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First-time female director, Alex Davy, asks us to look at masculinity differently

Over the moon to win 2 awards at the British Animation Awards 2022!

Always learning, tips to be a better workplace ally and other takeaways from BZ’ers who undertook the LGBT Foundation’s Champion Training

This next instalment in our Job Spotlight series is on BZ Mid Rigger Matt Jenkins.

This next instalment in our Job Spotlight series is on one of our Visual Development Artists, Sam Bailey.

Our Winternship 2021/2022 programme is officially open for applications!

Lisa-Mae Evans explains how the team achieved the look for the fluffy clouds in The Adventures of Paddington

We couldn’t be prouder to announce that Blue Zoo is the first major animation studio in the world to receive B Corporation certification, using the power of animation for good.

We’re massively thrilled to have been chosen as one of the UK Creative Industries Council’s CreaTech 100 Ones to Watch 2021.

Blue Zoo is proud to announce the launch of our latest short film, Sinking Feeling.

A few BZ'ers talk about what it's like to come back into the studio

Blue Zoo & Plug-In Media join forces to create a regional powerhouse of creavtivity

We’re overjoyed to share that The Adventures of Paddington has been accoladed with TWO Daytime Emmys!

Time to crown the young animator of the year UK

"I’m so proud of this show."​ Series Director, Simon Taylor, looks back on 5 series of Numberblocks

We are introducing gender pronouns to email signatures. Here is why.

“I believe that children's content on PSB’s do more good than all the other genres put together. Children might be 19% of the population, but they are 100% of our future.” Blue Zoo Co-founder and MBE, Oli Hyatt, warns against post-Covid cuts to content funding

Proud on Earth Day 2021 to introduce the Blue Zoo Green Team!

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce our first ever win at the 48th Annual Annie Awards

All your internship questions - answered!

A list of accessible educational resources from Blue Zoo

Celebrate 20 years of Blue Zoo with a series of webinars answering YOUR big questions

We asked Blue Zoo interns and mentors to give their tips to maximise your time with an animation studio.

How lockdown is reshaping the way we think about being in the studio

Proud and excited to bring the #BZShorts film to watch free online

The Blue Zoo internship programme will be happening remotely in 2020!

We had a chat with the brilliantly talented creator, Ant Blades, to find out his best advice for anyone who one day hopes to get their own show made.

In these unprecedented times, we at Blue Zoo wanted to send out a few messages to our colleagues and friends.

Thrilled and honoured to have won TWO awards at the bi-annual British Animation Awards last night! 

As of today, summer internship applications are officially open for 2020!

The nominations for the prestigious 24th British Animation Awards have been announced and we are overjoyed for our work to receive four nominations!

After an ambitious second series, the hard work pays off for the Numberblocks team!

Introducing The Idea, the new short from our Commercials team co-directed by Grant Berry and Ben Steer.

With the year almost out we are bowled over to see Blue Zoo projects nominated for no less than THREE Children’s BAFTAs.

After the last episode of Numberblocks last week, we asked director, Simon Taylor, and the Numberblocks team to share some of their favourite moments of numberfun!

Does the word "networking" make you nervous? Here's a quick step-by-step guide to starting conversations and making those industry contacts by Recruitment and Talent Coordinator, Katie Gascoyne

In early July we visited Sheffield to attend the Children’s Media Conference 2019. Here’s an overview of our time at the ultimate gathering for people developing, producing and distributing content for kids in the UK!

This time on our 'Job Spotlight' series we want to introduce our brilliant new art director, Grant Berry

Yes folks, it’s that time of year again when applications open for our summer internships, and this year we’re excited to offer opportunities in both our 2D and 3D studios.

In celebration of World Maths Day, we chatted to Simon Taylor, Director of Numberblocks, to find out a little more about the hugely popular series.

We’re over the moon to be bringing back the famous Peruvian bear to new pre-school audiences around the world who we know will love the funny, curious little character.

We recently announced that we're a proud winner of the 2019 Best Places to Work in TV survey by Broadcast and Best Companies Group. Here's a little bit more about the importance of a happy ship and recruitment challenges in a booming industry.

We recently announced the opening of our new dedicated 2D animation studio and today we’d like to introduce you to some of the team...

We're proud to announce that we're one of the winners of the 2019 Best Places to Work in TV survey by Broadcast and Best Companies Group.

We're delighted to announce that we're opening a BRAND NEW dedicated 2D animation studio across the road from our current home, creating over 60 new jobs in the process!

It's that time of year! And we'd like to introduce you to the Moonies; the chaotic couple who won't be getting the Christmas they expected this year.

We’re excited to share with you A Whale’s Tale, a beautiful animation made with a lot of love for the wonderful Hope Works project.

We are a champion of nurturing apsiring talent and giving the opportunity to develop a fulfilling career.