2010 Children's BAFTA awards      (30.11.10)
  

   There didn't appear to be much publicity around the build-up to
   this year's Children's BAFTA awards. In fact, the nominations
   seem to have passed us by completely, and here we are already
   with the official awards night behind us, and the prizes already
   being carted off to mantelpieces all around our jolly little island.

   The awards were held on Sunday night, 28th November.
   Did you see the nominees publicised anywhere in advance?

   Oh well. One mantelpiece that will be positively groaning now
   will be the one belonging to the folks at Aardman Animations
   and CBBC, because they had a double-triumph this year, with
   Timmy Time winning the coveted Best Pre-school award, and
   Shaun the Sheep winning for Best Animation.

   And someone's got to lose out, haven't they? This year, it was
   the turn of the multi-talented, multi-award winning triumverate of
   Astley Baker Davies, who had three juicy nominations on the
   final shortlist. Peppa Pig and Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
   were both trumped by that there Timmy, and the trio also
   missed out in the Writing category. But, given their past
   successes they surely can't feel hard done by.

   It was nice to see TV presenter Brian Cant getting a special
   award. What a wonderful figure he was, back in the day,
   cavorting on Play School and Play Away. And of course,
   he will be forever remembered as the voice of Trumptonshire,
   and chugging Chilgley...

   Anywho, here are this year's nominees and winners in the
   categories relevant to Toonhound:


   Best 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   WINNER
    Gareth Owen, Richard Webber, Chris Sadler
    (Aardman Animations/CBBC0


   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   WINNER
    Jackie Cockle, Sarah Fell, David Scanlon
    (Aardman Animations/CBeebies)


   Writing

   NEVILLE ASTLEY, MARK BAKER, PHIL HALL
   for Peppa Pig

   PHIL FORD
   for The Sarah Jane Adventures

   PAUL SMITH
   for Roy

   THE WRITING TEAM   WINNER
   for Horrible Histories


   Special award

   BRIAN CANT   WINNER
   for his outstanding contribution to children's television


   Feature Film

   FANTASTIC MR FOX
   NANNY McPHEE AND THE BIG BANG
   TOY STORY 3
   UP   WINNER


   International

   DIRTGIRLWORLD
   THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR   WINNER
   PHINEAS & HERB
   SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS


   BAFTA Kids Vote - Best Film

   ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS 2: THE SQUEAKUEL   WINNER
   

   As ever, congratulations to the winners, and commiserations
   to those who missed out. You'll find the complete awards and
   a report on the event on the BAFTA web site....

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