Harry leads Bafta nominations
2007-10-23 11:28
London - Harry Potter will do
battle with an upper-class sewer rat, dancing penguins and the
dreaded Dark Master in this year's children's Baftas.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix received three
nominations on Monday in the junior version of the annual film
and television awards.
The fifth film based on JK Rowling's novels is in the
running for three prizes: best film, video game and the Bafta
Kids' Vote, the only award chosen by the public.
In the film category, the boy wizard is up against the
animated rodents of Flushed Away; Happy Feet, about a
tap-dancing penguin called Mumble and Bridge to Terabithia, a
fantasy adventure featuring a baddie called the Dark Master.
Kids TV channel nominees
The BBC's long-running series Byker Grove was nominated
for best drama prize at the British Academy Children's Awards.
The show, set in a Newcastle youth club, ran between 1989
and 2006 and helped launched the careers of Ant McPartlin and
Declan Donnelly.
The best children's TV channel nominees are CBeebies,
Nickelodeon UK, Nick Jr UK and Scamp.
The winners will be announced at a central London ceremony
hosted by Keith Chegwin on November 25.
A complete list of nominees is online at
www.bafta.org/site/page133.html
- Reuters