# AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Series

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Children's Television Drama is awarded annually by the Australian Film Institute as part of the awards in television for excellence in children's drama. The award commenced in 1991 and in 2009 an additional category for Best Children's Television Animation was awarded.

## Best Children's Television Drama

| Year | Winner | Episode | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
| 1991 | Round the Twist | "Wunderpants" | Antonia Barnard | Seven Network | |
| 1992 | Lift Off | "Something tells me" | Patricia Edgar | | |
| 1993 | Round the Twist | "Little Squirt" | Patricia Edgar Antonia Barnard | ABC TV | |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | "Skating the dish" | Patricia Edgar Margot McDonald | | |
| 1995 | The Ferals | "Ratty Ratty Bang Bang" | Wendy Gray | ABC TV | |
| 1996 | Spellbinder | Episode #11 | Noel Price | Nine Network | |
| 1997 | The Wayne Manifesto | "Amy Pastami Day" | Alan Hardy | ABC TV | |
| 1998 | Blabbermouth and Stickybeak | | Ann Darrouzet | ABC TV | |
| 1999 | See How They Run | Episode #1 | Josephine Ward | | |
| 2000 | Eugenie Sandler P.I. | Episode #2 | Margot McDonald | ABC TV | |
| 2001 | Cybergirl | Episode #1 | Jonathan M. Shiff Daniel Scharf | Network Ten | |
| 2002 | Short Cuts | | Margot McDonald | | |
| 2003 | Out There | | Michael Bourchier | | |
| 2004 | Wicked Science | | Jonathan M. Shiff Daniel Scharf | | |
| 2005 | Holly's Heroes | | Ann Darrouzet Dave Gibson Jenni Tosi | | |
| 2006 | Mortified | | Phillip Bowman Bernadette O’Mahony | | |
| 2007 | Lockie Leonard | | Kylie du Fresne | Nine Network | |
| 2008 | Blue Water High | Series #3 | Noel Price Dennis Kiely | ABC TV | |
| 2009 | The Elephant Princess | | Jonathan M. Shiff Joanna Werner | Network Ten | |
| 2010 | My Place | Series 1 | Penny Chapman | ABC3 | Dance Academy - Joanna Werner (ABC TV) Dead Gorgeous - Ewan Burnett, Margot McDonald (ABC TV) Lockie Leonard - Kylie Du Fresne (Nine Network) |
| 2011 | My Place | Series 2 | Penny Chapman | ABC3 | A gURLs wURLd - Noel Price (Nine Network) Gasp! - Suzanne Ryan (Nine Network) H$_2$O: Just Add Water - Jonathan M. Shiff (Network Ten) |
| 2012 | The Adventures of Figaro Pho | | Dan Fill, Frank Verheggen, David Webster | ABC3 | Dance Academy - Joanna Werner (ABC3) Flea-Bitten! - Gillian Carr (Nine Network) Guess How Much I Love You - The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare - Suzanne Ryan, Seng Choon Meng, Sebastian Debertin, Tina Sicker (Disney Junior/ABC2) |
| 2013 | Nowhere Boys | | Tony Ayres, Beth Frey | ABC3 | Dance Academy - Joanna Werner (ABC3) Peleda - Luke Jurevicius, Nathan Jurevicius (ABC3) You're Skitting Me - Toni Malone, Damian Davis (ABC3) |
| 2014 | The Flamin' Thongs | | Colin South and Keith Saggers | ABC3 | Get Ace – Jack Christian and DJ McPherson (Eleven) Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures – Michael Bourchier, Suzanne Ryan, Cherrie Bottger, and Arne Lohmann (Eleven) Worst Year of My Life Again – Ross Allsop and Bernadette O'Mahony (ABC3) |
| 2015 | Ready for This | | Darren Dale, Miranda Dear, and Joanna Werner | ABC3 | Little Lunch – Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (ABC3) The New Adventures of Figaro Pho – Daniel Fill, Frank Verheggen and Luke Jurevicius (ABC3) Nowhere Boys – Beth Frey (ABC3) |
| 2016 | Beat Bugs | | Josh Wakely, Jennifer Twiner McCarron | 7Two | Bottersnikes & Gumbles – Patrick Egerton (Seven Network) The Deep – Avrill Stark, Asaph Fink, Tom Taylor (7Two) Play School – Jan Stradling, Sophie Emtage, Sarah Dabro, Rebecca O'Brien (ABC 2) |
| 2017 | Little Lunch - The Specials | | Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope | ABC Me | Mustangs FC – Amanda Higgs, Rachel Davis (ABC Me) Nowhere Boys - Two Moons Rising – Beth Frey, Tony Ayres, Michael McMahon (ABC Me) The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill – Barbara Stephen, Alexia Gates-Foale, Tracy Lenon (7Two) |
| 2018 | The Bureau of Magical Things | | Jonathan M. Shiff and Stuart Wood | Network Ten | Grace Beside Me – Lois Randall, Dena Curtis (NITV) Guess How Much I Love You – Suzanne Ryan (ABC Me) My Year 7 Life - Laura Waters, Emma Fitzsimmons, Karla Burt (ABC Me) The New Legends of Monkey – Rachel Gardner, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Robin Scholes (ABC Me) |
| 2019 | Bluey | | Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor | ABC Kids | Drop Dead Weird – Sally Browning, Monica O'Brien, Kylie Mascord (Seven Network) Hardball – Catherine Nebauer, Joe Weatherstone, Bernadette O'Mahony, Jan Stradling (ABC Me) The InBESTigators – Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope (ABC Me) The Unlisted – Angie Fielder, Polly Staniford, Justine Flynn (ABC Me) |
| 2020 | Bluey | | Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor | ABC Kids | Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors? — Vanna Morosini, Stu Connolly, Donna Andrews (ABC) First Day — Julie Kalceff, Kirsty Stark, Kate Croser (ABC Me) The InBESTigators – Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope (ABC Me) Little J & Big Cuz – Tony Thorne, Ned Lander, Colin South, Alicia Rackett (NITV) Mustangs FC — Amanda Higgs, Rachel Davis, Debbie Lee (ABC Me) |
| 2021 | Bluey | | Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor | ABC Kids | 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone — Barbara Stephen, Alexia Gates-Foale & Michael Bourchier (ABC) The Bureau of Magical Things — Jonathan M. Shiff & Stuart Wood (Network Ten) Dive Club – Steve Jaggi & Spencer McLaren (Network Ten) Hardball – Joe Weatherstone, Jan Stradling, Bernadette O'Mahony & Catherine Nebauer (ABC) Kangaroo Beach — Celine Goetz & Patrick Egerton (ABC) |
| 2022 | Bluey | | Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor | ABC Kids | First Day — Kirsty Stark, Kate Butler (ABC) Little J & Big Cuz – Tony Thorne, Ned Lander, Colin South, Alicia Rackett (NITV) MaveriX – Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton-Thomas, Sam Meikle, Isaac Elliott (ABC) Rock Island Mysteries – Timothy Powell, Chris Oliver-Taylor, Warren Clarke (Network Ten) The PM's Daughter — Chris Oliver-Taylor, Tristram Baumber, Alice Willison, Kieran Hoyle (ABC) |
| 2024 | Bluey | | Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor | ABC Kids | Barrumbi Kids — Monica O’Brien, Danielle Maclean, Julia Morris (NITV) Beep and Mort – Kaye Weeks (ABC) Crazy Fun Park – Joanna Werner (ABC) The PM's Daughter – Tim Powell, Kieran Hoyle, Warren Clarke, Yingna Lu (ABC) Turn Up The Volume — Philippa Campey, Amanda Higgs, Rachel Davis (ABC) |