‘The judges were impressed with this sustainable, diverse production and its use of gentle storytelling to invoke joy and wonder in its young viewers’
Darrall Macqueen for Apple TV+
This live-action serialised pre-school drama follows sisters Jill and Jacky on their backyard farm full of talking animals.
Seven-year-old Levi Howden and five-year-old Kassidi Roberts bring energy and a can-do attitude to the production, which uses innovation, originality and cameras set at child’s height to bring Jill and Jacky’s farm to life.
The show features eight real pygmy goats, twelve chickens, a dog, a donkey and a CGI-generated duckling, as well as animatronic puppets of an alpaca and a pony.
A shortage of studio space turned out to be boon for the production, as the team built an outdoor set from scratch on location at a small community farm – which was then enhanced by Green Teams UK. This left the young actors free to explore the natural beauty of their surroundings uninhibited, and produced authentic performances and interactions with the world that could not have been replicated on a sound stage.
Careful recycling, local production support and use of recycled vegetable oil-powered generators ensured Lovely Little Farm achieved the Albert Sustainable Production certificate.
The judges were impressed with this sustainable, diverse production and its use of gentle storytelling to invoke joy and wonder in its young viewers.
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Award sponsored by Fitzrovia Post
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