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Cynthia Felgate

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Cynthia Felgate (8 October 1935, Birmingham – 2 November 1991, Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire) was a British television producer, later executive producer, known for working on Children's BBC programmes such as Playschool and for creating Playbus (later Playdays) for the BBC with her own production company, Felgate Productions.

She was also connected to the production of programmes such as Camberwick Green and Postman Pat.

In 1983, she was nominated for a BAFTA for her production work on Playschool.[1]

In 2006, a character in the BBC series Hustle was named after her.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Television - Children's Programme - Documentary - Educational in 1983". bafta.org. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Television: Friday, April 7". The Times. 1 April 2006. Retrieved 9 September 2020.