{"id":22766,"date":"2022-04-06T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:19:51","slug":"bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Commissions Quentin Blake Specials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has ordered\u00a0<em>Quentin Blake\u2019s Box of Treasures<\/em>, a box set of specials based on six of Sir Quentin Blake\u2019s best-selling books, from Eagle Eye Drama.<\/p>\n<p><em>Quentin Blake\u2019s Box of Treasures<\/em> will feature children\u2019s and family programs based on<em> Zagazoo<\/em>, <em>Loveykins<\/em>, <em>Jack and Nancy<\/em>, <em>Snuff<\/em>, <em>Angel Pavement<\/em> and <em>Mrs Armitage<\/em>. The animated adaptations will debut on BBC and iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be produced by Eagle Eye Drama in co-production with Creative Conspiracy and in association with animation studios Spicy Acorn, Tchack and Kong. Gerrit Bekers will direct. It will be produced by Eagle Eye Creative Director for Animation Massimo Fenati and Executive Producer Tess Cuming, along with Creative Conspiracy\u2019s Luc Van Driessche. Eagle Eye Drama\u2019s Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino will oversee the project.<\/p>\n<p>Aardman Animations will distribute <em>Quentin Blake\u2019s Box of Treasures<\/em> internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Cuming said: \u201cSir Quentin Blake is one of the world\u2019s most iconic and best-loved authors for readers of all ages, and we are honoured to be working with him to bring this landmark box set of animations to life for BBC, and to be adding such a prestigious modern classic to our growing animation slate. Blake\u2019s quirky, original and funny stories have been enjoyed by children and their families for decades, and we\u2019re delighted Eagle Eye, along with our partners, have this unique opportunity to bring them to the screen for the first time, capturing Blake\u2019s iconic, inimitable style.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blake said: \u201cI am tremendously pleased to be working with Eagle Eye, who I\u2019ve successfully teamed up with before, along with the BBC, on what will be the first ever series based on my work. It will be most enjoyable to see characters from some of my books jumping off the pages and onto the television screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has ordered Quentin Blake\u2019s Box of Treasures, a box set of specials based on six of Sir Quentin Blake\u2019s best-selling books, from Eagle Eye Drama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6443,1641,6444],"class_list":["post-22766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-aardman-animations","tag-bbc","tag-eagle-eye-drama","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Commissions Quentin Blake Specials - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Commissions Quentin Blake Specials - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC has ordered Quentin Blake\u2019s Box of Treasures, a box set of specials based on six of Sir Quentin Blake\u2019s best-selling books, from Eagle Eye Drama.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-06T07:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-06T17:19:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/BBC-QuentinBlakesBoxofTreasures-0422.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Commissions Quentin Blake Specials - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-06T07:00:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-06T17:19:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-commissions-quentin-blake-specials\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Commissions Quentin Blake Specials\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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