most awarded children’s TV presenter after scooping the third Bafta of his career at this week’s British Academy Children’s Awards.
He triumphed once again in the presenter category for the CBeebies show Something Special, while his programme Justin’s House scooped the award in the Pre-School Live Action category.
The awards, which celebrate the best in childrens’ TV, films, games and online media of the past year, were held at the Park Lane Hilton on Sunday night and presented by stars including Eddie Izzard, Sir David Jason and Alesha Dixon.
Horrible Histories won the Bafta for kids’ comedy for the third successive year, while Peppa Pig repeated its success at last year’s Children’s Awards by winning the Pre-School Animation Award. This is the third time it has won in this category.
The Amazing World of Gumball celebrated a double victory, winning in both the Writer and Animation categories.
A record 500,000 votes were cast in the BAFTA Kids’ Vote.British Academy Children’s Awards winners 2012
ANIMATION
The Amazing World Of Gumball
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Joanna Beresford
Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi/Cartoon Network UK
CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
CBBC
COMEDY
Horrible Histories
Lion TV/Citrus Television/CBBC
DRAMA
Roy
John Rice, Alan Shannon, Mark Cumberton
JAM Media/CBBC
ENTERTAINMENT
Friday Download
Jeremy Salsby, Melony Smith, Fiona Walmsley
Saltbeef Productions/CBBC
FACTUAL
My Life: Me, My Dad and His Kidney
Rachael Smith, Cat Lewis, Helen Tither
Nine Lives Media/CBBC
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY
Blue-Zoo Productions
INTERACTIVE
Nightmare High
Jo Roach, Tassos Stevens, Paul Bennun
Somethin’ Else/Channel 4
INTERNATIONAL
SpongeBob SquarePants
Paul Tibbitt, Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas
MTV Networks International/United Plankton Pictures/Nickelodeon UK
LEARNING - PRIMARY
Seeking Refuge
Andy Glynne
Mosaic Films/The Learning Zone on BBC Two
LEARNING – SECONDARY
L8R Youngers 2
John White, Derek Brown, David Watson
Actorshop Productions/The Learning Zone on BBC Two
PERFORMER
Khalil Madovi (Josh Carter) – 4 O’Clock Club
CBBC/CBBC
PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATION
Peppa Pig
Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen, Phil Davies
Astley Baker Davies/Five
PRE-SCHOOL LIVE ACTION
Justin's House
Stephen Cannon, Anna Perowne
CBeebies/CBeebies
PRESENTER
Justin Fletcher – Something Special
CBeebies/CBeebies
SHORT FORM
Share A Story 2011
Dave Hickman, Carl Hadley, David Heslop
CiTV Creative/CiTV
WRITER
Ben Bocquelet, James Lamont, Jon Foster – The Amazing World of Gumball
Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi /Cartoon Network UK
Kid's vote: Television
Good Luck Charlie, Disney Channel
Website
Bin Weevils
Also, from the
Big Cartoon News Blog (blog):
Gumball Gets Two British Academy Kids’ Animation Awards
Cartoon Network Europe series “The Amazing World Of Gumball” was the winner in both the Animation and Writing categories Sunday at the British Academy Children’s Awards.
The show, which airs on Cartoon Network UK, was produced in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media and Studio Soi.
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves and Joanna Beresford were singled out for their work in animation, Bocquelet, James Lamont and Jon Foster were honored as the writers.
Other British Academy Children’s Award nominees for animation were The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers (Pesky Productions/POP), The Gruffalo’s Child (Magic Light Pictures in association with Studio Soi/BBC One) and The Mechanical Musical Marvel (Chris Randall and Julie Boden; Second Home Studios/THSH Birmingham).
In Pre-School Animation, the winner was Peppa Pig (Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen and Phil Davies; Astley Baker Davies/Five).
Others nominated for Pre-School Animation were Rastamouse (Greg Boardman, Eugenio Perez and Derek Mogford; The Rastamouse Company/CBeebies), Timmy Time (Jackie Cockle, Liz Whitaker and David Scanlon; Aardman Animations/CBeebies) and Tree Fu Tom (Daniel Bays and Adam Shaw; Plug-in Media/Blue Zoo Productions/CBeebies).
The award in the International category was given to SpongeBob SquarePants (Paul Tibbitt, Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas; MTV Networks International/United Plankton Pictures/Nickelodeon UK).
The animated Share A Story 2011 (Dave Hickman, Carl Hadley and David Heslop; CiTV Creative/CiTV) won in the Short Form category.
CBBC was named Channel Of The Year, defeating CBeebies, CiTV and Cyw.
Brian Cosgrove, the man behind classic children’s animations The BFG, Count Duckula, DangerMouse and many more, was honoured with the Special Award for outstanding creative contribution to the industry.
Cosgrove formed Manchester-based animation studio Cosgrove Hall with his business partner Mark Hall in 1975. The studio quickly established itself as the leading producer of animated programmes in the United Kingdom. It created shows and films that have entertained millions of people all over the world, including Bill and Ben, Noddy, Rainbow and Chorlton and the Wheelies.
The Special Award was presented to Cosgrove by long-standing friend and colleague David Jason.
“I had the pleasure of working with Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall a number of times, and it was always a joy. The quality of the creative work, the high standard on which they based every detail of every project was so reassuring for one of the newer people like me,” Debra Gillett explained.
“No matter how long the day, work was always fun, and felt like a family getting together every time we met to record the next set of episodes. Cossie, as he was affectionately known by some, knew what he wanted down to the last minute detail, and the result was wonderful, original shows which were enjoyed all over the world. I am so pleased that his work is being recognized with this well-deserved award.”
Cosgrove and the team at Cosgrove Hall were also champions of Manchester’s arts and cultural scene, so much so that members of Joy Division (Bernard Sumner), The Stone Roses (John Squire) and Inspiral Carpets (Craig Gill) all worked under Cosgrove and Hall’s tutelage at some point in the studio’s life.
Said Cosgrove: “After 40 years of making children’s programs, it is an honor and a privilege to be receiving this Special Award from BAFTA. On hearing I would receive the Award, I was thrilled!
“I’ve been lucky in many ways, particularly that I’ve spent my whole career doing what I would have chosen to do as a hobby, and I was fortunate in finding the right person, Mark Hall, to work alongside. Together, we built a company that gave work to a whole generation of artists and filmmakers, and hopefully, via the programs we made, brought pleasure to many generations of viewers.”
In the BAFTA Kids’ Vote, the partly animated The Smurfs won for Feature Film.
Sunday’s ceremony took place at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
Also, from
Indiantelevision.com:
CBBC dominates at Bafta Kids Awards
MUMBAI: CBBC won a Bafta Award for children's channel of the year at the Bafta Awards for kids programming in the UK. The other nominees in that category were CiTV and Cyw.
CBBC also won awards for best comedy, drama, entertainment and factual show - 'Horrible Histories', 'Roy', 'Friday Donwload' and 'My Life: Me, My Dad and His Kidney'. The award for best animation show went to Cartoon Network UK's 'The Amazing World Of Gumball'.
Justin Fletcher was voted best presenter for 'Something Special' on CBeebies. The award for best international show went to Nickelodeon's 'SpongeBob SquarePants'. The award for best film went to 'The Hunger Games'. Skylanders Spyro's Adventure was adjudged the best video game.
