BBC Ignite Welcomes Animation Pitches

BBC Children’s Animation: Ignite
BBC Children’s Animation is looking for fresh, bold, innovative new animation ideas for a fully funded development opportunity. Successful pitches will be given a “fully funded development opportunity” to bring their project to the small screen.

Anyone can pitch

BBC Ignite wants your pitches

You may be taking your first steps into animation, be a long-standing industry professional with something you’ve always wanted to explore or a production company or animation studio with an exciting new idea. Whatever your level of experience, BBC Ignite want to see your proposal with a view to developing it into an Industry Standard proof of concept with living breathing characters in a world that children will love.

Three Ideas To Fund
Up to three ideas will receive full development funding to create two minute animated pilots which will be considered for a commission by BBC Children’s.

Sole Creators Welcome
The BBC is looking for submissions from sole creators over the age of 18, collectives, animation studios, production companies, or anything in-between, where creatives would like to co-develop with the BBC rather than engage with the BBC via the usual commissioning process.  If you’re a sole creator, the BBC can help you find a creative team to help build authentic and engaging characters and stories for Children in the UK and around the world.

Could your idea be the next Peppa Pig?

Criteria for Selection
The criteria for selection are wide and could include any of the following: originality, engagement for children, innovation, potential to run to multiple series, reaching an underserved section of our audience, international appeal, relatable storytelling and recognisable characters. But central to any idea must be that the stories, settings and characters represent the British culture and values.