British Academy Children's Award for Animation

British Academy Children and Young People Award for
Awarded for	The best animated content for children and young people six and over.
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by	The Snail and the Whale (2022)
Website	www.bafta.org/children

The British Academy Children and Young People Award for Animation is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given to "animated content for children and young people six and over".[1] It was first awarded at the 1st edition of the British Academy Children's Awards in 1996, with Welsh claymation-style series Gogs being the first recipient of the award.

Cartoon Network series The Amazing World of Gumball holds the record of most wins in the category with four, followed by Shaun the Sheep with two. The two shows are the only programs to win the award more than once. The Amazing World of Gumball is also the most nominated series with eight nominations for the award, followed by Shaun the Sheep with seven and Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and Strange Hill High with three each.

Winners Yr Enwog Ffred, Room on the Broom and Revolting Rhymes, and nominee Robin Robin have also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Additionally, Yr Enwog Ffred was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1996 (1st) [2]	Gogs	Deiniol Morris, Michael Mort	BBC
	The Animals of Farthing Wood	Elphin Lloyd-Jones, Phillipe Leclerc	BBC
	Earthworm Jim	Kathi Castillo, Roy Allen Smith	Kids' WB
	The Wind in the Willows	John Coates, Dave John Unwin, Ted Walker	CITV
1997 (2nd) [3]	Yr Enwog Ffred	John Coates, Catrin Unwin, Joanna Quinn	Channel 4
	The Treacle People	Iain Russell, Mike Furness	CITV
	The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge: "Winter Story: An Ice Palace Party"	Jackie Cockle, Brian Little	BBC One
	Romuald the Reindeer	Robin Lyons, Wayne Thomas
1998 (3rd) [4][5]	Kipper	Ginger Gibbons, Mike Stuart	CITV
	Dennis the Menace	Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood	BBC One
	Gogs	Deiniol Morris, Michael Mort
	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: "The Tale of Pigling Bland"	John Coates, Dianne Jackson
1999 (4th) [6][7]	The First Snow of Winter	Jackie Edwards, Graham Ralph	BBC
	The Bear	John Coates, Hilary Audus	Channel 4
	Bybs	Hywel Griffith	S4C
	Spot	Clive Juster, Leo Nielsen	BBC

2000s

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2000 (5th) [8][9]	The Foxbusters	Jon Doyle, John Offord	CITV
	Little Grey Rabbit	Jean Flynn, Claire Grey	CITV
	Rotten Ralph	Steve Jones, Sue Pugh	CBBC
	Sheeep	Ginger Gibbons
2001 (6th) [10]	Animated Tales of the World: "Aunt Tiger"	Michael Mort	Channel 4
	The Last Polar Bears	Marion Edwards, Alan Simpson	Carlton
	Rotten Ralph		CBBC
	Sheeep	Ginger Gibbons, Kate Fawkes
2002 (7th) [11][12]	The English Programme: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight	David Rane, Tim Fernée	BBC
	Angelina Ballerina	Ginger Gibbons, Roger McIntosh	CITV
	Animated Tales of the World: "Bad Baby Amy"	Edwina Von Stiegler, Anthony Lucas	Channel 4
	The Cramp Twins	Peter Völkle, Carole Weitzman, Brian Wood	Cartoon Network
2003 (8th) [13][14]	Bob the Builder: "A Christmas to Remember"	Jackie Cockle, Sarah Ball	CBeebies
	Albie	Francis Vose	CITV
	Bounty Hamster	Helen Cohen, Graham Ralph
	Pongwiffy	Marion Edwards, Alan Simpson
2004 (9th) [15]	Brush Head	Jonathan Boseley, Andrew Williams, Dan Berlinka	Disney Channel
	The Blue Dragon		Channel 4
	Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids		CITV
	Metalheads		CBBC
2005 (10th) [16][17]	The Little Reindeer	Jonathan Peel, Dave Unwin	CITV / France 3
	The Tale of Jack Frost	Neil Graham, Alastair Swinnerton	CBBC
	The Cramp Twins	Denise Green, Frank Gresham	Cartoon Network
	A Grizzly New Year's Tale: The Crystal Eye		CITV
2006 (11th) [18][19]	The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers	David Hodgson, Dan Chambers, Claire Underwood	CITV / Cartoon Network
	Those Scurvy Rascals	Adam Shaw, Oliver Hyatt, Daniel Isman	Nickelodeon
	King Arthur's Disasters	Edward Bignell, Julian Scott	CITV
	The Koala Brothers: "Outback Christmas"	Peter Curtis, Tobias Fouracre	CBeebies / ABC Kids
2007 (12th) [20][21]	The Secret Show	Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood, Andrea Tran	CBBC
	Charlie and Lola: "Christmas Special"	Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor	CBeebies
	Ōban Star-Racers	Michael Lekes, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel	France 3 / Jetix
	Shaun the Sheep	Julie Lockhart, Chris Sadler, Richard Goleszowski	CBBC
2008 (13th) [22]	Charlie and Lola: "Autumn Special"	Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor	CBeebies
	Eliot Kid	Samuel Kaminka, Didier Julia, Gilles Cazaux	TF1 / CBBC
	Skunk Fu!	Paul Young, Jordan Gaucher, Aidan Harte	CBBC / RTÉ One
	Shaun the Sheep	Julie Lockhart, Richard Goleszowski	CBBC
2009 (14th) [23][24]	Lost and Found	Sue Goffe, Philip Hunt	Channel 4
	Art Sparks	Sharna Jackson, Greg McLeod, Myles McLeod	Tate Kids
	Chop Socky Chooks	Ben Lock, Christine Ponzevera, Sergio Delfino	Cartoon Network
	Horrid Henry	Lucinda Whiteley, Dave Unwin	CITV

2010s

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2010 (15th) [25][26]	Shaun the Sheep	Gareth Owen, Richard Webber, Chris Sadler	CBBC
	Doctor Who: "Dreamland		BBC Two
	Horrid Henry	Lucinda Whiteley, Dave Unwin	CITV
	OOglies	Nick Hopkin	CBBC
2011 (16th) [27][28]	The Amazing World of Gumball	Joanna Beresford, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves	Cartoon Network
	Muddle Earth	Phil Chalk, Vincent James	CBBC
	Pet Squad
	Grizzly Tales	Sara Bor, Simon Bor, Jamie Rix	Nicktoons
2012 (17th) [29][30]	The Amazing World of Gumball	Joanna Beresford, Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves	Cartoon Network
	The Gruffalo's Child		BBC One
	The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers		CITV / Cartoon Network
	The Mechanical Musical Marvel	Julie Boden, Chris Randall	Second Home Studios
2013 (18th) [31][32]	Room on the Broom		BBC One
	The Amazing World of Gumball	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell	Cartoon Network
	The Snowman and the Snowdog		Channel 4
	Strange Hill High	Phil Chalk, Josh Weinstein, Kat Van Henderson	CBBC
2014 (19th) [33][34]	The Amazing World of Gumball	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell	Cartoon Network
	Shaun The Sheep	Richard Starzak, Jay Grace, John Woolley	CBBC
	Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
	Strange Hill High
2015 (20th) [35][36]	Shaun the Sheep	John Woolley, Steve Box, Lee Wilton	CBBC
	Mr. Bean: The Animated Series		CITV
	The Amazing World of Gumball	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell	Cartoon Network
	Strange Hill High	Josh Weinstein, Kat Van Henderson, Geoff Walker	CBBC
2016 (21st) [37][38]	The Amazing World of Gumball	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell	Cartoon Network
	Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas		BBC One
	Stick Man
	Counterfeit Cat	Ben Marsaud, Sarah Mattingley	Disney XD / Teletoon
2017 (22nd) [39][40]	Revolting Rhymes		BBC One
	The Amazing World of Gumball	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell	Cartoon Network
	Shaun the Sheep	Will Becher, John Woolley, Richard Starzak	CBBC
	We're Going on a Bear Hunt		Channel 4
2018 (23rd)	Not presented[41][42]
2019 (24th) [43]	Hilda	Luke Pearson, Stephanie Simpson, Kurt Mueller	Netflix
	The Amazing World of Gumball	Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Sarah Fell	Cartoon Network
	Danger Mouse	Aidan McAteer, Tim Searle, Chapman Maddox	CBBC
	The Demon's Head		TrueTube

2020s

Year	Program	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2022 (25th) [44][45]	The Snail and the Whale		BBC One
	Hilda		Netflix
	Robin Robin	Dan Ojari, Mikey Please, Helen Argo
	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	Robin Shaw, Ruth Fielding, Camilla Deakin	Channel 4

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

Multiple wins

Wins	Program
4	The Amazing World of Gumball
2	Shaun the Sheep

Multiple nominations

Nominations	Program
8	The Amazing World of Gumball
7	Shaun the Sheep
3	Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
	Strange Hill High
2	Gogs
	Rotten Ralph
	Sheeep
	Animated Tales of the World
	The Cramp Twins
	The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers
	Charlie and Lola
	Horrid Henry
	Hilda

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External links

• Official website