Colin Ward

Colin is a lecturer in film and television production at the University of York and Deputy Director of the Children’s Media Foundation with responsibility for the CMF’s links with the research community. He is a former children’s producer and director and started his career at Yorkshire Television, working across factual, entertainment and drama formats. He won a Bafta for ‘The Scoop’ before joining Granada Kids to produce the Bafta-nominated gameshow ‘Jungle Run’. Moving to the BBC, he won a second Bafta for the gameshow ‘Raven’, going on to work as an Executive Producer with CBBC Scotland on a range of entertainment and drama formats.