Blue Zoo Animation Studio

Outside The World is Turning...*This article contains real-world information, related to the TV Series, or other productions made under the Go Jetters license.*

## Information

### Year Founded

2000

***Blue Zoo Animation Studio*** is a British animation studio, best known for producing children's animated TV series, commercials, and short films. Founded in the year 2000 by Oli Hyatt, Adam Shaw, and Tom Box, the studio has gone on to win numerous BAFTAs and in 2021 won two Daytime Emmy awards.

Blue Zoo Animation studio has animated both Series 2 and Series 3 of Go Jetters, as well as additional animated media such as promotional adverts, Cbeebies Prom specials, and music Videos.

## About

*Blue Zoo was founded in 2000 by classmates Oli Hyatt, Adam Shaw and Tom Box whilst they where studying animation at Bournemouth University. Since its very first project ‘Blue Cow’, for the launch of CBeebies, Blue Zoo has gone on to become one of the UK’s leading animation studios, producing some of the most well-loved kids shows on TV, award-winning commercials, and animated short films renowned for unique visual storytelling and innovation.*

## History

Founded in the year 2000 by Bournemouth University classmates Oli Hyatt, Adam Shaw and Tom Box, Blue Zoo Animation Studio took form while the founders were still studying animation. The company's first project, Blue Cow, made for children's company Cbeebies, allowed them to enter the world of Children's TV animation, guiding them towards becoming one of the United Kingdom's leading animation studios.

In 2008, Blue Zoo Animation Studio established AnimationUK, which went onto successfully help campaign for the introduction of animation tax reliefs, for which co-founder Oli Hyatt received an MBE.

In March 2019 Blue Zoo opened a second London studio dedicated to episodic 2D animation and in 2020 will be opening the doors to a third studio in the regions, widening the talent pool.

The studio continues to work closely with ACCESS:VFX, ScreenSkills, NextGen Skills Academy, Animated Women and many festivals, universities, colleges and schools to ensure a thriving, inclusive future for the whole industry.

## History Regarding Go Jetters

After the completion of Series 1, Cbeebies chose to drop the two companies in charge of animating Go Jetters, Boulder Media and Giant Animation. Blue Zoo Animation Studio was hired as their replacement. The reason for this switch is unknown, but speculation chalks it up to the deal the companies had made, regarding Cbeebies show NumberBlocks.

Blue Zoo Animation Studio was first teased as animating the second series of Go Jetters at the 2017 Cbeebies Prom, with the premiere of the Blue Planet II trailers, which included clips from the series' earliest episodes. Blue Zoo Animation Studio's first episode, Petra, Jordan, which also marked the Series 2 premiere, aired on September 18th, 2017.

Blue Zoo Animation Studio continued it's partnership with Cbeebies, animating all of Series 3 of Go Jetters, with a quality consistent to the previous series. Blue Zoo Animation Studio's final Go Jetters episode, Go Jet Academy: Birthday Surprise aired on November 23rd, 2020.

## Long Form Productions

The following is a list of TV Series produced by Blue Zoo Animation Studio:

* The Story Makers (2002–2004, Blue Cow segments)
* Tikkabilla (2002–2007, Animation Segments/Sami's World)
* Those Scurvy Rascals (2005)
* Doodle Do (2006, Sandworms segments)
* Kerwhizz (2008-2011)
* Stitch Up Showdown (2009)
* Alphablocks (2010–2022)
* Olive the Ostrich (2011)
* Tree Fu Tom (2012–2016)
* Q Pootle 5 (2013–2014)
* Miffy's Adventures Big and Small (2015–2017)
* Go Jetters (2015-2022, Series 2-3)
* Digby Dragon (2016)
* Mac and Izzy (2016)
* Numberblocks (2017–2021)
* It's Pony (2020–2022)
* The Adventures of Paddington (2020–present)
* Millie and Lou (2021)
* Pip and Posy (2021)
* Superworm (2021)
* Big Tree City (2022–present)

## Trivia

* In 2021, the company became the first major animation studio in the world to achieve B Corp certification.
* Blue Zoo Animation Studio has animated the most Go Jetters content of any studio involved in the show's production.

## References

1. https://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/old-home-2
2. https://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/animation/go-jetters
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue\_Zoo\_Animation\_Studio#:~:text=Founded%20in%202000%20by%20Oli,Broadcast%20and%20Best%20Companies%20Group.

 Channels
 Animation Companies