Anne Wood is the creator of the Teletubbies

The awards ceremony, at London's Hilton Hotel, was co-presented by Spice Girl Emma Bunton and Live & Kicking presenter Ortis.

The BBC Newsround's programme about Russian orphanages won the Children's Bafta's best factual programme.

The undercover report from inside Russia's orphanages showed how disabled children are condemned to bedridden lives where they are deprived of love, stimulation or exercise.

Children's Bafta winners

Animation, Foxbusters Drama, Pig Heart Boy Entertainment, SMTV: Live Factual, Newsround Feature Film, The Iron Giant International, Pablo - The Little Red Fox Pre-School Animation, Maisy Pre-school live Action, Tweenies Schools drama, Dream On Schools Factual Primary, English Express: Texts - Football Schools Factual Secondary, Lifeschool Sex- Saying It for the Girls The Lego/Bafta Kids' Vote, SMTV:Live The Special Award, Anne Wood The Presenter's Award, Katy Hill The Writer's Award, Richard Carpenter and Helen Cresswell

Katy Hill, who hosts the BBC's Saturday morning Live & Kicking show, won The Presenter's Award - a new category in the five-year-old awards which celebrates the best of British children's programming.

The popular ITV children's television show SMTV: Live celebrated a double success after winning two Baftas.

The ITV Saturday morning show's presenters Ant, Dec and Cat collected a Bafta for Best Entertainment programme.

Favourite programme

Children from across the country also crowned the show as their favourite programme in the Lego/Bafta Kids' Vote category.

Foxbusters, a series about a crack squadron of chickens with legendary powers of flight and resourcefulness, featuring the voices of Whoopi Goldberg, Joanna Lumley and Jane Horrocks, won the animation category.

Spice Girl was a co-presenter of the Childrens' BAFTA awards

The Iron Giant, the film based on the Iron Man, by the late Ted Hughes - the former Poet Laureate - beat off competition from Chicken Run, Toy Story 2 and Stuart Little to win best Feature Film.

The film, featuring voices from Friends star Jennifer Aniston and Harry Connick Jr, follows the adventures of an enormous robot that falls from the stars and nine-year-old Hogarth who becomes his friend.

Jamie Bell, star of the film Billy Elliot and pop stars Louise, Billie Piper and S Club 7, plus Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis attended the awards.