British Academy Television Awards



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PREVIOUS BAFTA WINNER BARNEY HARWOOD TO HOST AWARDS

PERFORMER AND COMEDY CATEGORIES ADDED TO LINE-UP

LAST YEAR’S WINNER RICHARD HAMMOND NOMINATED AGAIN FOR BLAST LAB

PEPPA PIG RECEIVES SIXTH NOMINATION

VOTING FOR BAFTA KIDS’ VOTE OPENS TODAY

Monday 25 October 2010 - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce the nominations for the 2010 EA British Academy Children's Awards, which will take place on Sunday 28 November at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

The Awards are hosted for the first time by popular children’s presenter Barney Harwood, who previously won in the Presenter category in 2007 for Smile. The Awards are a celebration of the very best in children’s media including television, film, video games and online.

The nominations comprise all aspects of children’s entertainment: Animation, Channel of the Year, Drama, Entertainment, Factual, Feature Film, Independent Production Company, Interactive, International, Learning – Primary, Learning – Secondary, Pre-school Animation, Pre-school Live Action, Presenter, Short Form, Video Game and Writer. This year, two new categories have been added: Comedy and Performer.

This year's Drama nominations include The Boy From Before, the story of a dispossessed boy who unknowingly befriends the ghost of a boy from the 1940’s; Tracy Beaker Returns; the children's sci-fi series The Sarah Jane Adventures and Roy, about the animated son of a real life family settling in to his new school. In the new Comedy category Big Babies is nominated alongside Horrible Histories, The Legend of Dick and Dom and children’s comedy sketch show Sorry I’ve Got No Head.

In the Feature Film category Fantastic Mr. Fox goes head to head with Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang and two animated films from Disney/Pixar: Toy Story 3 and Up.

Meanwhile, Richard Hammond is nominated for the second consecutive year in the category of Presenter for Blast Lab, along with Iain Stirling and Phil Fletcher (Hacker the Dog) for their CBBC presentation and Blue Peter’s Andy Akinwolere. Justin Fletcher, who presents Something Special, is also nominated and has a second nomination in the new Performer category for his work in Gigglebiz. His fellow Performer nominees include both Dani Harmer and Richard Wisker for Tracy Beaker Returns; and Jim Howick for Horrible Histories.

From Horrid Henry to Doctor Who: Dreamland, Escape From Scorpion Island to Election: Your Vote, Junior MasterChef to ZingZillas, The Penguins of Madagascar to Science of Scams and Phineas and Ferb to Peppa Pig , this year’s nominations once again reflect the wonderful originality and creativity of children’s entertainment and programming (full list of nominations attached).

In addition, this year’s Awards also welcome back the BAFTA Kids’ Vote where children get to have their say across a whole range of entertainment media in a nationwide poll to choose their favourite Film, Television Programme, Website and Video Game. Children aged between 7 and 14 years can place their votes via Last year over 425,000 votes were received.

Voting for the BAFTA Kids’ Vote opens today (25 October 2010), and closes at 18.00 on Friday 26 November 2010.

The 2010 Awards will also feature the results of BAFTA’s new video game initiative BAFTA Young Game Designers, where children were encouraged to create their own video games. The winner will be announced at the Awards.

This is the fifth year of the Academy’s successful partnership with Electronic Arts.

For further information, please contact:

Romley Davies Publicity

Print and Broadcast

Mia A. Farrell E: Mia@ T: 0203 301 4735

Laura Hopps E: Laura@ T: 0203 301 4732

Digital

Claire Lewis E: Claire@ T: 0203 301 4744

For red carpet and press room accreditation on the night please email Laura Hopps clearly stating your name, organisation and access required.

Notes to Editor:

About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round Learning & Events programme that offers unique access to some of the world’s most inspiring talent through workshops, masterclasses, lectures and mentoring schemes, connecting with audiences of all ages and backgrounds across the UK, Los Angeles and New York. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. For further information, visit .

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™, EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2010, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $3.7 billion and had 27 titles that sold more than one million units. EA's homepage and online game site is . More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at .

EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, POGO, and The Sims are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. Mac, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.  Wii and the Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. “PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, Xbox and Xbox 360 are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About the BAFTA KIDS’ VOTE

The shortlist was derived from the top children’s feature films (12A and under) at the box office, the highest-rated children’s programmes on both terrestrial and multichannel, the most visited websites created for children and the top-selling video games PEGI-rated 12+ and under. Voting goes live today at the custom-made website

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EA British Academy Children's Awards 2010

Nominations

ANIMATION

Doctor Who: Dreamland

Production Team

BBC Wales Interactive/LittleLoud/CBBC

Horrid Henry

Lucinda Whiteley, Dave Unwin

Novel Entertainment/CiTV

OOglies

Nick Hopkin

BBC Scotland/CBBC

Shaun The Sheep

Gareth Owen, Richard Webber, Chris Sadler

Aardman Animation/CBBC

CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

CBBC

CBeebies

Cyw

Milkshake!

COMEDY

Big Babies

Catherine Gosling Fuller, Jon Riche

BBC Production/CBBC

Horrible Histories

Caroline Norris, Giles Pilbrow, Dominic Brigstocke

Lion TV/Citrus TV/CBBC

The Legend of Dick and Dom

Steve Ryde, Dez McCarthy

CBBC/CBBC

Sorry I’ve Got No Head

Jeremy Salsby, Tom Miller, Ian Curtis

SO Television/CBBC

DRAMA

The Boy From Before

Martin Wright, Daryl Jackson, Owen Smith

Gamelab London/BSL Zone

Roy

Production Team

Jam Media/CBBC

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Nikki Wilson, Joss Agnew, Gareth Roberts

BBC Wales/CBBC

Tracy Beaker Returns

Production Team

CBBC/CBBC

ENTERTAINMENT

Escape From Scorpion Island

Caroline El-Marazki, Kate Douglas Walker

The Foundation/CBBC

Junior MasterChef

Karen Ross, Antonia Lloyd

Shine TV/CBBC

Relic: Guardians of the Museum

Rob Hyde, Ollie Brack

CBBC/CBBC

Undercover Dads

Sarah Thornton, Paul Taylor

Tiger Aspect Productions/CBBC

FACTUAL

Election: Your Vote

Carolyn Payne

Diverse Production/CBBC

My Life: Karate Kids

John Walsh

Walsh Bros/CBBC

Newsround Special – Caught in the Web

Production Team

CBBC/CBBC

Newsround Special – Living With Alcohol

Lizzy Lambley, Owenna Griffiths, Gillian Scothern

CBBC/CBBC

FEATURE FILM

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson, Allison Abbate, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson

Indian Paintbrush/Regency Enterprises/Twentieth Century Fox

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Susanna White

Working Title Films/Universal Pictures

Toy Story 3

Darla K Anderson, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt

Disney/Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK

Up

Jonas Rivera, Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Disney/Pixar/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY

Handle and Spout

The Foundation

Kindle Entertainment

Lion Television

INTERACTIVE

Home Sheep Home ()

Development Team

Aardman Digital

The Secret Dancer

Sharna Jackson, Rosie Cardiff, Martin Percy

Tate Kids

The Well by Melvin Burgess

Development Team

Conker Media/BBC Switch

ZingZillas

Development Team

CBeebies/Plug In Media/Blue Zoo

INTERNATIONAL

Dirtgirlworld

Jean Campden, Hana Kukal

Mememe/Decode/CBeebies

The Penguins of Madagascar

Production Team

Schneider’s Bakery/Nickelodeon/Nickelodeon UK

Phineas and Ferb

Production Team

Walt Disney Television Animation/Disney XD UK

SpongeBob SquarePants

Production Team

United Plankton Pictures/Nickelodeon/Nickelodeon UK

LEARNING - PRIMARY

Alphablocks

Joe Elliot, Sioned Wyn Roberts, Adam Shaw

Magic Lantern Productions/CBeebies

Hansel and Gretel

Emma Frank

Lambent Productions/BBC Learning Zone

L8R Youngers

John White

Hi8us South/BBC Learning Zone

Primary Creative Arts

Sophie McCoy

Libra Television/BBC Learning Zone

LEARNING – SECONDARY

Democracy In Action: A Divided Europe and Immigration

Melanie Essex, Kristin Mason, Simon Thomson

BBC Learning/BBC Learning Zone

Lesson Starters – The Holocaust

David Parker, Ian Bild

Available Light Productions/Teachers TV

Science of Scams

Development Team

Objective Productions/Channel 4

: Smallpox Through Time

Jon Adams, Andrew Chater, Paul Trainor

Adams Trainor/

PERFORMER

Justin Fletcher – Gigglebiz

CBeebies/CBeebies

Dani Harmer - Tracy Beaker Returns

CBBC/CBBC

Jim Howick – Horrible Histories

Lion Television/Citrus TV/CBBC

Richard Wisker – Tracy Beaker Returns

CBBC/CBBC

PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATION

Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom

Phil Davies, Neville Astley, Mark Baker

Astley Baker Davies/E1 Kids/Nick Jr. UK

Jungle Junction

Erica Darby, Morgan Francis

Spider Eye Productions/Playhouse Disney UK

Peppa Pig

Phil Davies, Neville Astley, Mark Baker

Astley Baker Davies/E1 Kids/Channel Five/Nick Jr. UK

Timmy Time

Sarah Fell, David Scanlon

Aardman Animations/CBeebies

PRE-SCHOOL LIVE ACTION

Big and Small

David Collier, Wayne Moss

Kindle Entertainment/CBeebies

Grandpa in my Pocket

Mellie Buse, Jan Page, Richard Bradley

Adastra Creative/CBeebies

Something Special

Allan Johnston, Helen O’Connell

CBeebies/CBeebies

Ty Cyw

Helen Davies, Dafydd Wyn Davies

Boomerang/S4C

PRESENTER

Andy Akinwolere – Blue Peter Special (Andy’s World Cup Goal)

CBBC/CBBC

Justin Fletcher – Something Special

CBeebies/CBeebies

Richard Hammond – Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab

DCD/September Films/Hamster’s Wheel Productions/CBBC

Iain Stirling and Phil Fletcher (Hacker the Dog) – CBBC presentation

CBBC/CBBC

SHORT FORM

BBC Bitesize GCSE Geography

Production Team

BBC Bitesize/BBC Learning Zone

It’s a New Day

Maria Timotheou, David Wachs

Nickelodeon UK/Nick Jr. UK

My Favourite Bedtime Story

Claire Norowzian, Helen Arnsten

Nickelodeon UK/Blue Zoo/Nick Jr. UK

World Cup Stories

Jacqui Doughty, Julia Kennaway

Walk Tall Media/BBC Learning Zone

VIDEO GAME

New Super Mario Brothers (Wii)

Development Team

Nintendo

Pokemon Heart Gold And Soul Silver (DS)

Development Team

Nintendo

Rabbids Go Home (Wii)

Development Team

Ubisoft Montpellier

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii)

Development Team

Nintendo

WRITER

Neville Astley, Mark Baker, Phil Hall – Peppa Pig

Astley Baker Davies/E1 Kids/Channel Five/Nick Jr. UK

Phil Ford – The Sarah Jane Adventures

BBC Wales/CBBC

Paul Smith – Roy

Jam Media/CBBC

The Writing Team - Horrible Histories

Lion TV/Citrus TV/CBBC

Nomination credits correct at time of publication.

BAFTA Kids’ Vote 2010 - Top 10s

FEATURE FILM

Alice In Wonderland (PG) Walt Disney

Alvin And The Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel (U) 20th Century Fox

Avatar (12A) 20th Century Fox

Clash Of The Titans (12A) Warner Bros

A Christmas Carol (PG) Walt Disney

Iron Man 2 (12A) Paramount

Shrek Forever After (U) Paramount

Toy Story 3 (U) Walt Disney

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (12A) E1 Films

Up (U) Walt Disney

TELEVISION

Ben 10: Alien Force Cartoon Network

Dani's House CBBC

Deadly 60 CBBC

Horrible Histories CBBC

Horrid Henry CiTV

iCarly Nickelodeon UK

Phineas & Ferb Disney Channel UK

The Sarah Jane Adventures CBBC

Tracy Beaker Returns CBBC

Wizards Of Waverly Place Disney Channel UK

VIDEO GAMES

FIFA 10 (3+) Electronic Arts

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game (12+) Ubisoft

Just Dance (3+) Ubisoft

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (7+) Warner Bros Interactive

Mario & Sonic At The Winter Olympic Games (3+) Sega

Need For Speed: Shift (3+) Electronic Arts

New Super Mario Bros Wii (3+) Nintendo

Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (3+) Konami

Professor Layton And Pandora’s Box (7+) Nintendo

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (3+) Nintendo

WEBSITES

Cartoon Network

CBBC

Club Penguin

Disney.co.uk

GirlsGoGames

LEGO

Miniclip

Moshi Monsters

Nick.co.uk

Stardoll

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