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The Gold TV channel has commissioned a second series of its seaside comedy-drama Sandylands. Sanjeev Bhaskar is to return as Les Vegas – an amusement arcade owner who disappeared at sea in a pedalo, although it was soon revealed he had faked his own death – with Natalie Dew as his daughter Emily. Friday Night Dinner and Toast of London star Tracy-Ann Oberman joins the comedy for the series as Donna Vegas, Emily’s estranged mother and ‘diva extraordinaire’. Returning cast members include David Walliams and Sophie Thompson as oddball next-door neighbours Derek and Jeannie Swallows, Si...

Gruffalo, Paw Patrol creatives tell Secret Story A host of renowned children’s content creators have signed up to write stories that underrepresented creatives can illustrate and animate to win paid internships with UK companies such as Aardman and Jellyfish Pictures. Jon Mason The Secret Story Draw, set up last year by Jon Mason, MD of Brighton-based digital studio Jollywise, wants to unlock opportunities for illustrators and animators from underrepresented ethnic groups to enter the industry. The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, Paw Patrol creator Keith Chapman and The Demon Headmaste...

TVKIDS U.K. Animation Industry Initiative for Underrepresented Ethnic Groups ADVERTISEMENT The Secret Story Draw is a new initiative dedicated to placing illustrators and animators from underrepresented ethnic groups in some of the U.K.’s best animation studios. The Secret Story Draw sees some of the U.K.’s most renowned children’s writers provide an anonymous story written exclusively for the initiative, with aspiring animators and illustrators invited to bring the stories to life. The author of each story will remain anonymous until the winners are revealed in June. Entries are now o...