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Matt Bowen
Kids' TV Executive
After nearly five years working both on and off air in local radio, Matt joined CITV in 2008 as a Presentation Scheduler. Matt had a short stint working in the promotions team, before being tasked with setting up a Media Planning operation for CITV.
In April 2011, he took over scheduling for CITV and was instrumental in keeping the CITV schedule at the top of its game. In 2012, he was CITV Consultant on the documentary 30 Years of CITV, produced by Shiver Productions. He also created & programmed the hugely successful Old Skool Weekend in January 2013. Whilst at CITV, Matt worked with key CITV titles such as ‘Scrambled!’, ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ and ‘Mr Bean’ and acted as commissioner on ’Mission Employable’ and ‘Dare Master.’ In 2018, he was part of the team to launch new pre-school block littleBe on ITVBe.
He left ITV in 2021 and is currently looking for his next opportunity.
Outside of work, Matt spends time as a lead volunteer for a kids activity club run by a local charity and has been part of the Woodham Scribblers writing group since they formed in 2002.
Matt's Sessions
Dylan Collins by Biren Ghose
Technicolor India’s Biren Ghose looks back on Dylan Collins’ revolutionary opening keynote from the 2014 Children’s Media Conference.
George The Poet by Kez Margrie
BBC Children’s Commissioning Editor, Kez Margrie looks back on George The Poet’s last word from the 2016 Children’s Media Conference.
Chris Riddell by Tim Searle
Animation producer/director Tim Searle looks back on the best bits from Chris Riddell’s 2016 Creative Keynote at the Crucible in Sheffield.
