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Kindle Entertainment is an independent television production company based in
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, England. Kindle Entertainment was formed after ITV Kids (a section of
ITV Productions ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadc ...
) was closed, and current personnel includes Anne Brogan, the former controller of ITV Kids, and former head of development at ITV Kids, Melanie Stokes. Recent productions include Sky Kids' ''Little Darlings'', teen supernatural thriller '' The A List'' for BBC iPlayer and Channel 4 drama Kiss Me First (TV series). Kindle Entertainment's previous productions include: Dixi, an interactive mystery set in the world of social networking,
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, fact-ent for pre-schoolers; a series of behind-the-scenes documentaries about Harry Potter including specials on
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, Order of the Phoenix,
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, Costume Drama, and Animals; a live-action action comedy
My Spy Family ''My Spy Family'' is a British live action family comedy series created by Paul Alexander. The series is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting System Europe with Decode Enterprises handling distribution. The ser ...
, which was shown on
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; three series of the puppet show Big & Small; Dustbin Baby, adapted from a book written by
Jacqueline Wilson Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist known for her popular children's literature. Her novels have been notable for featuring realistic topics such as adoption and divorce without alienating her lar ...
; Jinx following the story of Lulu Baker, a teenage girl who is able to cast spells from her magic cookbook; the
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series Get Well Soon, a pre-school show that eases children's fears about illness' and going to the doctor's surgery; The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby, a modern retelling of the Charles Dickens classic; Some Dogs Bite; two series of
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for CBBC, a drama telling the adventures of a teenage
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and his friends; and the two part mini-series,
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Starring
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and
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for Sky One.


History

Kindle Entertainment is an
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company that was formed upon the closure of the Kids department of
ITV Productions ITV Studios is a British multinational television production and distribution company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It handles production and distribution of programmes broadcast on the ITV network and third-party broadc ...
. Kindle's director, Anne Brogan, who was formerly controller of ITV Kids, formed the company with her colleague Melanie Stokes, who was formerly head of development at ITV Kids. Kindle's first productions were ''Harry Potter: Behind the Magic'' and ''Harry Potter: The Costume Drama'', shown in July 2009 on
ITV1 ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for t ...
. ''Harry Potter: Behind the Magic'' was a one-off one hour documentary presented by
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. The documentary looked behind the scenes of ''
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores t ...
'' and featured interviews with the cast. Kindle's second project was ''
My Spy Family ''My Spy Family'' is a British live action family comedy series created by Paul Alexander. The series is a co-production between Kindle Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting System Europe with Decode Enterprises handling distribution. The ser ...
'', a live action action family sitcom television series following the Bannons. The Bannon parents are former spies. The show, which spanned multiple series, was a co-production between Kindle, Warner Bros. and
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, and was shown on
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. Kindle Entertainment's third production, '' Big & Small'' was shown on
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, BBC2 and
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in the UK, it was also shown on Cyw in Wales, with a total of over 40 channels worldwide airing the show. To produce the show, Kindle Entertainment worked with 3J's Entertainment and
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for the
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Treehouse TV Treehouse TV is a Canadian English-language specialty channel for preschoolers aged 2 to 5 that was launched in 1997. Its name comes from YTV's former preschool block, " The Treehouse". The channel is owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of ...
and Studio 100. ''Big & Small'' is a puppet comedy aimed at pre-school children following the characters Big and Small which, every episode, features a song. Both Big and Small are voiced by
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, and Imelda Staunton voices the other main characters. Kindle and Start Licensing have made deals to merchandise the programme with indoor- and outdoor-clothing, nightwear and underwear lines. In 2009, ''Big & Small'' Online (part of CBeebies Online) was awarded the
Children's BAFTA The British Academy Children's Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They have been awarded annually since 1996, before which time they were a part of the main British Aca ...
for interactive content. Kindle Entertainment went on to win the BAFTA for Best Independent Production Company of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2014. Kindle Entertainment's first single drama was the television film '' Dustbin Baby'', shown on BBC1 on 21 December 2008. An adaptation of
Jacqueline Wilson Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist known for her popular children's literature. Her novels have been notable for featuring realistic topics such as adoption and divorce without alienating her lar ...
's novel of the same name, the screenplay was written by
Helen Blakeman Helen Blakeman (born 1971) is a British playwright and screenwriter from Liverpool. She has written three plays. ''Caravan'', her first, was written while she studied at Birmingham University and won her the George Devine award. Her second play ...
, for which she won a British Academy Children's Award for best writer, and the film starred
Dakota Blue Richards Dakota Blue Richards (born 11 April 1994) is an English actress. Her film debut at the age of 13 was in '' The Golden Compass'', as the lead character Lyra Belacqua. Other lead roles include the wayward teenager April in ''Dustbin Baby'' and M ...
as April, a 14-year-old girl abandoned as a baby, and
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as Marion, her adoptive mother. The film also starred
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. ''Dustbin Baby'' was received positively by both Wilson, who said it was the best ever film adaption of her work, and critics. In an article in ''
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'' David Chater awarded the programme the TV choice of the day, describing it as "tremendous", and "the wonderful surprise of Christmas". ''
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'' described the film as a "rare treat", as it is "something that teenagers and parents can watch together". The film was released on DVD in January 2009. In 2009, ''Dustbin Baby'' won an
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in the children and young people category at the 37th International Emmy Awards, and was nominated for a British Academy Children's Award in the drama category, as well as being shortlisted for the BAFTA Kid's vote. On 31 October 2009, Kindle Entertainment's show ''
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'' aired for the first time on
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. The first series consisted of 13 episodes of 30 minutes. ''Jinx'' follows the story of Lulu Baker, a teenage girl who is able to cast spells thanks to her magical cookbook, and stars Amber Beattie,
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, Lucy Chalkley and
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, and featured a large number of special effects. The show is based on the Lulu Baker trilogy by author
Fiona Dunbar Fiona Dunbar is a children's author and illustrator based in the United Kingdom. Biography She was born in 1961 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. She attended St Mary's School in Gerrard's Cross and left school at 16 to go to art college in High ...
.


Personnel

*Anne Brogan – co-director *Melanie Stokes – co-director *Sacha Whitmarsh - head of production *Pia Ashberry – executive producer *Emma Stuart - executive producer *Harriet Hammond - production executive *Chloe Lansley - development editor


Awards

2009 *International Emmy Award Winner- Children's and Young People, 'Dustbin Baby' *BAFTA Winner Children's – Best Writer, 'Dustbin Baby' *BAFTA Winner in Children's – Best Interactive Content, 'Big & Small' *International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – Winner for Children and Young People's, 'Dustbin Baby' 2010 *BAFTA Winner Children's – Best Independent Production Company *British Film Festival, Nantes – Winner of the Audience Award, 'Some Dogs Bite' 2011 *BAFTA Winner Children's – Best Independent Production Company *BANFF Rocky Mountain Award Nominee – Best Youth (13+) Fiction Programme, ‘Some Dogs Bite’ *International Film Festival European Children's Film Association – Jury Award for Children & Young Audience, 'Some Dogs Bite' 2012 *Royal Television Society – Best Children's Programme, 'Big & Small' *The Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards – Gold Plaque for Children's Series, 'Big & Small' *Kidscreen – Best TV Movie/Mini-Series for Tweens/Teens, 'Some Dogs Bite' *Kidscreen – Best Show, 'Leonardo' *Kidscreen – Best Music, 'Leonardo' *Kidscreen – Best Design for non-animated/mixed series for Tweens/Teens, 'Leonardo' 2013 *Kidscreen of Brunico – Best Writing in Creative Talent, 'Big & Small' 2014 *BAFTA Winner Children's – Best Independent Production Company *BANFF Rocky Mountain Award Nominee – Best Children's Fiction Programme, ‘Hank Zipzer’ *Chicago Film Festival TV Awards – Certificate of Merit, 'Hank Zipzer' *CINE – CINE Golden Eagle Award, 'Hank Zipzer' 2017 *International Emmy Award Children's - Best TV Movie, 'Hank Zipzer'


References

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