24/10/2007

An Edinburgh-based TV director has been shortlisted for an award at this year’s BAFTAs - specifically celebrating children’s programming.

Freelance, Dougie Napier, is nominated in the Entertainment category of the British Academy Children's Awards, which will be announced next month. His nomination is for his work on the BBC Scotland series, Raven. Napier used to be a network director, based at stv.

ANIMATION

CHARLIE AND LOLA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor (Tiger Aspect Productions/CBeebies/CBBC)
OBAN STAR RACERS - Michael Lekes, Savin Yeatman-Eiffel (Sav! The World Productions/Jetix)
THE SECRET SHOW - Christopher O'Hare, Tony Collingwood, Andrea Tran (Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment/CBeebies/CBBC)
SHAUN THE SHEEP - Julie Lockhart, Chris Sadler, Richard Goleszowski (Aardman Animations/CBeebies/CBBC)
 
BREAK-THROUGH TALENT

GIL KENAN
Director - Monster House
JANE LAFFEY
Producer - See Something, Say Something
CHARLIE MARTIN
Director - My Life As A Popat
HANNAH PESCOD
Producer - That Summer Day

CHANNEL OF THE YEAR

CBEEBIES
NICKELODEON UK
NICK JR UK
SCAMP

DRAMA

BYKER GROVE - Tim Holloway, Tim Leandro, Ian Fenton (Zenith North/CBBC)
JACKANORY - THE MAGICIAN OF SAMARKAND - Nick Willing, Kati Nicholl (CBBC/CBBC)
MY LIFE AS A POPAT - Production Team (Feelgood Fiction/CiTV)
THAT SUMMER DAY - Hannah Pescod, Jon East, Clive Bradley (Hat Trick Productions/CBBC)

ENTERTAINMENT

RAVEN - Matthew Napier, Dougie Napier (CBBC Scotland/CBBC)
SKATOONY - James Fox (Turner Entertainment Networks International Ltd/Talent Television/Cartoon Network)
THE SLAMMER - Steve Ryde, Jeanette Goulbourn, John Payne (CBBC/CBBC)
STWFFIO - Production Team (Fflic/S4C)

FACTUAL

A DIFFERENT LIFE: WORKING TO LIVE  - Murali Nair, Preeya Nair (Flying Elephant/Five)
EVACUATION - Tim Carter, Helen Soden (Twenty Twenty Television/CBBC)
NICK NEWS: SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING - Howard Litton, Debbie MacDonald, Mick Robertson (WisedUp Productions/Nickelodeon UK)
THE WRONG TRAINERS - Kez Margrie (CBBC/CBBC)

FEATURE FILM

BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA - Hal Lieberman, Lauren Levine, David Paterson, Gabor Csupo (Walden Media/Icon Film Distribution)
FLUSHED AWAY - Production Team (Aardman Features/Dreamworks Animation/Paramount Pictures)
HAPPY FEET - George Miller, Ben Miller, Doug Mitchell (Kingdom Pictures/Warner Bros UK)
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX- David Heyman, David Barron, David Yates, Michael Goldenberg (Warner Bros Pictures UK/Heyday Films/Warner Bros UK)

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION COMPANY OF THE YEAR

AARDMAN
THE FOUNDATION
TIGER ASPECT PRODUCTIONS
TWENTY TWENTY TELEVISION

INTERACTIVE

CBEEBIES (website) - Olivia Dickinson (CBBC/CBBC)
CBBC ME AND MY MOVIE (website) - Production Team (CBBC/Bloc Media/BBC Learning)
IN THE NIGHT GARDEN (website) - Carl Draper (CBeebies/Fish In A Bottle)
THE SECRET SHOW (website) - Glynn Hayward, Dylan James, Tony Collingwood (Complete Control/BBC Worldwide/Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment)

INTERNATIONAL

LAZYTOWN - Magnús Scheving, Raymond P Le Gué, Jonathan Judge (Lazy Town Productions for Nick Jr UK/Nick Jr UK)
LOCKIE LEONARD - Kylie Du Fresne, Peter Templeman (Essential Viewing Group/Jetix)
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS - Stephen Hillenbury, Alan Smart (United Plankton Pictures Inc for Nickelodeon/Nickelodeon UK)
YIN YANG YO! - Production Team (Walt Disney Television Animation/Jetix)
 
LEARNING PRIMARY

BUZZ! THE SCHOOLS QUIZ - Development Team (Relentless Software/SCEE External Development Studio)
ESPRESSO EDUCATION: ESPRESSO PRIMARY - Development Team (Espresso Education)
SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING - Howard Litton, Debbie MacDonald, Mick Robertson (WisedUp Productions/Nickelodeon UK)
THE TRANSPORTERS - Claire Harcup, Nik Lever, Simon Baron-Cohen (Catalyst Pictures Ltd/Autism Research Centre/University of Cambridge/Culture Online, Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

LEARNING SECONDARY

BATTY MAN - Clare Paterson, Paul Blake (Maroon Productions/Channel 4)
BBC NEWS SCHOOL REPORT 2006/07 - Production Team (BBC News)
DRUGS - THE LOW DOWN ON GETTING HIGH - Paul Sommers, Antonia Hind (Tiger Aspect Productions/Channel 4)
RECOLLECTIONS - EYEWITNESSES REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST - Karen Pollock, Ian Wall, David Willing (Holocaust Educational Trust/USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education/Film Education/Picture Production Company)

PRE-SCHOOL ANIMATION

CHARLIE AND LOLA - Claudia Lloyd, Kitty Taylor (Tiger Aspect Productions/CBeebies)
LITTLE PRINCESS - Iain Harvey, Edward Foster (Illuminated Films/Five)
PEPPA PIG - Phil Davies, Mark Baker, Neville Astley (Contender/Rubber Duck/Five/Nick Jr UK)
POCOYO - Production Team (Granada Kids/Zinkia Entertainment/CiTV)
 
PRE-SCHOOL LIVE ACTION

BUBBLE AND SQUEAK - Jo Killingley, Alison Stewart (Dot To Dot/Nick Jr UK)
CBEEBIES AUTUMNWATCH - Production Team (CBeebies/CBeebies)
IN THE NIGHT GARDEN - Anne Wood, Andrew Davenport, Dirk Campbell (Ragdoll Productions/CBeebies)
JIM JAM AND SUNNY - Production Team (Wish Films/CiTV)

PRESENTER

NEIL BUCHANAN - Art Attack (Media Merchants/HIT Entertainment/CiTV)
JUSTIN FLETCHER - Something Special (CBeebies/CBeebies)
BARNEY HARWOOD - Smile (Darrall Macqueen/CBBC)
STEPHEN MULHERN - Tricky TV (The Foundation/CiTV)

SHORT FORM

LITTLE GREEN FINGERS - Eddie Marshall, Jon Harvey (Jam Creative for Nickelodeon UK/Nick Jr UK)
NICK BIG GREEN THING - Claire Norowzian (Nickelodeon UK/Nickelodeon UK)
OUR FRIEND EARTH - Jonathan Mazur, Peter Drake (Nickelodeon UK/Nick Jr UK)
THE SENSIBLES - David Anderson, Matt Oxborrow (12foot6/Jetix)
 
VIDEO GAME

BUZZ! JUNIOR: JUNGLE PARTY (PS2) - Development Team (SCEE External Development Studio/Magenta Software)
CRASH OF THE TITANS (Wii) - Development Team (Radical/Vivendi)
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX (Xbox 360) - Harvey Elliott, Kelvin Tuite (Electronic Arts)
LEGO STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA (DS) - Development Team (TT Games Publishing/Traveller's Tales)

WRITER

MALCOLM CAMPBELL - All About Me (Resource Base/BBC2)
BRIDGET HURST - Charlie and Lola (Tiger Aspect Productions/CBeebies)
ANNA STARKEY - Charlie and Lola (Tiger Aspect Productions/CBeebies)

THE BAFTA KIDS' VOTE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ELECTRONIC ARTS

FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
HAPPY FEET
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END
SHREK THE THIRD
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE
SPIDER MAN 3
TRANSFORMERS
 
CBBC ME AND MY MOVIE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH BAFTA

GO PRACTISE - Oliver (aged 12, Scotland)
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - Adam (aged 10, Nottingham)
RACE AGAINST TIME -  Patrick (aged 14, London)
THE UNWELCOME STRANGER - Rosalind (aged 14, Norfolk)

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