Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Nickelodeon UK Announces Plans To Premiere TEN Brand New Episodes Of The Popular Nickelodeon Original Comedy Series "Victorious" In November 2012!

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have announced the Nickelodeon UK News on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK) that Nickelodeon UK is planning to premiere and show ten brand new episodes of the popular Nickelodeon comedy series "Victorious" on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK during November 2012 as part of "November on Nickelodeon UK 2012" and as part of Nickelodeon UK's Autumn/Winter 2012 highlights!:
Less than 2 weeks to go until BRAND NEW @victorious !! Can anyone guess how many new eps there are in November?? #newvictorious.
And:
@Victorious 5?
@NickelodeonUK: MORE!!
Also:
Not one....not even five....but TEN brand new eps!! #newvictorious.
According to the online television schedule guide Digiguide, Nickelodeon UK will start to premiere the 10 brand new episodes of the popular Nickelodeon comedy series "Victorious", which will include the brand new "Victorious" season two episodes "Tori Tortures Teacher", "Who Did It to Trina?" and "Terror on Cupcake Street", weekdays at 6pm (repeated one hour later at 7pm on Nick UK's plus-one (+1) timeshift channel, Nickelodeon+1) from Monday 5th November 2012!

Kids Elect President Barack Obama The Winner Of The United States' 2012 Presidential Election In Nickelodeon's 2012 Kids Pick the President "Kids' Vote" National Poll

Below is a Nickelodeon Press Release from PRNewswire:
Kids Elect President Barack Obama The Winner In Nickelodeon's Kids Pick the President "Kids' Vote" National Poll

More Than Half a Million Votes Cast

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2012 /Nickelodeon Press Release via PRNewswire/ -- The kids of the United States have spoken and President Barack Obama has been elected the winner of Nickelodeon's 2012 Kids Pick the President "Kids' Vote." Since it began in 1988, kids have correctly picked the winner (in advance of the national election) five out of the last six times. More than half a million votes were cast in the network's online poll as part of Nickelodeon's Kids Pick the President initiative to build young citizens' awareness of, and involvement in, the election process.

President Obama received 65% of the vote and former Governor Mitt Romney received 35%. In order to more closely replicate the actual election, and to ensure the results were more authentic, this year the voting was limited to one vote per electronic device. Kids were able to cast their votes online from Oct. 15 to Oct. 22.

On Monday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT), Linda Ellerbee, the Emmy Award-winning host of Nickelodeon's Nick News, will announce [announced] the winner of the Kids Pick the President "Kids' Vote" on the network.

"What politicians do definitely affects kids but for me, it's not about who wins," said Ellerbee. "It's about creating tomorrow's voters. Democracy takes work. We're the practice field."

Leading up to the Kids Pick the President online vote, Nickelodeon aired two election-themed Nick News with Linda Ellerbee specials this year, which ranked as the series' highest-rated episodes for 2012 to date. In "Kids Pick the President: The Issues" (Sept. 17), kids nationwide ranked the campaign issues most important to them. "Kids Pick the President: The Candidates" (Oct. 15) provided an opportunity for the two major party U.S. presidential candidates to answer kids' questions. This year's candidate special featured President Obama sitting down with Nick News at the White House to answer kids' questions and previously taped video clips of Romney addressing issues raised by kids. Romney was unable to participate in the special.

Nick.com served as the official home base of the Kids Pick the President campaign, attracting almost a million visitors and generating more than 2.9 million page views since launch on Aug. 7. Kids have flocked to the site to discuss the general election on its message board and Nick.com/kpp currently ranks as the most popular page on the site in October (Source: Omniture SiteCatalyst, 8/7/2012-10/21/2012). Kids can visit Nick.com to interact and learn more about the upcoming election. They can also play games, take quizzes about the government, and learn about each candidate and the issues.

Kids Pick the President is also incorporated into Nickelodeon's The Big Help initiative where kids are given tools and information to take action on issues important to them. For more information, go to www.thebighelp.com.

Nick News, produced by Lucky Duck Productions, is now in its 21st year and is the longest-running kids' news show in television history. It has built its reputation on the respectful and direct way it speaks to kids about the important issues of the day. Over the years, Nick News has received more than 21 Emmy nominations and recently won its ninth Emmy Award for Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics in the category of Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program. Additional Emmy wins for outstanding children's programming include: The Face of Courage: Kids Living with Cancer (2010); Coming Home: When Parents Return from War (2009); The Untouchable Kids of India (2008); Private Worlds: Kids and Autism (2007); Never Again: From the Holocaust to the Sudan (2005); Faces of Hope: The Kids of Afghanistan (2002) and What Are You Staring At? (1998). In addition, in 1995, the entire series won the Emmy. In 2009, Nick News was honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award for best Network News Documentary for Coming Home: When Parents Return from War — the first-ever kids' television program to receive this prestigious award. Nick News has also received three Peabody Awards, including a personal award given to Ellerbee for explaining the impeachment of President Clinton to kids, as well as a Columbia duPont Award and more than a dozen Parents' Choice Awards.

Nickelodeon, now in its 33rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 17 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

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Portuguese Broadcaster TVI Buys Broadcast Rights To A Raft Of Nickelodeon's Animated Television Shows; To Air As Part Of New Co-Branded Programming Block Called "Kid Kanal"

From C21Media:
TVI adopts Turtles

Portuguese broadcaster TVI will launch a children’s block with shows such as CGI series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after signing a content deal with Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN).

TVI will pick up a host of Nickelodeon programming that will air in a co-branded block called Kid Kanal.

The package includes SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Fanboy & Chum Chum, Kung Fu Panda and Winx Club.

Kid Kanal, which represents the first deal of this kind for VIMN in Portugal, will air on Saturdays and Sundays for two hours a day, beginning in November.

Meanwhile, Turkish broadcaster CNBC-e has renewed its Nickelodeon block, including new seasons and specials of shows including Dora, FairlyOdd Parents, iCarly and Penguins of Madagascar.

The new Turtles series has previously been sold to broadcasters including ITV in the UK.

Michael Pickard
23-10-2012
©C21Media

GENRES: Animation, Kids
SHOWS: Dora the Explorer, Fairly Odd Parents, Fanboy & Chum Chum, iCarly, Kung Fu Panda, Penguins of Madagascar, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Winx Club
COMPANIES: Kid Kanal, Nickelodeon, TV1
SECTIONS: C21Kids
COUNTRIES: Portugal

Popular Nickelodeon Shows Nominated For Awards In The 2012 British Academy Children's Awards!

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Nickelodeon UK has received 5 nominations in the 2012 British Academy Children's Awards for the popular Nickelodeon television shows "House Of Anubis", "iCarly", "Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness", "SpongeBob SquarePants", and "Grizzly Tales [for Gruesome Kids]"! The popular Nick Jr. UK animated preschool series "Peppa Pig" has also been nominated for a 2012 British Academy Children's Award in the "Pre-School Animation" category.

Congratulations and good luck, Nickelodeon UK!

Nickelodeon's hit mystery drama series has been nominated in the favourite "Television" show category in the The BAFTA Kids' Vote, the part of the 2012 British Academy Children's Awards where kids aged between 7-14 year olds have their say in who wins! Fans of "House Of Anubis" and Nickelodeon UK viewers can vote for the hit Nickelodeon mystery drama show "House Of Anubis" to win the favourite "Television" show BAFTA Kids' Vote award here on the official "Bafta Kids Vote" website, baftakidsvote.org!

Below is BAFTA's official 2012 British Academy Children's Awards Press Release and a full list of 2012 British Academy Children's Awards nominees from the official BAFTA website, bafta.org:
British Academy Children's Awards

Press Release
Tuesday 23 October 2012

CHILDREN'S AWARDS: NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

DOUBLE WORLD RECORD HOLDER HELEN SKELTON NOMINATED

FOR BEST PRESENTER AT 2012 BRITISH ACADEMY CHILDREN'S AWARDS

YOUNG ONE'S NIGEL PLANER RECEIVES FIRST EVER NOMINATION

HORRIBLE HISTORIES LEADS WITH THREE CHILDREN’S AWARDS NOMINATIONS

VOTING IN BAFTA KIDS' VOTE CATEGORY OPENS TODAY

London, 23 October 2012: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has
today announced the nominations for the 2012 British Academy Children's Awards, which take place on Sunday 25 November at the London Hilton, Park Lane.

Children’s BAFTA winner and Blue Peter presenter Barney Harwood will return to host the Awards that celebrate the very best in children’s media, including television, film, video games and online.

Double world record holder Helen Skelton can now add a second Children's BAFTA nomination to her list of achievements for presenting Helen's Polar Challenge For Sport Relief. The programme saw her become the first person in the world to reach the South Pole by bicycle. Skelton is nominated in the Presenter category alongside last year's winner Steve Backshall, Milkshake's Kemi Majeks and previous winner Justin Fletcher, who also has two nominated programmes in the Pre-School Live Action category.

The Performer category features stiff competition between upcoming and established talent, with 14 year old rapper and actor Khalil Madovi up against 59 year old Young One Nigel Planer.

Three nominations go to the hugely successful series Horrible Histories, which has received nominations in the same categories for the last three years (Comedy, Writer and Performer), and winning for Comedy last year.

The four films nominated in the Feature Film category this year include BAFTA Fellow Martin Scorsese's Hugo and Disney's The Muppets. The Hunger Games and Arthur Christmas, the two other films competing for the Award, also appear in the BAFTA Kids' Vote shortlist.

The final series of Tracy Beaker Returns, featuring Strictly Come Dancing star Dani Harmer, receives two nominations, for Drama and Writer, and a BAFTA Kids’ Vote shortlisting in the Television category. The popular Tracy Beaker series has now received nine nominations at the Children's Awards over the years. The Amazing World of Gumball also receives two nominations, for Writer and Animation – the same two categories in which it won last year, and is shortlisted for the Kids’ Vote in the Television category too.

Junior Bake Off follows the success of The Great British Bake Off, the BAFTA-winning television programme at this year’s Television Awards, by being nominated in the Entertainment category.

The BAFTA Kids’ Vote opens for voting today: 7-14 year olds will have their say across a whole range of entertainment media in a nationwide poll to choose their favourite film, television programme, website and video game. The shortlist in each category is incredibly strong this year, with films including The Hunger Games, Marvel Avengers Assemble, Ice Age 4: Continental Drift and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 all going head-to-head in the Feature Film category. Nominations for Television show include The Sarah Jane Adventures, Tracy Beaker Returns, Phineas and Ferb, House of Anubis and Almost Naked Animals.

The BAFTA Kids’ Vote opens today (23 October) at 09.00 and closes on Friday 23 November 2012 at 18.00. Children can cast their votes at www.baftakidsvote.org.

For a third year, the winners of the annual BAFTA Young Game Designers competition will be announced at the Awards ceremony. The competition is open to 11-16 year olds and aims to inspire the game designers and game-makers of the future. For the first time this year there were two categories: the Game Concept Award for young people who submitted an idea for a new game; and the Game-making Award, presented by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, for young people who made their own game using computer software. The top three entrants in both categories will attend the ceremony, and the winners will have their game developed further with experts from the University of Abertay Dundee, as well as visiting SCE London Studio, makers of the BAFTA Award-winning EyeToy® and SingStar® franchises. BAFTA has partnered with
Abertay University and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) on the initiative.
The British Academy Children’s Awards represent all aspects of children's entertainment: Animation, Channel of the Year, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Factual, Feature Film, Independent Production Company, Interactive, International,
Learning–Primary, Learning–Secondary, Performer, Pre-school Animation, Pre-school
Live Action, Presenter, Short Form, Video Game and Writer.

For further information, please contact:

Romley Davies

Print & Broadcast:
Ashleigh Richardson
Tel: 0207 148 3771
Email: [email protected]

(For red carpet and press room accreditation on the night please email Ashleigh Richardson clearly stating your name, organisation and access required.)

Online:
Gemma Diaper
Tel: 0207 148 3748
Email: [email protected]

About BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and
rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round Learning & Events programme that offers unique access to some of the world’s most inspiring talent through workshops,
masterclasses, lectures and mentoring schemes, connecting with audiences of all ages
and backgrounds across the UK, Los Angeles and New York. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. For further information, visit
www.bafta.org.

2012 Children's Awards Nominees


View the full list of nominations for the British Academy Children's Awards in 2012. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 25 November at the London Hilton on Park Lane.

Animation

The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers
Production Team
Pesky Productions/POP

The Amazing World Of Gumball
Ben Bocquelet, Mic Graves, Joanna Beresford
Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi/Cartoon Network UK

The Gruffalo's Child
Production Team
Magic Light Pictures in association with Studio Soi/BBC One

The Mechanical Musical Marvel
Chris Randall, Julie Boden
Second Home Studios/THSH Birmingham

Channel Of The Year

CBBC
CBeebies
CiTV
Cyw

Comedy

4 O'Clock Club
Spencer Campbell, Julie Edwards, Paul Rose
CBBC/CBBC

Diddy Movies
Steve Ryde, Julian Kemp
CBBC/CBBC

Horrible Histories
Production Team
Lion TV/Citrus Television/CBBC

Sorry I've Got No Head
Production Team
SO Television/CBBC

Drama

Lost Christmas
Elliot Jenkins, John Hay, David Logan
Impact Film & Television/CBBC

Post Code
Production Team
The Foundation/CBBC

Roy
Production Team
JAM Media/CBBC

Tracy Beaker Returns
Gina Cronk, Neasa Hardiman, Elly Brewer
CBBC/CBBC

Entertainment

The Big Performance 2
Helen Soden, Nicola Lloyd, Gareth Malone
Twenty Twenty TV/CBBC

Friday Download
Jeremy Salsby, Melony Smith, Fiona Walmsley
Saltbeef Productions/CBBC

Junior Bake Off
Production Team
Love Production/CBBC

The Slammer
Steve Ryde, John Payne, Samantha Lockett
CBBC/CBBC

Factual

Deadly 60
Scott Alexander, Kirstine Davidson
BBC Bristol for CBBC/CBBC

My Life: Me, My Dad and His Kidney
Rachael Smith, Cat Lewis, Helen Tither
Nine Lives Media/CBBC

Newsround Special: My Autism and Me
Production Team
CBBC/CBBC

Show Me What You're Made Of
Production Team
Watershed TV/CBBC

Feature Film

Arthur Christmas
Peter Lord, Sarah Smith, Peter Baynham
Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation/Aardman/Sony Pictures Releasing

Hugo
Martin Scorsese, Graham King, Tim Headington, Johnny Depp
GK Films/Infinitum NIHIL/Entertainment Film Distributors

The Hunger Games
Gary Ross, Nina Jacobson, Jon Kilik
Lionsgate/Lionsgate UK

The Muppets
Production Team
Walt Disney Studios/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK

Independent Production Company

4T2 Multimedia
Blue Zoo Productions
Boom Pictures
Plug-in Media

Interactive

Deadly Planet
Paul Deane, Lynda Davies, Dan Efergan
Aardman Animation/BBC Natural History Unit

Nightmare High
Jo Roach, Tassos Stevens, Paul Bennun
Somethin’ Else/Channel 4

Where's My Water?
Development Team
Disney Mobile

Tree Fu Tom
Juliet Tzabar, Lorraine Camm, Rachel Bardill
Plug-in Media/Blue Zoo Productions/CBeebies

International

iCarly
Production Team
Schneider's Bakery/Nickelodeon UK

Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness
Production Team
DreamWorks Animation/Nickelodeon UK

Phineas and Ferb
Production Team
Walt Disney Television Animation/Disney XD UK

SpongeBob SquarePants
Production Team
MTV Networks International/United Plankton Pictures/Nickelodeon UK

Learning - Primary

Little Stargazing
Production Team
BBC Scotland/BBC Two

Same But Different
Louise Lynch, David Barnes
Libra Television/Two Sugars/BBC Two

Seeking Refuge
Andy Glynne
Mosaic Films/BBC Two

True Stories
Emma Frank, Emma Wakefield
Lambent Productions/BBC Two

Learning - Secondary

Gang Life
Paul Blake
Maroon Productions/BBC Two

L8R Youngers 2
Production Team
Actorshop Productions/BBC Two

Make A Musical
Rebecca Applin, Owen Smith, Martin Wright
Gamelab UK/BBC Two

Music, Mud & Making Money
Sarah Dean, Rajan Malhotra
BBC London Factual/BBC Two

Performer

Mathew Baynton (various) – Horrible Histories
Lion Television/Citrus TV/CBBC

Ben Faulks (Mr Bloom) – Mr Bloom’s Nursery
CBeebies/CBeebies

Khalil Madovi (Josh Carter) – 4 O’Clock Club
CBBC/CBBC

Nigel Planer (The Night Night Porter and various) – Grizzly Tales
Grizzly TV/NickToons

Pre-School Animation

Peppa Pig
Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen, Phil Davies
Astley Baker Davies/Five

Rastamouse
Greg Boardman, Eugenio Perez, Derek Mogford
The Rastamouse Company/CBeebies

Timmy Time
Jackie Cockle, Liz Whitaker, David Scanlon
Aardman Animations/CBeebies

Tree Fu Tom
Production Team
CBeebies/Fremantle Media/Blue Zoo/CBeebies

Pre-School Live Action

Andy's Wild Adventures
Mark Jones, John Miller, Charlotte Crosse
BBC Natural History Unit/CBeebies

Ha Ha Hairies
Mellie Buse, Jan Page, Martin Franks
Adastra Creative/Cartoonito

Justin's House
Stephen Cannon, Anna Perowne
CBeebies/CBeebies

Something Special
Allan Johnston, Helen O'Connell
CBeebies/CBeebies

Presenter

Steve BackshallDeadly 60
BBC Bristol for CBBC/CBBC

Justin FletcherSomething Special
CBeebies/CBeebies

Kemi MajeksMilkshake presentation
Five/Five

Helen SkeltonHelen's Polar Challenge For Sport Relief
CBBC/CBBC

Short Form

Compost Corner
Westley Wood, Tim Dann, Tim Collings
CiTV/CiTV

The Grumpy King
Raf Gasak, Jonny Sabbagh, Will Harper
Blink Ink/Cartoon Network UK

OOglies
Production Team
BBC Scotland/CBBC

Share A Story 2011
Dave Hickman, Carl Hadley, David Heslop
CiTV Creative/CiTV

Video Game

Just Dance 3
Nino Sapina, Gregoire Spillman, Florian Granger
Ubisoft

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Jon Burton, John Hodskinson, Jonathan Smith
TT Games

Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
Development Team
Activision

Super Mario 3D Land (DS)
Development Team
Nintendo

Writer

Ben Bocquelet, James Lamont, Jon FosterThe Amazing World of Gumball
Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media & Studio Soi / Cartoon Network UK

Writing Team - Horrible Histories
Lion Television/Citrus TV/CBBC

Phil FordThe Sarah Jane Adventures
BBC Cymru Wales/CBBC

Elly BrewerTracy Beaker Returns
CBBC/CBBC

BAFTA Kids' Vote: Top Tens

Cast your vote on the BAFTA Kids' Vote website now! >

Feature Film

The Amazing Spider Man
Arthur Christmas
The Hunger Games
Ice Age 4: Continental Drift
Johnny English Reborn
Marvel Avengers Assemble
Men In Black 3
The Smurfs
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
War Horse

Television

4 O'Clock Club
Almost Naked Animals
The Amazing Adventures Of Gumball
Good Luck Charlie
House Of Anubis
Jessie
Phineas and Ferb
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Tracy Beaker Returns
Young Dracula

Video Game

FIFA 12
Just Dance 3
Mario Kart 7
Mario & Sonic London 2012 Olympic Games
Moshi Monsters: Moshling Zoo
Professor Layton and the Spectre’s Call
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventures
Super Mario 3D Land
Temple Run
Where's My Water?

Website

Binweevils
CBBC
Club Penguin
Disney.co.uk
GirlsGoGames
LEGO
Miniclip
Moshi Monsters
Stardoll
Woozworld
Also, from the Big Cartoon News Blog (blog):
Gumball Up For Two British Academy Kids’ Awards

The TV series “The Amaz­ing World of Gum­ball” has received two nom­i­na­tions for the British Acad­emy Children’s Awards, orga­niz­ers announced Monday.

Pro­duced by Car­toon Net­work Europe in asso­ci­a­tion with Dan­de­lion Stu­dios, Boul­der Media and Stu­dio Soi, the Car­toon Net­work UK show was nom­i­nated for Writer and Ani­ma­tion — the same two cat­e­gories in which it won last year. In addi­tion, the series is short­listed for the Kids’ Vote in the Tele­vi­sion category.

Ben Boc­quelet, Mic Graves, Joanna Beres­ford form the pro­duc­ing team behind The Amaz­ing World of Gum­ball. Boc­quelet, James Lam­ont and Jon Fos­ter are the nom­i­nated writers.

Vying with Gum­ball in the Ani­ma­tion cat­e­gory are The Amaz­ing Adren­a­lini Broth­ers (Pesky Productions/POP), The Gruffalo’s Child (Magic Light Pic­tures in asso­ci­a­tion with Stu­dio Soi/BBC One) and The Mechan­i­cal Musi­cal Mar­vel (Chris Ran­dall and Julie Boden; Sec­ond Home Studios/THSH Birmingham).

In the Pre-School Ani­ma­tion cat­e­gory, the nom­i­nees are Peppa Pig (Philip Hall, Joris van Hulzen and Phil Davies; Ast­ley Baker Davies/Five), Ras­ta­mouse (Greg Board­man, Euge­nio Perez and Derek Mog­ford; The Ras­ta­mouse Company/CBeebies), Timmy Time (Jackie Cockle, Liz Whitaker and David Scan­lon; Aard­man Animations/CBeebies) and Tree Fu Tom (CBeebies/Fremantle Media/Blue Zoo/CBeebies).

Fea­ture Film nom­i­nees include Arthur Christ­mas (Peter Lord, Sarah Smith and Peter Bayn­ham; Colum­bia Pictures/Sony Pic­tures Animation/Aardman/Sony Pic­tures Releas­ing) and Disney’s partly ani­mated The Mup­pets (Walt Dis­ney Studios/Walt Dis­ney Stu­dios Motion Pic­tures UK). Arthur Christ­mas also appears in the BAFTA Kids’ Vote shortlist.

Three of the four hope­fuls in the Inter­na­tional cat­e­gory are ani­mated series: Kung Fu Panda: Leg­ends Of Awe­some­ness (Dream­Works Animation/Nickelodeon UK), Phineas and Ferb (Walt Dis­ney Tele­vi­sion Animation/Disney XD UK) and Sponge­Bob SquarePants (MTV Net­works International/United Plank­ton Pictures/Nickelodeon UK).

Ani­mated pro­grams up for the Short Form awards are Com­post Cor­ner (West­ley Wood, Tim Dann and Tim Collings; CiTV/CiTV), Ooglies (BBC Scotland/CBBC) and Share A Story 2011 (Dave Hick­man, Carl Hadley and David Hes­lop; CiTV Creative/CiTV).

Besides Arthur Christ­mas, fea­ture films short­listed for the Kids’ Vote include Ice Age 4: Con­ti­nen­tal Drift and the partly ani­mated The Smurfs.

Join­ing The Amaz­ing World of Gum­ball in the short­list for the Kids’ Vote in the Tele­vi­sion cat­e­gory are the ani­mated series Almost Naked Ani­mals and Phineas and Ferb.

The British Acad­emy Children’s Awards cer­e­mony will take place Novem­ber 25 at the Lon­don Hilton on Park Lane. Children’s BAFTA win­ner and Blue Peter pre­sen­ter Bar­ney Har­wood will return to host the awards, which cel­e­brate the very best in children’s media, includ­ing tele­vi­sion, film, video games and online.

The awards are pre­sented by the British Acad­emy of Film and Tele­vi­sion Arts, an inde­pen­dent char­ity that sup­ports, devel­ops and pro­motes the art forms of the mov­ing image by iden­ti­fy­ing and reward­ing excel­lence, inspir­ing prac­ti­tion­ers and ben­e­fit­ing the public.