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Kay Benbow
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Hello Halo hires kids head as first CBeebies series lands
UK indie Hello Halo has appointed development exec Terri Langan (pictured) as its first head…
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TBI Weekly: UK kids TV shake-up
Kids television has been on the agenda this week as the industry gears up for…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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CBeebies boards new Andrew Davenport show
UK children’s channel CBeebies has commissioned the debut series from the partnership of Andrew Davenport’s…
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BBC swipes app upgrades
The BBC has updated its popular news app, introducing new elements including allowing users to…
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BBC, Fremantle team again for kids series
The kids division of UK pubcaster the BBC, and FremantleMedia Kids & Family are teaming…
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CBeebies: report card, recent hits, shopping lists
CBeebies controller Kay Benbow and her CBBC counterpart Cheryl Taylor took the stage at the…
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CBeebies goes to The Farm
UK preschool channel CBeebies has commissioned a five-part series about farming featuring former boyband star…
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Geography, play-along for CBeebies
UK preschool channel CBeebies has commissioned a show based on world geography and a play-along…
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BBC kids nets joint-order Arabian Nights series
Preschool channel CBeebies and older-skewed BBC sister CBBC have jointly-commissioned a contemporary re-imaginging of the…
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‘Rising star’ named BBC Children’s chief
The COO of BBC England, Alice Webb, has been named as Joe Godwin’s replacement as…
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CBeebies plots new show from Teletubbies creator
UK preschool channel CBeebies has commissioned a series from Teletubbies creator Anne Wood. Twirlywoos comes…
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CBeebies bringing back Teletubbies
UK preschool channel CBeebies has ordered new episodes of hit series Teletubbies for the first…
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BBC agrees seven year In the Night Garden deal
CBeebies has inked a deal with DHX Media for In the Night Garden that will…
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BBC brings back Clangers after 45 years
Classic British animated series Clangers is coming back to the BBC, 45 years after the…
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CBeebies goes for Melody, Minibeast
UK digital kids net CBeebies has ordered a pair of new series, one themed around…
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FremantleMedia and BBC on kids partnership
Earlier this year the BBC and the Kids and Family division of FremantleMedia inked a…
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CBeebies, BBC Worldwide join Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures
UK public children’s channel CBeebies and commercial counterpart BBC Worldwide Channels have hooked up to…
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CBeebies orders Get Squiggling spin-off
UK public broadcaster the BBC’s dedicated preschool channel CBeebies has ordered a 26x7mins new series,…
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Girls want toons!
Commissioners want more girl-skewed animation and say there is not enough coming their way. Producers…
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Howard Litton exec-producing new Bing Bunny kids show
UK kids channel CBeebies has ordered a series based on Ted Dewan’s Bing Bunny book….