Anne Wood
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Anne Wood CBE is a British children's television producer.
She was born in 1937 at Spennymoor, a mining town in County Durham, England. She became a secondary school teacher in Durham. She moved to Surrey, with her husband and children. She founded the National Federation of Children's Book Groups [1] and edited its magazine Books for your children. She switched to publishing children's books and then became a television producer [2]
Her independent production company, "Ragdoll Productions", was founded in 1984 and specialises in making original programming for children 10 and under. Ragdoll is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK and has produced Pob, Brum, Rosie and Jim, Tots TV, Teletubbies, Boohbah and most recently In the Night Garden, which won a BAFTA Children's award in the section for Pre-school Live Action in 2007 [3].
[edit] Notable TV guest appearances
- Good Morning Australia playing "Herself" 10 February 2004
Is from Australia.
[edit] References
- ^ National Federation of Children's Book Groups website
- ^ Profile in Women with attitude, By Susan Vinnicombe and John Bank, Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0415287421 Googlebooks sample pages pp47ff
- ^ BAFTA Children's award list 2007
[edit] External links
- Anne Wood at the Internet Movie Database
- Ragdoll productions > "The Ragdoll story", including biographical information on Anne Wood.
- "Ragdoll founder fears for children's TV" by Tara Conlan: Guardian Friday March 23 2007 (include's portrait).
- The Ragdoll Foundation - Wood family charitable trust
- New Media Age 20.12.07- Profile of Anne Wood - CV given as:
- Age 69
- 1958-65: Secondary school English teacher;
- 1965-81: Consultant in children's publishing and TV;
- 1981-84: Head of children's programming, TV-am;
- 1984-present: Founder and creative director, Ragdoll
- Guardian interview: "Ragdoll riches: The co-creator of the Teletubbies tells Meg Carter how the millions made by the TV series has enabled her to set up a foundation to give deprived children the chance to be listened to - and to unlock their own potential" by Meg Carter, Wednesday February 1 2006 Society Section
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