The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has
announced the exciting news that Nickelodeon has been nominated for awards in the 2016 British Academy Children's Awards, BAFTA's annual awards ceremony which honours the very best in children's media!
Nickelodeon's hit original animated series (Nicktoon)
SpongeBob SquarePants and the Nickelodeon USA-BBC CG-animated preschool series
Peter Rabbit have both been nominated in the best 'International' series category for the 2016 BAFTA Children's Awards, and the hit Nickelodeon comedy series
SpongeBob SquarePants and
The Thundermans have both been nominated in the Favourite TV Show category of the BAFTA Kids Vote, the part of the 2016 British Academy Children's Awards in which kids have their say in a nationwide poll to choose their favourite film, television programme, website and game, along with the acquired series
The Next Step, which currently airs on Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland).
The BAFTA Kids' Vote launched on the Tuesday 18th October 2016 and, until Friday 18th November 2016, 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.
Additionally, Sixteen South, the team behind Nick Jr. UK's popular animated preschool series
Lily's Driftwood Bay, and Blue-Zoo Animation Studio, the production studio behind Nick Jr. UK's latest hit series
Digby Dragon, have also bagged nominations in the Independent Production Company of the Year category of the 2016 British Academy Children's Awards, along with the preschool series Teletubbies and Teletubbies, which air on Nick Jr. USA, who have been nominated in the Preschool - Live Action and Preschool - Animation categories, respectively.
The winners of British Academy Children's Awards 2016 will be announced at a prestigious ceremony hosted by British actor, writer and comedian Doc Brown at the Roundhouse in London on Sunday 20th November 2016.
Below is the full list of 2016 British Academy Children's Awards nominations. Congratulations and good luck to Nickelodeon and everyone who has been nominated for a Children's BAFTA award!:
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 for BBC 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 History Unit/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
Kids' Vote - Favourite Film
Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip
The BFG
Finding Dory
The Good Dinosaur
Hotel Transylvania 2
The Jungle Book
Kung Fu Panda 3
The Secret Life of Pets
Zootropolis
Kids' Vote - Favourite TV Show
The Dumping Ground
Horrid Henry
Jessie
Liv and Maddie
The Next Step
Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
SpongeBob SquarePants
Thunderbirds Are Go
The Thundermans
We Bare Bears
Kids' Vote - Favourite Game
Crossy Road
Disney Infinity 3.0
FIFA 16
Just Dance 2016
LEGO Dimensions
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Minecraft
Pokémon GO
Skylanders Superchargers
Super Mario Maker
Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 20 November 2016.
H/T: Licensing Source.
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