{"id":18780,"date":"2020-06-29T09:23:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/king-bert-taps-bbc-studios-alum-director-childrens\/"},"modified":"2020-06-29T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:23:36","slug":"king-bert-taps-bbc-studios-alum-as-director-of-childrens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/king-bert-taps-bbc-studios-alum-as-director-of-childrens\/","title":{"rendered":"King Bert Taps BBC Studios Alum as Director of Children\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>King Bert Productions, behind hit shows such as <em>Malory Towers<\/em> and <em>Cinderella After Ever After<\/em>, has appointed Nathan Waddington as its director of children\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Waddington takes up the role from September and will be responsible for overseeing King Bert\u2019s children\u2019s production slate. He is tasked with overseeing and expanding the production and development pipeline and with sourcing new projects in the children\u2019s and preschool genre.\u00a0Prior to King Bert, Waddington was the head of children\u2019s at BBC Studios, where he held a\u00a0nine-year tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Waddington succeeds Grainne McNamara, who is stepping down to take on a new consultancy role within the production sector. She will continue to work with King Bert in this new capacity. Waddington will report into King Bert Managing Director Jo Sargent.<\/p>\n<p>Waddington said: \u201cJo and the team at King Bert are developing and producing some of the most exciting, diverse and original children\u2019s content I\u2019ve seen for a while. 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