The British Film Institute has unveiled the most recent projects to receive financing through its Young Audiences Content Fund.

First to air from this funding round will be Eagle Eye Drama’s Quentin Blake’s Clown (pictured) for Channel 4. Set to premiere on December 25, the adaptation of Blake’s novel follows a toy clown who gets thrown away and has to find a new home.

YACF also backed development projects including Jist Studios’ first factual series Bobbie’s Maker Den, which teaches kids about coding and engineering; SaGuarda Studios’ docuseries Children of Dance,about a young male ballet dancer’s journey; and Billy’s Band: Lights Camera Score from Three Stones Media, teaching music basics.

The funding body also supported the production of series including factual property Generation Genome from KMTV; A Bear Named Wojtek from BBC ALBA and Illuminated Films, about an orphaned bear that is brought to Europe; short-form documentary series Kidversation; and a new season of educational explainer I Don’t Get It.

On the preschool slate, YACF is providing development support to animated series Albert’s Islands from Tristram Roper Miller, which revolves around a young kid’s adventures in a coastal town. Matinai’s Mitten and Shoe,about a brave little mitten and her friends as they explore the playground, also snagged some funding.

For older tweens and teens, YACF is investing in development projects including Adapted Pictures’ How to be Autistic, based on Charlotte Amelia Poe’s eponymous memoir; Kellan Productions’ The No Friends Club, a comedy-drama that follows a group of teens who start an underground LGBTQ+ club; Ruby Rock Pictures’ The Heartless, about teens trying to make it big in the music scene; and First Dates: Teens from E4 and Twenty Twenty, about a group of teens who ditch their digital lives to experience real-life dating.

YACF previously co-funded projects that are now starting to air, including Paper Owl Films’ Sol, which will debut simultaneously on BBC Alba, 54C, TG4, CITV, ITV, Hub, All 4 and My5 on December 21, and The World According to Grandpa, which premiered on Channel 5’s Milkshake! in November.