Winners Announced for British Academy Children’s Awards

LONDON: CBBC won channel of the year and production company Somethin’ Else took home three trophies, among them a win for independent production company of the year, at this Sunday’s British Academy Children’s Awards.

This year marked the third time CBBC was named channel of the year. Somethin’ Else also won in the Interactive: Adapted category for The Dumping Ground: You’re the Boss, and received a second successive win for Poetry: Between the Lines in the Learning: Secondary category. Meanwhile, Katie Morag and Old Jack’s Boat both received second consecutive wins in the Drama and Preschool Live Action categories, respectively. The Amazing World of Gumball collected its third BAFTA for Animation, the sixth for the show overall.

Double-act Sam and Mark (Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes) celebrated a win in the Presenter category for the second time for Sam & Mark’s Big Christmas Wind-Up. Jessica Ransom, meanwhile, was successful in the Performer category for her portrayal of Mary Queen of Scots in Horrible Histories, the seventh award presented to the series.

The BAFTA for Factual went to I am Leo (My Life), a documentary following the life of a transgender 13-year-old boy, Leo Waddell. Paddington won for Feature Film, while Nintendo’s Splatoon won in the Game category. Disney’s Gravity Falls won the International category, with Gigglebiz being honored in the Comedy category.

The remake of Clangers, narrated by Michael Palin, nabbed the Preschool: Animation award. Jocelyn Stevenson received this year’s Special Award for her contribution to children’s media.

Other winners of the night were: My Life, My Religion for Learning: Primary; Swashbuckle for Entertainment; Ooglies for Short Form; Virry for Interactive: Original; and Guy Burt, who won the Writer category for Harriet’s Army.

In the BAFTA Kids Vote, Minions won for Feature Film, The Next Step won the Television category and Minecraft took the prize in Game.