EXCLUSIVE: The spin-off of Oscar-nominated Aardman animation Robin Robin is in the works at the BBC , with BBC kids boss Patricia Hidalgo seeking co-pro partners at this week’s Cartoon Forum .

Starring Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson, Netflix’s Robin Robin was Academy Award-nominated in 2021 for Best Animated Short and followed a young robin who seeks to prove her worth to her adoptive mice family by stealing a shiny star from a human’s house. Directors Dan Ojari and Mikey Please have previously spoken about their desire to make a spin-off and the BBC will be introducing The Adventures of Robin Robin at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse, France, where it is searching for co-pro partners as costs spiral in the world of kids animation. The CGI spin-off is a 52 x 7-min episode

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