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 The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...

(BAFTA). It is given to "animated content for children under six". 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

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's series ''

Maisy ''Maisy'' is a British preschool animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name by Lucy Cousins. The series aired from 11 February 1999 to 2 November 2000 on CITV and consisted of 26 episodes, with each episode ...

''.

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' series ''

Hey Duggee ''Hey Duggee'' is a British pre-school children's animated television series aimed at two to five-year-olds. Created by Grant Orchard, it is produced by Studio AKA, in association with BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide). The show is narra ...

'' holds the record of most wins in the category with four, followed by ''

Peppa Pig ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series created by Neville Astley and Mark Baker. Produced by Hasbro Entertainment and Karrot Animation and formerly produced by Astley Baker Davies, the show follows Peppa, an anthro ...

'' with three, and ''

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'' and ''

Timmy Time ''Timmy Time'' is a British stop motion animated television programme for preschoolers created and produced by '' Bob the Builder'' producer Jackie Cockle for the BBC's CBeebies and produced by Aardman Animations. It started broadcasting i ...

'' with two each. ''

'' is the most nominated program in the category with eleven nominations, followed by ''

'' with six and '' Little Princess'' with four.

Winners and nominees

1990s

;Pre-School

2000s

;Preschool - Animation

2010s

2020s

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

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple winners

Multiple nominations

References

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