# Tim Bain > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Bain > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Bain.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bain > Source revision: 1349497788 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British-Australian writer (born 1978) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Tim Bain" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Tim Bain Bain (right) with Peter Lord at Aardman Animations in 2018 Born Timothy Bain (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978 (age 47) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Occupation Television writer, director, producer, voice actor Nationality British Australian Years active 2000–present Website www.timbain.com **Timothy Bain** (born 28 November 1978) is a British-Australian writer. He is known for writing comedy, children's and animated series for television. He is the creator of action-comedy series [Kangaroo Beach](/source/Kangaroo_Beach), animated family sitcom [Let's Go, Bananas!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32783641/), and action-adventure series [Knee High Spies](https://kidscreen.com/2024/08/28/abc-australia-greenlights-four-new-kids-shows/). Bain has also written for comedy series including [Aardman Animations](/source/Aardman_Animations) [Epic Adventures of Morph](/source/Morph_(TV_series)), [The Rubbish World of Dave Spud](/source/The_Rubbish_World_of_Dave_Spud), [Rove](/source/Rove_(TV_series)) and [The Wedge](/source/The_Wedge_(Australian_TV_series)). His children's series credits include [Bluey](/source/Bluey_(TV_series)), [PJ Masks](/source/PJ_Masks), [Bob the Builder](/source/Bob_the_Builder), [Fireman Sam](/source/Fireman_Sam) and [Thomas & Friends](/source/Thomas_%26_Friends). ## Acting Bain has voiced characters in [Go Jetters](/source/Go_Jetters), [Love Monster](/source/Love_Monster_(TV_series)) and in [Thomas & Friends](/source/Thomas_%26_Friends) series 22–24, playing a variety of humans, trains and buses. ## Awards Bain won Best Children's Episode at the [British Writers Guild Awards](/source/Writers'_Guild_of_Great_Britain) 2018 and Best Animation at the [Australian Writers Guild](/source/Australian_Writers'_Guild) Awards 2017 for his [Counterfeit Cat](/source/Counterfeit_Cat) script "Room of Panic".[1] [Kangaroo Beach](/source/Kangaroo_Beach) won the 2022 [Screen Producers Australia](/source/Screen_Producers_Australia) Animated Series Production of the Year Award[2] and was nominated for a 2021 [AACTA Award](/source/AACTA_Awards).[3] [Tooned 50](/source/Tooned), starring the voices of [Alexander Armstrong](/source/Alexander_Armstrong_(comedian)) and [Brian Cox](/source/Brian_Cox_(actor)), and [Formula-1](/source/Formula_One) champions [Jenson Button](/source/Jenson_Button), [Emerson Fittipaldi](/source/Emerson_Fittipaldi), [Mika Häkkinen](/source/Mika_H%C3%A4kkinen) and [Alain Prost](/source/Alain_Prost), won a [Gold Eurobest Award](/source/Eurobest_European_Advertising_Festival)[4] in 2013 and a [Gold Lovie Award](/source/Lovie_Awards).[5] ## Musicals Bain has written several high school musical-comedies, *You're History!*, *Lucky*, *RetroActive* and *High School Spoof-ical*. They are published by Maverick Musicals and have been performed across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, the United States, Japan and South Africa.[6] ## Short films Bain's short animated films *Arctic Adventure* (2000) and *Kidd* *Kelly* (2003) featured the voices of [Eric Bana](/source/Eric_Bana), [Sigrid Thornton](/source/Sigrid_Thornton), [John Clarke](/source/John_Clarke_(satirist)), [Angus Sampson](/source/Angus_Sampson), [Dave Hughes](/source/Dave_Hughes), [Kim Gyngell](/source/Kym_Gyngell) and [Judith Lucy](/source/Judith_Lucy).[7] They have screened at festivals including the [St Kilda Film Festival](/source/St_Kilda_Film_Festival), [Melbourne International Comedy Festival](/source/Melbourne_International_Comedy_Festival), [Melbourne International Animation Festival](/source/Melbourne_International_Animation_Festival) and the Massachusetts Children's Film Festival.[8] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Writers' Guild Awards winners 2018"](https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-winners-2018/). 15 January 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Screen Producer Australia Awards 2022"](https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/screen-producers-australia-awards-2022-winners.html). 31 March 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["AACTA Awards 2021"](https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/winners-and-nominees/2021-aacta-awards/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Eurobest Award"](http://www.framestore.com/news/tooned-50-wins-gold-eurobest). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Lovie Award"](http://www.framestore.com/news/tooned-50-wins-gold-lovie-awards). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Maverick Musicals | Musical Scripts For Sale"](https://www.maverickmusicals.com/play-category/school-musicals/?filtering=1&filter_written-by=105). *Maverick Musicals and Plays*. Retrieved 14 May 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Tim Bain"](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2155991/). *IMDb*. Retrieved 14 May 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Awards | Tim Bain"](http://timbain.com/awards/). *timbain.com*. Retrieved 14 May 2016. ## External links - [Tim Bain](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2155991/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Official website](http://www.timbain.com) - [Kangaroo Beach website](http://www.kangaroobeach.tv) Authority control databases International VIAF National Catalonia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tim Bain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bain) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Bain?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.