Tim Brooke-Hunt, former head of children\u2019s at ABC Australia, has died after a long illness.<\/p>\n
Brooke-Hunt joined the ABC in 2007 as the executive head of children\u2019s content for ABC TV and became controller of children\u2019s in 2010. In these roles, Brooke-Hunt led the launch of the ABC3 for school-age kids and the relaunch of the preschool channel ABC4Kids. He was also responsible for the ABC\u2019s Educational programs and online content for children, including two dedicated portals.<\/p>\n
Among the ABC shows Brooke-Hunt commissioned were the dramas My Place <\/em>and\u00a0Dance Academy<\/em> and the preschool series Giggle and Hoot<\/em>. Brooke-Hunt left the ABC in 2013.<\/p>\n Throughout his career, he produced some of Australia\u2019s most-loved children\u2019s programming, including Blinky Bill<\/em>, Yakkity Yak<\/em>, Old Tom<\/em> and L\u2019il Horrors<\/em>, and worked for Beyond International and the Yoram Gross Studios before starting his own company, Sticky Pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tim Brooke-Hunt, former head of children\u2019s at ABC Australia, has died after a long illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":28316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[10018],"class_list":["post-28315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-tim-brooke-hunt","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n