International Emmy® Award Success For Dustbin Baby
Compelling family drama Dustbin Baby based on award-winning writer Jacqueline Wilson’s best selling novel was an award winner at the 37th International Emmy® Awards held on Monday evening in New York.
The drama picked up the Award in the Children & Young People category.
Dustbin Baby stars Dakota Blue Richards (Golden Compass) in the lead role, starring alongside a top-name cast, including Juliet Stevenson (Bend It Like Beckham; Truly, Madly, Deeply) and David Haig (My Boy Jack; Four Weddings And A Funeral). Dakota plays 14 year old April, found abandoned as a baby in a rubbish bin. Desperate to find out who she really is after a lifetime spent in care, she runs away and looks for answers in the place it all started.
90 minutes
Kindle Entertainment for the BBC
Also available from ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment is:
The Making Of Dustbin Baby: half hour
Press acclaim for Dustin Baby:
“Beautifully acted" - The Times
"A heart-warming and uplifting tale" - The Daily Mail
The International Emmy® Awards Gala is the world's most prestigious international television event. Held each year in November in New York, a cast of international celebrities present International Emmy Awards to winners in 10 categories. Some 1,000 people attended the gala, hosted by the British comedian Graham Norton.