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Greg worked for over 25 years at the BBC, as a director, producer and executive-producer of children’s programmes.  He created the first Children’s BBC websites and, as Head of Children’s Digital, developed and launched the children’s channels, CBBC and CBeebies.  On leaving the … Continue reading →

Sarah heads up the creative media consultancy, The Creative Garden. She specialises in concept creation and development within the creative industries for leading global companies. She advises international broadcasters, creatives and opinion-formers on a range of issues including channel launches, … Continue reading →

Alison has worked in TV Production for over 25 years, first at the BBC and later as a freelance Producer, Director and Scriptwriter. She returned to BBC Children’s five years ago and moved to her current position in June 2010. … Continue reading →

After studying Drama at Stratford-upon-Avon, Anthony worked in BBC TV’s Programme Planning and Presentation, international distribution at BBC Enterprises, then Head of Programme Sales at Central TV. Anthony was also a Director of animation studio Filmfair. He later became Head … Continue reading →

Steve Wynne is the Joint MD of Rival Media, one of the UK’s fastest growing indies – and an award winning Executive with over 20 years of production experience in television, radio and emerging technologies. He has worked in radio … Continue reading →

Jon is an award winning writer, director and the Creative Director of Unlimited with whom he creates new stories and adventures for live performance and increasingly with a ‘cross platform curiosity’. Unlimited’s current project is a future sci-fact space adventure … Continue reading →

Gary has worked with children and parents for over 20 years both as a teacher and as a Founding Partner of Kids Industries. KI provides the full range award-winning Research, Strategy, Innovation and Marketing Services to a global client base … Continue reading →

Vickie O’Malley is the MD of the UK division of CPLG, one of the world’s largest independent licensing agencies. CPLG UK manage the consumer products business of some of the biggest names in licensing including ‘Peanuts’ Worldwide, ‘WWE’, Universal, CBS, … Continue reading →

Sue’s producer credits in children’s television cover all genres from drama and comedy to documentary and magazine, including BAFTA award winners such as ‘Coping With Relatives’ and ‘The Ant and Dec Show’. She has been at the BBC since 1998. … Continue reading →

Helen McAleer began her career in publishing at Random House in 1990. She spent 3 years in the marketing department at Random House before moving on to the marketing department at Penguin Children’s Division (Puffin). Helen moved to BBC Worldwide … Continue reading →