British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation explained

The British Academy Children and Young People Award for Preschool Animation is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given to "animated content for children under six".^[1] Through the nineties, preschool animated productions were awarded alongside live-action series in a category named Preschool.

In 2000, two categories were created, one for each type of production (animation and live-action). The first recipient of the category was CITV's series Maisy. CBeebies' series Hey Duggee holds the record of most wins in the category with four, followed by Peppa Pig with three, and Charlie and Lola and Timmy Time with two each. Peppa Pig is the most nominated program in the category with eleven nominations, followed by Hey Duggee with six and Little Princess with four.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Pre-School

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1996 (1st) [2]	Tots TV	Anne Wood, Vic Finch	CITV
	Monster Café	Alison Stewart	CBBC
	Playdays	Rosalind Farrimond
	Rala Rwdins	Rhys Ifans, Graham Pritchard	S4C
1997 (2nd) [3]	Tots TV "Lapland Out"	Anne Wood, Vic Finch	CITV
	Bwgan	Lona Llewelyn Davies, Delwyn Siôn	S4C
	Dear Mr. Barker	Jane Tarleton, Gillian Scothern	CBBC
	Rat-A-Tat-Tat: "Here Come the Aliens"	Roland Tongue, Susie Nott-Bower	Channel 4
1998 (3rd) [4] [5]	Teletubbies	Anne Wood	CBBC
	Animal Antics	Fiona Caldwell	Channel 5
	The Animal Shelf	Jackie Cockle, Ellen Meske	CITV
	Fun Song Factory	Iain Lauchlan, Will Brenton
1999 (4th) [6] [7]	Tecwyn Y Tractor	Lona Llewelyn Davies, Cliff Jones	S4C
	The Animal Shelf	Jackie Cockle, Ellen Meske	CITV
	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends	Britt Allcroft, David Mitton
	Bob the Builder	Jackie Cockle, Sarah Ball	CBeebies

2000s

Preschool - Animation

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2000 (5th) [8] [9]	Maisy	Clive Juster, Leo Nielsen	CITV
	64 Zoo Lane		CBeebies / France 5 / ZDF
	Kipper	Ginger Gibbons, Mike Stuart	CITV
	Hilltop Hospital	Robin Lyons, Pascal Le Nôtre	CITV / Canal J
2001 (6th) [10]	Animal Stories	Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood	CITV
	Bob the Builder	Jackie Cockle, Sarah Ball, Kate Fawkes	CBeebies
	Kipper	Ginger Gibbons, Mike Stuart	CITV
	Hilltop Hospital	Robin Lyons, Pascal Le Nôtre	CITV / Canal J
2002 (7th) [11] [12]	Eddy and the Bear	Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood	CITV
	Andy Pandy	Jean Flynn, Tim Harper	CBeebies
	Bob the Builder	Jackie Cockle, Sarah Ball	CBeebies
	Sali Mali	Robin Lyons, Les Orton	S4C
2003 (8th) [13] [14]	Hilltop Hospital	Pascal Le Nôtre, Robin Lyons	CITV / Canal J
	Tiny Planets	Richard Morss, Alistair McIlwain, Paul Michael	CITV
	Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!	Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood, Andrea Tran
	Boo!	Will Brenton, Iain Lauchlan, Mark Taylor	CBeebies
2004 (9th) [15]	Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!	Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood, Andrea Tran	CITV
	The Koala Brothers	David Johnson, Tobias Fouracre, Martin Pullen	CBeebies / ABC Kids
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
	Sam Tân	Robin Lyons, Timon Dowdeswell, Andrew Offiler	S4C
2005 (10th) [16] [17]	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
	The Koala Brothers	David Johnson, Martin Pullen	CBeebies / ABC Kids
	Meg and Mog		CITV
	Pingu	Bella Reekie, Kevin Walton, Liz Whitaker	CBeebies
2006 (11th) [18] [19]	Pocoyo		CITV / La 2
	Charlie and Lola	Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor	Cbeebies
	Postman Pat	Owen Balhatchet, Chris Taylor
	The Koala Brothers	David Johnson, Tobias Fouracre	CBeebies / ABC Kids
2007 (12th) [20] [21]	Charlie and Lola	Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor	Cbeebies
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
	Little Princess	Iain Harvey, Edward Foster
	Pocoyo		CITV / La 2
2008 (13th) [22]	Charlie and Lola	Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor	Cbeebies
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
	Little Princess	Iain Harvey, Edward Foster
	Roary the Racing Car	Owen Ballhatchet, Tim Harper
2009 (14th) [23] [24]	Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom	Phil Davies, Neville Astley, Mark Baker	Channel 5
	Humf	Joan Lofts, Leo Neilsen, Neil Fitzgibbon	Nick Jr.
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
	Little Princess "A Merry Little Christmas"	Iain Harvey, Edward Foster

2010s

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2010 (15th) [25] [26]	Timmy Time	Jackie Cockle, Sarah Fell, David Scanlon	Cbeebies
	Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom		Channel 5
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley
	Jungle Junction	Erica Darby, Morgan Francis	Disney Channel
2011 (16th) [27] [28]	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
	Octonauts		CBeebies
	Rastamouse	Greg Boardman, Derek Mogford, Eugenio Perez
	Little Princess	Iain Harvey, Edward Foster	Channel 5
2012 (17th) [29] [30]	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen	Channel 5
	Rastamouse	Greg Boardman, Derek Mogford, Eugenio Perez	Cbeebies
	Timmy Time	Jackie Cockle, Sarah Fell, David Scanlon
	Tree Fu Tom	Daniel Bays, Adam Shaw
2013 (18th) [31] [32]	Timmy Time	Jackie Cockle, Liz Whitaker, David Scanlon	Cbeebies
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen	Channel 5
	Sarah & Duck	Sarah Gomes Harris, Tim O'Sullivan, Jamie Badminton	Cbeebies
	Octonauts	Nicky Phelan, Stephanie Simpson, Kurt Mueller
2014 (19th) [33] [34]	Sarah & Duck	Tim O'Sullivan, Sarah Gomes Harris, Jamie Badminton	Cbeebies
	Bing	Mikael Shields, Nicky Phelan, Jeroen Jaspaert	CBeebies
	Dinopaws
	Postman Pat "Postman Pat and the Rubber Duck Race"
2015 (20th) [35] [36]	The Clangers		Cbeebies
	Hey Duggee	Grant Orchard, Sue Goffe, Janine Murphy	Cbeebies
	Lily's Driftwood Bay		Nick Jr.
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley	Channel 5
2016 (21st) [37] [38]	Hey Duggee	Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sue Goffe	Cbeebies
	The Clangers		CBeebies
	Sarah & Duck
	Go Jetters	Adam Redfern, Jo Allen, Tony Reed
2017 (22nd) [39] [40]	Hey Duggee	Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones	Cbeebies
	Peppa Pig	Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Joris van Hulzen	Channel 5
	Sarah & Duck	Sarah Gomes Harris, Tim O'Sullivan, Jamie Badminton	Cbeebies
	Digby Dragon	Adam Shaw, Chris Drew, Tom McDowell	Channel 5 / Nick Jr.
2018 (23rd) [41] [42]	Hey Duggee	Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones	Cbeebies
	Sarah & Duck	Sarah Gomes Harris, Tim O'Sullivan, Jamie Badminton	Cbeebies
	The Clangers
	Octonauts
2019 (24th) [43]	Numberblocks	Joe Elliot, Simon Taylor, Ben Lee-Delisle	Cbeebies
	Digby Dragon	Adam Shaw, Chris Drew, Jen Upton	Channel 5 / Nick Jr.
	Hey Duggee	Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones	Cbeebies
	Floogals	Ruther Ducker, Lee Walters, Ceri Barnes	Channel 5

2020s

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2022 (25th) [44] [45]	Hey Duggee	Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones	Cbeebies
	The Very Small Creatures	Lucy Izzard, Stephanie Owen	Sky Kids
	Pip and Posy		Channel 5 / Sky Kids
	Circle Square		Channel 5

• Note: The series that don't have recipients on the tables had Production team credited as recipients for the award or nomination.

Multiple winners

Wins	Program
4	Hey Duggee
3	Peppa Pig
2	Charlie and Lola
	Timmy Time

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Program
11	Peppa Pig
6	Hey Duggee
4	Little Princess
5	Sarah & Duck
3	Hilltop Hospital
	The Koala Brothers
	Charlie and Lola
	Timmy Time
	Octonauts
	The Clangers
2	Kipper
	Bob the Builder
	Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
	Pocoyo
	Postman Pat
	Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
	Rastamouse
	Digby Dragon

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Children's in 1996. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
3. Web site: Children's in 1997. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
4. Web site: Children's in 1998. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
5. Web site: BBC News | Entertainment | Children crown best TV shows. BBC News. 18 October 1998. 16 February 2023.
6. Web site: Children's in 1999. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
7. Web site: BBC News | Entertainment | Baftas honour Zoe and Jamie. BBC News. 8 November 1999. 16 February 2023.
8. Web site: Children's in 2000. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
9. Web site: Children's favourites honoured. 12 November 2000. BBC News. 16 February 2023.
10. Web site: Children's in 2001. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
11. Web site: Children's in 2002. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
12. Web site: ITV wins children's award again. The Free Library. 25 November 2002. 16 February 2023.
13. Web site: Children's in 2003. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
14. Web site: BBC - Press Office - Children's BAFTA Awards 2003. BBC. 16 February 2023.
15. Web site: Children's in 2004. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
16. Web site: Children's in 2005. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
17. Web site: Children's TV Bafta for Michaela. 28 November 2005. Manchester Evening News. 16 February 2023.
18. Web site: Children's in 2006. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
19. Web site: Bafta win for Wallace and Gromit. 27 November 2006. BBC. 16 February 2023.
20. Web site: Children's in 2007. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
21. Web site: BAFTA Children's Awards 2007: Winners. Digital Spy. Alex. Fletcher. 26 November 2007. 22 February 2023.
22. Web site: Children's in 2008. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
23. Web site: Children's in 2009. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
24. Web site: Children's TV Baftas: full list of winners. The Guardian. 30 November 2009. 21 February 2023.
25. Web site: Children's in 2010. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
26. Web site: Three Children's Baftas for Horrible Histories. BBC. 29 November 2010. 19 February 2023.
27. Web site: Children's in 2011. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
28. Web site: 2011 British Academy Children's Awards Winners Announced, "Peppa Pig" & "Amazing World of Gumball" Among Winners. Cartoon Brew. Chris. Arrant. 28 November 2011. 22 February 2023.
29. Web site: Children's in 2012. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
30. Web site: 'Roy' & 'Gumball' Win Big at BAFTA Children's Awards. Irish Film and Television Network. Eva. Hall. 27 November 2012. 22 February 2023.
31. Web site: Children's in 2013. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
32. Web site: 'Room on the Broom,' 'Adventure Time' Win BAFTAs. Animation Magazine. Ramin. Zahed. 25 November 2013. 22 February 2023.
33. Web site: Children's in 2014. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
34. Web site: Katie Morag wins twice at BAFTA Children's Awards 2014. Digital Spy. Harry. Fletcher. 24 November 2014. 19 February 2023.
35. Web site: Children's in 2015. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
36. Web site: 'Gumball,' 'Gravity,' 'Minions' Win BAFTA Children's Awards. Animation Magazine. Tom. McLean. 23 November 2015. 22 February 2023.
37. Web site: Children's in 2016. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
38. Web site: André Rieu Sets Event Cinema Record; 'Zootopia' Wins Kids' BAFTA – Global Briefs. Deadline. Nancy. Tartaglione. 21 November 2016. 19 February 2023.
39. Web site: Children's in 2017. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
40. Web site: 'Revolting Rhymes,' 'Little Prince,' 'Hey Duggee' Win BAFTA Children's Awards. Cartoon Brew. Amid. Amidi. 27 November 2017. 22 February 2023.
41. Web site: Children's in 2018. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 19 February 2023.
42. Web site: 'Hey Duggee' Tops British Academy's 2018 Children's Awards with Three Wins. Animation World Network. Jennifer. Wolfe. 16 November 2018. 22 February 2023.
43. Web site: BAFTA Children's Winners Include Emily Burnett, Bella Ramsay, CBeebies, 'Horrible Histories' & 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse'. Deadline. Andrea. Wiseman. 1 December 2019. 19 February 2019.
44. Web site: 'Dodger,' 'The Snail and the Whale' Lead BAFTA Children and Young People Awards Nominations. Variety. Naman. Ramachandran. 25 October 2022. 29 January 2023.
45. Web site: BAFTA's Children & Young People Awards 2022 - Winners. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 27 November 2022. 22 February 2023.