Michael Carrington (TV)
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Born in 1961, Michael Carrington is Controller of CBeebies (the BBC's brand for children 6 years and under). Working to the Controller of BBC Children's, Carrington is the commissioner and also editorially responsible for the CBeebies digital children’s channel; which includes all CBeebies output on BBC ONE and BBC TWO; CBeebies Radio on BBC7, and for the website CBeebies. He is charged with driving forward the CBeebies brand in a multi-platform world, ensuring its creative ambitions and maintaining strong relationships with in-house departments and the independent production community. Carrington is a member of the BBC Children’s Board and the BBC Vision Editorial Group. (See BBC Press Office Article dated 24.04.06 [1])
Under Carrington's creative leadership, CBeebies was named Children's Channel of the Year at the British Academy Children's Awards in November 2007 [2]
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[edit] Employment History
- 2004-2006: Head of Animation & Acquired Programming, CBBC & CBeebies
- 2000-2004: Head of Television & New Media, Create TV & Film
- 1993-2000: Deputy Head of Programme Acquisitions, BBC Children's
- 1991-1993: Acquisitions Executive, Discovery Channel Europe
- 1990-1991: Acquisitions Assistant, BBC Children's
- 1986-1990: Production Manager, Channel 10 Australia; Production Assistant, Channel 10 Australia
[edit] Commissioning Credits
- Mr Maker - RDF Media
- Scribble It - Dot to Dot Productions
- Tommy Zoom - CBeebies Production
- Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies - King Rollo Films / National Geographic Kids
- Charlie and Lola, Series 2 & 3 - Tiger Aspect Productions
- The Secret Show - Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment
- Shaun the Sheep - Aardman Animation
- Animalia - Burberry Productions
- Pinky & Perky - Lupus Films
- Tronji - Ragdoll Entertainment
[edit] Programme Credits
- Charlie & Lola, Series 1 (Programme Executive) - Tiger Aspect Productions
- Little Robots (Executive Producer) – Create TV & Film
- Project X (Executive Producer) – Pilot, for Create TV & Film/Agenda TV
- Dennis & Gnasher (Programme Executive) – Collingwood/O'Hare Entertainment
- Student Bodies (TV Series) (Programme Executive) – Sunbow Entertainment
- The Silver Brumby (Programme Executive) – DARO Films
- Ethelbert the Tiger (Programme Executive) – Millimages
- 64 Zoo Lane (Programme Executive) - Millimages
- Monster Christmas (Programme Executive) – Hether Pedley Productions
- Romuald the Reindeer (Programme Executive) – Siriol Productions
- White Christmas (Programme Executive) – Castle Communications
- Double Dare (Production Manager) – Network TEN Australia
- Family Double Dare (Production Manager) - Network TEN Australia
- Ridgey Didge (Line Producer) – Network TEN Australia
[edit] Industry Activities
- AnimfxNZ, Wellington, New Zealand - Key Speaker, October 2007
- International Animation Conference, Taipei, Korea - Speaker, July 2006
- Asia-Pacific Children & Youth TV Festival, Beijing - Member of the Final Judging Committee, October 2005
- Banff World Television Festival, Canada – Panel Speaker and One-to-One Sessions, June 2005
- Showcomotion Children’s Conference, UK – Committee member, since 2004
- SPAA Conference, Australia – Panel Speaker and One-to-One Sessions, September 2004
- KidScreen Summit, USA – Panel Speaker and One-to-One Sessions, February 2004 & 2005
- The European Association of Animation Film, Belgium – Committee member, CARTOON Pre-production Committee, 1995-1999
- The Second World Summit on Television for Children, UK – Session Producer, “Co-production Finance”, March 1998
- MIPTV, Cartoon Forum, MIPCOM & MIPCOM Jnr – Attendee, since 1991
[edit] Organisations
Carrington serves on the Advisory Committee for Showcomotion
Eurovision - EBU Children's & Youth Committee Advisor for BBC Children's
Member of the British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA)
