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Putul Verma
BBC Children's
Executive Producer

Putul is an Executive Producer at BBC Children’s for factual entertainment in CBBC and CBeebies overseeing amongst others ‘Marrying Mum and Dad’, ‘The CBeebies Ballet’ and ‘CBeebies Proms’, ‘Amazing Machines’, ‘The Let’s Go Club’ and ‘Pocket Money Pitch’. She has worked across the industry on factual entertainment titles including ‘The Hotel Inspector’, ‘Come Dine With Me’, ‘Homes Under the Hammer’, ‘Masterchef’ and ‘Dragons’ Den’.
Putul trained as a journalist and started her career as a newspaper reporter, entering television as a political researcher. She runs the BBC Children’s’ diversity group which provides staff with the opportunity to discuss diversity issues and create outreach projects.
Putul's Sessions
Preview - Don’t mention the C word!
Wednesday 3rd July 2019, 15:40 - 16:40 Showroom Cinema 2 We need to talk about class. Our young audiences from working class backgrounds have a huge amount of choice in what they watch, play, read and listen to. And if what we make doesn’t speak to them, they will move…
Don't Mention the C Word!
We need to talk about class. Is the lack of people from working class backgrounds in our workforce making us irrelevant to our audiences?