We are Honoured to Receive a BAFTA Special Award!

We are incredibly proud to share that in December 2025, we received a BAFTA Special Award!

This honour recognises our studio’s 25 years in children’s media and our commitment to creating animation that educates, empowers, and entertains. The award was presented to our co-founders, Adam Shaw, Oli Hyatt MBE, and Tom Box, at a special presentation at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on Monday, 8 December 2025.

BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip kindly described our work as exemplifying "innovation with impact, and entertainment with purpose," highlighting our efforts to champion inclusivity and imagination.

For us, this award belongs to the entire team. As our co-founder and Managing Director Oli Hyatt MBE put it:

"Receiving a BAFTA Special Award is a profound honour. From the start, we’ve believed animation can do more than raise a smile: it can teach, empower, and build lovable worlds.

25 years ago, we were just three lads sitting under the stairs of the student union bar, discussing setting up an animation company. We hope this Award isn’t just a nod to our past, but a cheer for what we do next. We’ll keep speaking up for children and our sector, but most of all, we will keep making high-quality content that inspires."

Since founding the studio in 2000, we have grown into the UK’s largest producer of children’s content. From our debut with Blue Cow to global hits like The Adventures of Paddington, and educational staples like Numberblocks and Alphablocks, we have always strived to ignite curiosity through storytelling.

Thank you once again BAFTA and the Young BAFTA Advisory Group for this special moment in our studios history. Here’s to the next 25 years!