There has been a fifty year history of great public-service television for children on ITV, and more recently C4, Channel Five and the British production activity at Nickelodeon and Disney. Without adequate funding these channels are either already getting out of kids’ TV production or will have to severely reduce what they make here in the UK for our kids.
This is what some of our supporters are saying about the loss of quality commercial kids’ TV…
Philip Pullman
Author & Patron of Save Kids’ TV
Paul Alexander
Writer
Bernard Ashley
Writer
John Coates
World-renowned animator – creator of The Snowman, Father Christmas, Famous Fred, The Bear and Peter Rabbit, C4 1982 – 1998
Gillian Cross
Author
Ed Dyson
Writer
Tony Gardner
Actor – My Parents Are Aliens, CITV 1998 – 2006
Julie Gearey
Writer
Liza Goddard
Actress – Woof, Out Of Sight and Bernard’s Watch, CITV
Angela Grosvenor
Casting director
Jonathan Harvey
Writer
Ben Hayes
Supporter
Simon Hickson
Writer and performer
Sam Hoyle
Development Executive
Gareth Jones
Presenter How 2, CITV, 1989 – 2006
Brian Lynch
Writer
Grianne Marmion
Producer
Kay Mellor
Writer
Carla Mendonca
Actress – My Parents Are Aliens, My Dad’s the Prime Minister
Trevor Neal
Writer and performer
Michael Palin
Writer, actor, broadcaster. Wrote and performed in ITV’s Do Not Adjust Your Set, 1967 – 68
Daniel Peake
Writer
Deborah Pearlman
Script Editor, age 34
Dave Benson Phillips
Children’s TV Presenter
Tom Poole
Director
Phil Porter
Playwright and TV Writer
Tony Robinson
Actor and presenter. Perfomed in Play Away, Maid Marion, Fat Tulip’s Garden and many other children’s programmes
Paul Rose
Writer
Michelle Wilbye
Writer
Dean Wilkinson
Writer
Joe Williams
Writer
Anne Wood
Founder and Creative Director, Ragdoll
