‘Horrible Histories’ on CBBC to Receive BAFTA Special Award

Youngsters’s historic sketch present Horrible Histories will likely be offered with a BAFTA Particular Award subsequent month in recognition of its “extraordinary cultural and social affect and the enjoyment, enrichment and hilarity it continues to deliver to the nation’s screens on CBBC since its inception 15 years in the past,” the British Academy unveiled on Thursday.

BAFTA’s board of trustees palms out a choose variety of particular awards yearly as a part of the group’s mission to showcase excellence in movies, video games, and tv.

Lion Tv, a part of All3Media and the manufacturing firm behind the children sequence, will likely be offered with the dignity throughout a particular presentation at BAFTA’s London headquarters subsequent month.

“The occasion will spotlight Horrible Histories’ exceptional longevity, innovation and relevance, from addressing necessary, various and underrepresented areas of historical past, to its legacy as a springboard for British comedic expertise and affect on the varsity curriculum,” BAFTA stated.

Based mostly on the best-selling books written by Terry Deary and revealed by Scholastic, Horrible Histories blends instructional storytelling and comedy. The present first launched in 2009 on youngsters channel CBBC. “Taking audiences by way of the passages of historical past, from the Rotten Romans and Groovy Greeks, to the Horrible Tudors and Vile Victorians, this system is adored by kids, mother and father and pensioners alike,” BAFTA touted.

Mentioned BAFTA chair Sara Putt: “Horrible Histories has remodeled conventional concepts of what instructional tv ought to be. It has captured the hearts and minds of individuals of all ages throughout the nation for 15 years and counting, and importantly, has made us snicker.”

Added Richard Bradley, government producer and co-founder of Lion Tv: “Making the Horrible Histories sequence over 15 years has been a complete pleasure. Creating TV for younger audiences is unbelievably rewarding. By means of comedy, hideous historic information, and a few banging tunes we hope we’ve introduced pleasure, laughter and – perhaps – impressed new generations of younger historians.”

And fellow government producer Simon Welton stated: “That is such an honor for us. It’s a beautiful testomony to the entire unbelievable business and creativity that everyone who’s labored on the present, each behind and in entrance of the cameras, has poured into making it from day one to the current right this moment. What Horrible enjoyable?!”

Through the years, the present has featured a big solid, a few of whose members went on to make names for themselves elsewhere. Present solid members embrace Tom Stourton, Jessica Ransom, Richard David-Caine, James McNicholas, Emily Lloyd-Saini Timmika Ramsay, Harrie Hayes, Inel Tomlinson, Ethan Lawrence, and Paul G Raymond. The unique solid included Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick, Martha Howe-Douglas, and Ben Willbond.

“Horrible Histories has additionally attracted a powerful record of celeb visitor stars, together with Rowan Atkinson, Gemma Whelan, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Delaney, Meera Syal, Rose Ayling-Ellis, The League of Gents, Rosie Jones, David Baddiel, Rob Rinder, and Fred Sirieix,” BAFTA highlighted.