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- ↑ "2016 Children's Drama | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ↑ "Flintshire transformed into fictional island for CBBC series". 25 October 2013.
- ↑ "Rocket's Island".
