THE CHALLENGES & TRIUMPHS OF A BBC TV CHANNEL CONTROLLER – MULTI BAFTA WINNING KAY BENBOW

This time on Behind the Scenes we are in the company of a former BBC Television Channel Controller. Between 2010 and 2017 Kay Benbow was the top flight commissioning exec at the heart and helm of the pre-school children’s network CBeebies. In those seven years she navigated the channel through dramatic shake-ups within the BBC, changes in viewer habits and into the new highly competitive, digital age, resulting CBeebies winning 5 BAFTA Awards for Channel of the Year. Kay chats about setting up the CBeebies Arts portfolio which introduced the under 6 age group to the joys of ballet, classical music and Shakespeare, along with recommissioning The Clangers; of hiring Michael Palin and Tom Hardy, her friendship with the great Bernard Cribbins and how she coped with the pressure of programme making decisions which could influence the lives of an entire generation. Oh, and let’s not forget her passion for football, and in particular - Arsenal. Support the podcast by becoming a Patron: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/BEHINDTHESCENESWITHCOLINEDMONDS⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Colin Edmonds socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: colin.edmonds.73⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: colinedmondsssm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter:@ColinEdmondsSSM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Listen to all episodes of the podcast available on; ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Audible⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠ BOOKS Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available at Caffeine Nights⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available at Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available on Audible⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available at Caffeine Nights⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available at Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available on Audible⁠⁠⁠⁠ Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available at Caffeine Nights⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Available at Amazon⁠