Kindle Entertainment


Kindle Entertainment is an independent television production company based in London, England. Kindle Entertainment was formed after ITV Kids 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 teen supernatural thriller The A List for BBC iPlayer, Hit Channel 4 drama Kiss Me First, and comedy, Hank Zipzer starring Henry Winkler; Dinopaws an animated comedy about a trio of dinosaurs; Minibeast Adventure with Jess, fact-ent for preschoolers; and Dixi, an interactive mystery set in the world of social networking.
Kindle Entertainment's previous productions include: Dixi, an interactive mystery set in the world of social networking, Minibeast Adventure with Jess, fact-ent for preschoolers; a series of behind-the-scenes documentaries about Harry Potter including specials on The Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Costume Drama, and Animals; a live-action children's comedy My Spy Family, which was shown on Boomerang; three series of the puppet show Big & Small; Dustbin Baby, adapted from a book written by Jacqueline Wilson; Jinx following the story of Lulu Baker, a teenage girl who is able to cast spells from her magic cookbook; the CBeebies 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 Leonardo for CBBC, a drama telling the adventures of a teenage Leonardo da Vinci and his friends; and the two part mini-series, Treasure Island Starring Eddie Izzard and Elijah Wood for Sky One.

History

Kindle Entertainment is an independent company that was formed upon the closure of the Kids department of ITV Productions. 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. Harry Potter: Behind the Magic was a one-off one hour documentary presented by Ben Shephard. The documentary looked behind the scenes of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and featured interviews with the cast. Kindle's second project was My Spy Family, a live action children's television series following the Bannons. The Bannon parents are former spies. The show, which spanned multiple series, was a co-production between Kindle and Turner Broadcasting, and was shown on Boomerang.
Kindle Entertainment's third production, Big & Small was shown on BBC1, BBC2 and CBeebies in the UK, it is 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 Sixteen South for the BBC, Treehouse TV 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 Lenny Henry, 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 was awarded the Children's BAFTA for interactive content. Kindle Entertainment went on to win the BAFTA for Best Independent Production Company of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2014.
as April in Dustbin Baby, Kindle Entertainment's first single drama |alt=A teenage girl wearing a school uniform stands in a graveyard, holding flowersKindle Entertainment's first single drama was the television film Dustbin Baby, shown on BBC1 on 21 December 2008. An adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's novel of the same name, the screenplay was written by Helen Blakeman, for which she won a British Academy Children's Award for best writer, and the film starred Dakota Blue Richards as April, a 14-year-old girl abandoned as a baby, and Juliet Stevenson as Marion, her adoptive mother. The film also starred David Haig. 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 The Times David Chater awarded the programme the TV choice of the day, describing it as "tremendous", and "the wonderful surprise of Christmas". The Telegraph 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 International Emmy Award 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 Jinx aired for the first time on CBBC. 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, Michael Nardone, Lucy Chalkley and Chizzy Akudolu, and featured a large number of special effects. The show is based on the Lulu Baker trilogy by author Fiona Dunbar.

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