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Mellie Buse
Adastra Development Ltd
Executive Producer

Mellie is a Content Creator, Head Writer and Producer with a background in theatre and radio. She’s written on numerous well known kids’ brands and was Head Writer/Creative Producer on ‘The Hoobs’ – the award winning Jim Henson show. She went on to Script Edit ‘Charlie and Lola’ and established Adastra Creative with Jan Page to produce five series of ‘Grandpa in my Pocket’ for CBeebies. The show has sold to 106 territories, has been nominated for a Bafta five times and won the best children’s programme category at Bafta Cymru. Mellie also co-created and produced ‘Ha! Ha! Hairies!’ for Turner EMEA, which has chalked up three BAFTA noms and a win. Her new company, Adastra Development, focusses on digital platform content alongside traditional broadcast TV.
Mellie's Sessions
The Pre-School Parent Trap Preview
Storytelling: The Pre-School Parent Trap takes place on Friday 3 July 2015, 9.40-10.40, Cinema 2 The CMC has grown beyond all recognition. What started out as a relatively homespun, small scale networking conference is now holding its head up high on the international stage. However, what I like most about the CMC…
Storytelling: The Pre-school Parent Trap
Broadcasters offer preschool programming for children aged 0-6 years, a very wide age span. Because there’s always the chance that the youngest children in the audience might be watching without an adult, broadcasters tend to favour content that does not contain anything too scary or sophisticated for a 2-3 year…
The Write Stuff
We often hear from writers about writing, but what do producers think? This panel brings together four producers/script editors to discuss writers and the script process from their side. For writers, it’s a chance to get the inside track on what producers really want… What do producers think the best…