Blink Industries Inks First-Look Deal with BBC Studios Kids & Family

London-based Emmy-, Annie- and BAFTA-winning development and production studio Blink Industries announced today it has signed a first-look deal with BBC Studios Kids & Family. The two-year creative partnership gives the latter exclusive access to Blink’s animation and live-action projects, and marks the distributor’s debut deal of this nature since becoming part of BBC Studios in 2022.

“We are really looking forward to working with Blink Industries. This is a strong partnership between two companies who share the same creative vision to develop authentic content aimed at kids and family audiences globally,” says Cecilia Persson, Managing Director, BBC Studios Kids & Family. “Blink Industries is an innovative and exciting company with proven global appeal. Combined with the commercial and creative expertise of BBC Studios, we are sure this will be the beginning of a hugely successful collaboration.”

Blink Industries and its stable of creators specialize in an inventive, mixed-media approach to the kids’ & family genre, scripted comedy, adult animation and feature films. Recently, the studio produced the animated adaptation of Peter & the Wolf. Based on the book version illustrated by Bono and featuring music and narration by Gavin Friday, the film was produced with BMG with BBC Studios Kids & Family as distribution partner. The project was picked up as a Max Original for the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.

Blink’s slate also includes the adult puppet/mixed-media series Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, 2D Netflix animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park, the 2D/stop-motion Enkai chapter of Disney/Kugali’s Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire and the Cartoon Network puppet shorts series The Grumpy King. As well as an impressive list of credits, Blink also has a 120-seat animation studio, a computer games division and a roster of home-grown talent.

“We’re thrilled to be embarking on this adventure with BBC Studios Kids & Family. The alchemy of BBC Studios’ commercial and creative insights and knowledge, alongside our unique offering as an independent studio, will allow us to make some big waves in the kids and family space across animation and live action,” says James Stevenson Bretton, Founder & Managing Partner at Blink Industries.

“We house some of the most exciting creatives on the planet and being able to introduce our development process and production wizardry to an ever-greater audience is an incredible opportunity. We have already diversified into areas such as gaming, licensing and publishing, and BBC Studios’ enthusiasm for that growth is invigorating and will help us to expand our reach into even more ambitious IP and projects.”

BBC Studios Kids & Family will be taking the first projects from the partnership to market ahead of MIPCOM later this year.

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