Annual film award
British Academy Children's Awards Awarded for The best in media directed to children and young people. Country United Kingdom First awarded 1996 Last awarded 2022 Website www .bafta .org /childrens-awards /
The British Academy Children's Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They have been awarded annually since 1996, before which time they were a part of the main British Academy Television Awards . It currently includes categories for television productions, feature films and video games.
The most recent ceremony, the 25th British Academy Children's Awards , was held on 27 November 2022 at Old Billingsgate in London , and was hosted by television presenter Lindsey Russell .[ 1] The ceremony marked the return of the awards after a three-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 2] In September 2023, BAFTA confirmed that the children's awards would be folded and incorporated into the annual film , games and television award ceremonies in 2025 with new categories introduced for children's content.[ 3]
History
The awards were held for the first time in 1996, since then, the awards have been presented annually, with the exception 2020 and 2021, where the awards were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Prior to 1996, productions targeted to children or young audiences were included in the British Academy Television Awards , from 1983 to 1996, two children-oriented categories, Children's Programme – Factual and Children's Programme – Fiction or Entertainment were presented. The last winners for those categories were CBBC 's programme Short Change for the former and television movie Coping with Christmas for the latter.[ 4] [ 5]
The first edition featured seven competitive categories (Animation, Drama, Entertainment, Factual, Pre-School, Schools - Documentary, Schools - Drama), plus two special awards, one for film producer John Coates and the other for Lewis Rudd, who was head to the children's programming for ITV .[ 6] [ 7] The number of categories has varied through the editions with the creation of several categories such as International and Feature Film, both in 1999, Pre-School Animation and Presenter, both in 2000, and Game in 2007, among others.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Until 2016, the awards also presented categories voted by the public through online voting, these included categories for feature film, television, video game and website.[ 11]
Categories
As of 2022, the following fourteen competitive categories are presented:
Current awards winners
Animation
Pre-School
Animation
Live Action
Presenter
Writer
Director
International
Feature Film
Game
Scripted
Non-Scripted
2022: FYI Ukraine Invasion Special
Content for Change
Special Award
Retired awards winners
Channel of the Year
Comedy
Drama
Entertainment
Factual
Factual Entertainment
Independent Production Company
Interactive
Original
Adapted
Learning
Primary
2006: Mapping Our World
2007: Espresso Education: Espresso Primary
2008: ArtisanCam
2009: Off By Heart
2010: L8R
2011: Quiff and Boot
2012: Seeking Refuge
2013: Children Of World War 2
2014: Lizard Girl
2017: History Bombs: Online History Resources
Secondary
2006: Timelines: Empire
2007: Recollection Eyewitnesses: Remembering the Holocaust
2008: L8R
2009: Troubled Minds
2010: Timelines.tv: Smallpox Through Time
2011: Privates
2012: L8R Youngers 2
2013: Just a Few Drinks
2014: Poetry: Between the Lines
2015: Poetry: Between the Lines
2016: Ten Pieces II
Pre-School
Discontinued in 2000, for separate categories for live-action and animation.
Schools: Drama
1996: Scene: Loved Up
1997: Shakespeare Shorts: Romeo And Juliet
1999: Junk
2000: Dream On
2001: ID Citizenship: Beyond The Boundary
2002: Scene - Offside
2003: Lion Mountain
2004: The Illustrated Mum
2005: Scene - Oddsquad
Schools Factual
Primary
Discontinued in 2006 for Learning: Primary .
1999: Rat-A-Tat-Tat: Beans On Toast and Ketchup On Your Cornflakes
2000: English Express: Texts - Football
2001: Zig Zag - Snapshots: Children In The Second World War
2002: Geography Junction: Jamaica - The Coastal Environment
2003: Let's Write a Story: Writing Academy
2004: Thinking Skills: Think About It - Hiding Places
2005: Primary History - Indus Civilisation: Mohenjo-Daro
Secondary
Discontinued in 2006 for Learning: Secondary .
1999: Turning Points: Alcohol Misuse - Emma's Story
2000: Lifeschool Sex - Saying it for the Girls
2001: The Test Of Time - Forgiveness
2002: History File: Britain 1906-1918 - A History In Photographs
2003: The English Programme: Film Focus: Animation - Food Commercials
2004: In Search of the Tartan Turban
2005: School of Hard Knocks
Interactive
Discontinued in 2014 for separate Interactive categories: Original and Adapted .
BAFTA Kids' Vote
Discontinued in 2009, for separate voting categories for feature film, television, video game and website.
Website
Feature Film
Television
Video Game
Writer
Adapted
Discontinued in 2006 for one sole Writer category.
Original
Discontinued in 2006 for one sole Writer category.
Breakthrough Talent
CBBC Me and My Movie
2008: The Prank
2009: Vern's Vacation
BAFTA Young Game Designers
2010: HAMSTER: Accidental World Domination
2011: Rollin' Scotch
Game Concept
2012: Vacuum Panic AKA Suck It Up
Game Making
Ceremonies
References
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^ Lang, Jamie (25 October 2022). "After A Three-Year Hiatus, BAFTA's Children & Young People Awards Are Back – Nominee List" . Cartoon Brew . Retrieved 29 January 2023 .
^ Ramachandran, Naman (9 September 2023). "BAFTA Folds Children's Awards Into Main Ceremonies After 'Consistent Drop in Entries and Engagement' " . Variety . Retrieved 22 February 2024 .
^ "Television - 1996" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 21 February 2021 .
^ "Television - 1983" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 21 February 2021 .
^ "Children's in 1996" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ "The British Academy Children's Awards in 2015" . Issuu . Retrieved 8 March 2023 .
^ "Children's in 1999" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ "Children's in 2000" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ "Children's in 2007" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ "BAFTA Kids' Vote" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 8 March 2023 .
^ "2011 British Academy Children's Awards Winners" . BAFTA. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
^ "Children's in 2010 | BAFTA Awards" . Awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016 .
^ "Children's | Drama in 2002" . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 16 January 2016 .
^ "Children crown best TV shows" . news.bbc.co.uk . 18 October 1998. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .
^ "Baftas honour Zoe and Jamie" . BBC News . 8 November 1999. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .
^ "Children's favourites honoured" . 12 November 2000. Retrieved 16 February 2023 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ "ITV wins children's award again" . www.thefreelibrary.com . 25 November 2002. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .
^ "Children's BAFTA Awards 2003" . BBC . Retrieved 16 February 2023 .
^ "Stars arriving at the Children's Baftas" . 29 November 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2023 – via BBC News .
^ "Children's TV Bafta for Michaela" . Manchester Evening News . 28 November 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2023 .
^ "Bafta win for Wallace and Gromit" . 27 November 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2023 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
^ Fletcher, Alex (26 November 2007). "BAFTA Children's Awards 2007: Winners" . Digital Spy . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ "Nominations announced for CBBC me and my movie award" . www.bbc.co.uk . 19 November 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2024 .
^ "Children's TV Baftas: full list of winners" . The Guardian . 30 November 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2023 .
^ "Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories" . BBC . 29 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ Arrant, Chris (28 November 2011). "2011 British Academy Children's Awards Winners Announced, "Peppa Pig" & "Amazing World of Gumball" Among Winners" . Cartoon Brew . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ Hall, Eva (27 November 2012). " 'Roy' & 'Gumball' Win Big at BAFTA Children's Awards" . Irish Film and Television Network . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ Zahed, Ramin (25 November 2013). " 'Room on the Broom,' 'Adventure Time' Win BAFTAs" . Animation Magazine . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ Fletcher, Harry (24 November 2014). "Katie Morag wins twice at BAFTA Children's Awards 2014" . Digital Spy . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ McLean, Tom (23 November 2015). " 'Gumball,' 'Gravity,' 'Minions' Win BAFTA Children's Awards" . Animation Magazine . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (21 November 2016). "André Rieu Sets Event Cinema Record; 'Zootopia' Wins Kids' BAFTA – Global Briefs" . Deadline . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
^ Amidi, Amid (27 November 2017). " 'Revolting Rhymes,' 'Little Prince,' 'Hey Duggee' Win BAFTA Children's Awards" . Cartoon Brew . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ Wolfe, Jennifer (16 November 2018). " 'Hey Duggee' Tops British Academy's 2018 Children's Awards with Three Wins" . Animation World Network . Retrieved 22 February 2023 .
^ Wiseman, Andrea (1 December 2019). "BAFTA Children's Winners Include Emily Burnett, Bella Ramsay, CBeebies, 'Horrible Histories' & 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' " . Deadline . Retrieved 19 February 2019 .
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