‘Gumball’ Scores Pair of BAFTA Kids Nominations

Awards for best in children’s media will be presented Nov. 26 in London.

‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ earned two nominations for the 2017 British Academy Children’s Awards.

LONDON -- Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball led animated programs with two nominations for the 2017 British Academy Children’s Awards, which honor the very best in children’s media. The ceremony will be held Nov. 26 at the Roundhouse in London and will be hosted by British actor, writer and comedian Doc Brown.

For the first time, online streaming channels Amazon and Netflix receive Children’s Awards nominations, with two each: Amazon, for An American Girl Story - Melody 1963: Love has to Win and The Snowy Day, both in International, and Netflix, for Ask the Storybots in International and for The Little Prince in Feature Film. The newly launched Sky Kids app receives its first nomination for Morph in the Short Form category.

SpongeBob SquarePants, the animated series that has been broadcast for the past 18 years, receives a nomination in International.

Here’s the list of animation-related nominees:

ANIMATION

The Amazing World Of Gumball -- Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell -- Turner/Cartoon Network
Revolting Rhymes -- Production Team -- Magic Light Pictures/BBC One
Shaun The Sheep -- Will Becher, John Woolley, Richard Starzak -- Aardman Animations/CBBC
We’re Going On A Bear Hunt -- Production Team - Lupus Films, Bear Hunt Films, Walker Productions, Herrick Entertainment/Channel 4

CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

Cartoon Network
CBBC
CBeebies
TrueTube

FEATURE FILM

Kubo And The Two Strings -- Travis Knight, Arianne Sutner -- Laika/Universal Pictures
The Little Prince -- Mark Osborne, Aton Soumache, Alexis Vonarb, Dimitri Rassam -- ON Animation Studios and Netflix/Netflix
Moana -- Ron Clements, John Musker, Osnat Shurer -- Walt Disney Animation Studios/Walt Disney Animation Studios
Sing -- Christopher Meledandri, Janet Healy, Garth Jennings -- Illumination/Universal Pictures

GAME

Monument Valley 2 -- Development Team - ustwo games/ustwo games
The Playroom VR -- Development Team -- SIE Japan Studio, Team ASOBI!/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Pokémon Go -- Development Team -- Niantic/Pokémon
Pokémon Sun & Pokémon Moon -- Development Team -- Game Freak/Pokémon, Nintendo

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Blue Zoo Animation Studio
Karrot Entertainment
Magic Light Pictures
Strawberry Blond

INTERACTIVE

Adventure Time ‘I See Ooo’ -- Antonio Grasso, Ben Trewhella, Anil Glendinning -- Turner
The Gruffalo Spotter -- Development Team -- Magic Light Pictures & Nexus Studios
Hey Duggee: We Love Animals -- Phil Hoskins, Keith Davidson, Peter Hickman - Scary Beasties Ltd and BBC Worldwide
Virry VR -- Martin Percy, Svetlana Dragayeva, Joanna Fogler -- Fountain Digital Labs

INTERNATIONAL

An American Girl Story -- Melody 1963: Love Has To Win -- Alison McDonald, Tina Mabry, Nicole Dow -- Amazon Studios/Amazon
Ask The Storybots -- Evan Spiridellis, Gregg Spiridellis -- JibJab Bros. Studios/Netflix
The Snowy Day -- Production Team -- Amazon Studios and Karrot Entertainment/Amazon
SpongeBob SquarePants -- Stephen Hillenburg, Vincent Waller, Marc Ceccarelli -- Nickelodeon/Nicktoons

PRE-SCHOOL -- ANIMATION

Digby Dragon -- Adam Shaw, Chris Drew, Tom McDowell -- Blue Zoo/Nick JR
Hey Duggee -- Grant Orchard, Janine Voong, Sander Jones -- STUDIO AKA/CBeebies
Peppa Pig -- Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Joris Van Hulzen -- Astley Baker Davies/Entertainment One/Channel 5
Sarah & Duck -- Jamie Badminton, Sarah Gomes Harris, Tim O'Sullivan -- Karrot Entertainment/CBeebies

SHORT FORM

CN Buddy Network -- Daniel Fuller, Simon Dean, Charles Battrick -- Turner/Cartoon Network
The Happos Family -- Patricia Hidalgo, Richelle Wilder, Erica Darby -- Turner/Boomerang
Morph -- Merlin Crossingham, Helen Argo, Peter Lord -- Aardman Animations/Sky Kids
Share A Story 2016 -- Production Team -- CiTV/CiTV

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