Children's Committee

The Children's Committee is not only involved in the content and presentation of the annual British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards (considering categories, chairing juries, providing key editorial advice) but is increasingly involved in developing membership events throughout the year to raise the profile of children's film and television and to highlight the Academy's commitment to the industry.

JULIAN SCOTT - CHAIR

Head of Children’s Programming, Coolabi Productions

Julian Scott runs Coolabi Productions, a division of Coolabi plc; a public traded company focussing on the ownership and exploitation of high quality intellectual property assets. Prior to Coolabi Julian ran Zenith Entertainment’s children’s division where he oversaw over 150 episodes of live action drama series Byker Grove and Out There for CBBC and animation such as King Arthur's Disasters for CiTV. Prior to Zenith, Julian worked in New York for Sesame Workshop, most recently as Group Vice President, European Operations and prior to that as Group Vice President, Creative Development. During this time he was credited with creating the most active development slate in the history of the company and built strategic partnerships and relationships for the Workshop around the world. Before locating to the US, Julian was Head of Production and Operations at Walt Disney Television International in London, overseeing 33 branded productions across the world.

SUE NOTT

Executive Producer Independents, CBBC Drama

Sue has worked in television for twenty years. As a producer, she has made a wide range of children's programmes, from drama and comedy to documentary and magazine, including BAFTA award winners such as Coping With Relatives, Coping With Christmas and The Ant and Dec Show. She joined the BBC in 1998, as Executive Producer in Education, where she was responsible for a large output of schools programmes, including the BAFTA award-winning drama Offside and documentary Saying It for the Girls, before becoming Head of Education in BBC Children's and managing production of BBC schools TV for six years. Sue currently works in CBBC Drama as executive producer for all the independent drama productions made for BBC Children's.

STEVEN ANDREW

Awaiting profile.

FINN ARNESEN

SVP, GM Original Series & International, Turner Entertainment Networks

Awaiting profile.

JONATHAN BOSELEY

Vice President, Programming, Disney Channels UK & Ireland

In Jonathan’s current role, he heads up programming, production, creative and acquisitions for all Disney branded channels including Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Disney Cinemagic. Jonathan is also responsible for the development of locally produced short-form programmes in the UK, such as the hit series As The Bell Rings, High School Musical: You’re The Star, My School Musical and the upcoming Life Bites. Jonathan joined Disney Channel from Nickelodeon in 1998 as Executive Producer, Studio Disney, overseeing live programming and production. He subsequently spearheaded the launch team for Toon Disney and Playhouse Disney UK, and oversaw Disney's interactive TV strategy. He was promoted in March 2003 to Programming Director, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. In this position, he oversaw the launch of Disney Channel across Scandinavia in February 2003 and the subsequent launches of Disney Channel in the Middle East, South Africa and Poland, and Toon Disney Scandinavia. In October 2006, Jonathan fronted the launch of the Nordic regions first ever dedicated preschool service, when he launched Playhouse Disney Scandinavia. The channel is the home of fun, learning-based entertainment for preschoolers with engaging shows like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, My Friends Tigger & Pooh and Bunnytown.

TONY COLLINGWOOD

Writer/Director - Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment
Tony trained as an animator at Liverpool Polytechnic. He went on to The National Film and Television School at Beaconsfield, England where he wrote, animated and directed his first film Rarg. After forming Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment with producer, Chris O'Hare in 1988, Tony has gone on to create, write and direct animated series and specials for the company. He has adapted many properties for television including The Beano's Dennis the Menace, Eddy & The Bear, Dr Suess' Daisy Head-Maysie and most recently, Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs. He has also created and directed many original children's series for television including Yoko! Jakamoko! Toko!, for which he was nominated in 2003 and won the BAFTA award for ‘Best Writer’ in 2004. His most recent creation is The Secret Show - a comedy spy adventure series for BBC in the UK and Nicktoons in the States.

MADDY DARRALL

Darrall Macqueen

Maddy is a television producer, director and deviser. Since co-founding multi BAFTA award-winning indie Darrall Macqueen in 2000, Maddy has overseen over 900 hours of live entertainment and 200 hours of drama, comedy and entertainment. Most recently Maddy has steered the production of 52 episodes of CBBC’s sitcom Bear Behaving Badly and re-versioned 40 episodes of international pre-school song and dance brand Hi-5 for the UK’s Cartoonito and GMTV. Currently Maddy is devising GMTV’s new pre-school brand and will oversee this latest production for the next two and a half years. Other credits include devising CBBC’s digital flagship television weekend brand Smile (six series), co-devising CBBC’s groundbreaking interactive drama series UGetMe (three series), and producing CBBC’s urban sitcom The Crust, plus Exec Producing CiTV's groundbreaking wildlife and flash animation show Animal Spies and interactive factual series Feel the Fear.

RICHARD DEVERELL

Controller, BBC Children's

Richard Deverell is the Controller of BBC Children’s, responsible for all CBeebies and CBBC output, including programmes on BBC1 and BBC2, two dedicated channels, websites and interactive television. He started in this role in early 2006, having joined BBC Children’s as Chief Operating Officer in mid-2005. Prior to BBC Children’s, Richard worked in BBC News, which he joined in 1995 as Head of Strategy and Marketing before being appointed as Head of BBC News Interactive in 2000. In this role he ran the BBC News website, interactive TV, Ceefax and the Action Network community. During this period, the BBC News website won many major UK and international awards. Before joining BBC News, Richard worked in BBC Strategy for several years. Projects included negotiations over the BBC’s charter renewal, assessing the impact and opportunities of the Internet and developing the BBC’s strategy for multi-channel television. Prior to joining the BBC, Richard worked in management consultancy. He read Natural Sciences at Cambridge and is married with three children. Richard is a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.