Tim Child

Tim Child (born 1946) is a British television producer. He is most famous for creating and producing the cult children's television program Knightmare,[1] a fantasy role-playing adventure game which pioneered virtual studio or blue-screen production.

Child additionally produced Timebusters and Cyberzone for BBC, Virtually Impossible for ITV and The Satellite Game for BSB. He was also the CEO of Televirtual Ltd, a MediaLab producing new forms of communications technology, specifically avatars. Televirtual is an off shoot of Broadsword, the original production company behind Knightmare. Child is currently creative director of Intermedialab, the successor to Televirtual.

References

  1. ^ Leadbeater, Elli (3 September 2006). "'Chatty George' talks himself up". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5303126.stm. Retrieved 5 October 2010.