All Kids articles – Page 52
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NewsSharman bids to boost CBBC interactive
Incoming controller of CBBC Alison Sharman will use her first speech in the role to put new media at the heart of the department's output.
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NewsEastEnders writer to head CBBC drama
Former EastEnderswriter Jon East has been appointed head of BBC children's drama, as part of a drive to put the genre at the heart of kids' programming.
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NewsGilchrist is CBBC's 'indie champion'
Children's BBC has appointed its first 'indie champion' to pull in more pitches from outside the BBC.
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Sperber to leave CBBC drama in July
CBBC's head of drama has announced she is to quit the corporation for a move to the independent sector, but has no new job lined up. Elaine Sperber - who commissioned award-winning series such as Fungus the Bogeymanand Microsoap- will leave her ...
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CBBC chief lined up as keynote speaker
New CBBC controller Alison Sharman is to give the keynote speech at this year's Showcomotion Children's Media Conference in Sheffield on 8 and 9 July. This year's event will focus on the pressures facing children's TV and will feature other speakers including CiTV controller Estelle Hughes, CBBC head of acquisitions ...
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Deverell takes operating reins at CBBC
The BBC's head of interactive news has been made chief operating officer of children's BBC. Richard Deverell currently runs BBC news' interactive and on-demand services including online news, but from 20 June will take up his new post under incoming CBBC controller Alison Sharman. He will be replaced at BBC ...
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NewsSharman lands CBBC role
BBC daytime controller Alison Sharman has landed the job of controller of CBBC.
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NewsCBBC chief takes role in BBC cuts
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior is quitting her post to take up a new role ensuring BBC production departments are not wasting money.
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NewsC4I bags CBBC show
Channel 4 International has picked up rights to a BBC kids series for its MipTV drama slate.
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CBEEBIES BOSS QUITS.
The editor of BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, Paul Shuttleworth, is to leave the corporation on 11
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Cbeebies boss quits
The editor of BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, Paul Shuttleworth, is to leave the corporation on 11 February to set up his own indie, London-based Handle and Spout. CBeebies is set to move to Manchester in five years.
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NewsCBeebies editor quits
The editor of the BBC's digital pre-school channel CBeebies is to leave the corporation to set up his own indie, but has denied his departure is connected to the impending move of the department to Manchester.
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NewsBafta showdown for CBBC and CiTV
BBC children's presenters Dick and Dom will go head-to-head with CiTV's Ministry of Mayhem co-host Stephen Mulhern at this year's children's Bafta awards.
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CBBC to adapt adventure yarn
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale Kidnapped is to be dramatised with an all-star cast as part of a raft of new CBBC dramas.
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Tiger Aspect makes CBBC animation
Tiger Aspect is to produce a new 26-part animated series for the BBC. Charlie and Lola is based on Lauren Child's children's books of the same name. Aimed at four to six-year-olds, the series, which is voiced by children, focuses on the adventures of seven-year-old ...
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CBBC orders dog adventure
The company behind cult children's drama Press Gang has been commissioned to make a kids comedy drama for the BBC.
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Novel makes fimbles spin-off for CBeebies
Indie Novel Entertainment has been commissioned to make a spin-off from its popular pre-school series The Fimbles for the CBeebies channel. The 100 x 15- minute Roly Mo Show , ordered by head of pre-school Clare Elstow, will feature a character who lives underneath Fimble ...
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CBBC serves up kids cookery show
CBBC controller Dorothy Prior has commissioned a cookery programme for children. The 104 x 20-minute Planet Cook , made by indie Platinum Films, will be hosted by chef Kevin Woodford who plays Captain Cook - a hero from Planet Cook whose mission is to defeat ...
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Comedian gets CBBC show
Stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke is to front a children's comedy show for the BBC.
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NewsComic Brigstocke to front CBBC show
Stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke is to front a new children's comedy show for the BBC.