British Academy Children's Awards

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British Academy Children's Awards
Current: British Academy Children's Awards 2022
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Awarded forThe best in media directed to children and young people.
CountryUnited Kingdom
First award1996
Final award2022
Website www.bafta.org/awards/childrens/

The British Academy Children's Awards were an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They were awarded annually from 1996, before then they were a part of the main British Academy Television Awards. Categories included those for television productions, feature films and video games.

Contents

The final 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 discontinued the children's awards, citing a decline in entries and engagement, with new categories for children's content introduced in the film, games and television award ceremonies in 2025. [3]

History

The awards were first presented in 1996, and the awards was presented annually, with the exception 2020 and 2021, where the awards were cancelled 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 before the children's awards ceremony was created 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), along with 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 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

In the final ceremony in 2022, the following fourteen competitive categories were presented:

Awards winners

Animation

Performer

Young Performer

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

Channel of the Year

Comedy

Drama

Entertainment

Factual

Factual Entertainment

Short Form

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

BAFTA Young Game Designers

Game Concept

  • 2012: Vacuum Panic AKA Suck It Up

Game Making

  • 2012: Smiley Dodgems

Multiplatform

Ceremonies

EventDateVenueHost(s)Ref.
1st1996UnknownUnknown
2nd6 April 1997
3rd18 October 1998 Thorpe Park [15]
4th7 November 1999 London Hilton Katy Hill [16]
5th12 November 2000 Emma Bunton
Ortis Deley 		[17]
6th2 December 2001 Kate Thornton
7th24 November 2002 Richard Blackwood [18]
8th30 November 2003 Fearne Cotton [19]
9th28 November 2004 [20]
10th27 November 2005 Emma Forbes [21]
11th26 November 2006 Reggie Yates [22]
12th25 November 2007 Keith Chegwin [23]
13th29 November 2008 [24]
14th29 November 2009 Dick and Dom [25]
15th28 November 2010 Barney Harwood [26]
16th27 November 2011 [27]
17th25 November 2012 [28]
18th24 November 2013 Jake Humphrey [29]
19th23 November 2014 The Roundhouse Doc Brown [30]
20th22 November 2015 [31]
21st20 November 2016 [32]
22nd 26 November 2017 [33]
23rd25 November 2018 Marvin Humes
Rochelle Humes 		[34]
24th1 December 2019 The Brewery, London [35]
25th 27 November 2022 Old Billingsgate Lindsey Russell [1]

References

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  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Television - 1996". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Television - 1983". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Children's in 1996". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "The British Academy Children's Awards in 2015". Issuu . 20 November 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Children's in 1999". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Children's in 2000". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. ↑ "Children's in 2007". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  11. ↑ "BAFTA Kids' Vote". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  12. ↑ "2011 British Academy Children's Awards Winners". BAFTA. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "Children's in 2010 | BAFTA Awards". Awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Children's | Drama in 2002". British Academy of Film and Television Arts . Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Children crown best TV shows". news.bbc.co.uk. 18 October 1998. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  16. ↑ "Baftas honour Zoe and Jamie". BBC News . 8 November 1999. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  17. ↑ "Children's favourites honoured". 12 November 2000. Retrieved 16 February 2023– via news.bbc.co.uk.
  18. ↑ "ITV wins children's award again". www.thefreelibrary.com. 25 November 2002. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Children's BAFTA Awards 2003". BBC . Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  20. ↑ "Stars arriving at the Children's Baftas". 29 November 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2023– via BBC News.
  21. ↑ "Children's TV Bafta for Michaela". Manchester Evening News. 28 November 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  22. ↑ "Bafta win for Wallace and Gromit". 27 November 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2023– via news.bbc.co.uk.
  23. ↑ Fletcher, Alex (26 November 2007). "BAFTA Children's Awards 2007: Winners". Digital Spy . Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  24. ↑ "Nominations announced for CBBC me and my movie award". www.bbc.co.uk. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  25. ↑ "Children's TV Baftas: full list of winners". The Guardian . 30 November 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  26. ↑ "Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories". BBC . 29 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  27. ↑ 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.
  28. ↑ Hall, Eva (27 November 2012). "'Roy' & 'Gumball' Win Big at BAFTA Children's Awards". Irish Film and Television Network . Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  29. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (25 November 2013). "'Room on the Broom,' 'Adventure Time' Win BAFTAs". Animation Magazine . Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  30. ↑ Fletcher, Harry (24 November 2014). "Katie Morag wins twice at BAFTA Children's Awards 2014". Digital Spy . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  31. ↑ McLean, Tom (23 November 2015). "'Gumball,' 'Gravity,' 'Minions' Win BAFTA Children's Awards". Animation Magazine . Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  32. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (21 November 2016). "André Rieu Sets Event Cinema Record; 'Zootopia' Wins Kids' BAFTA – Global Briefs". Deadline . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  33. ↑ Amidi, Amid (27 November 2017). "'Revolting Rhymes,' 'Little Prince,' 'Hey Duggee' Win BAFTA Children's Awards". Cartoon Brew . Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  34. ↑ 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.
  35. ↑ 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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