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Removed: Embargoed report Teletubbies co-creator says BBC move to digital is 'ghettoising' children's TV
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This article has been taken down as it breached an embargo. The Teletubbies' co-creator has accused the BBC of "ghettoising children's programmes" by ending shows for young viewers on BBC1 and BBC2.
Children's programmes were moved to the digital channels CBBC and CBeebies , as part of the corporation's cost-cutting measures.
"It ghettoises children's programmes. It is a completely different attitude to the one that scheduled Magic Roundabout before the 5.40pm news," said Anne Wood, who co-produces the hit show In The Night Garden.
She told the Radio Times: "On the one hand it is inevitable. But it is dismissive of children. There is a certain amount of overlooking of the fact that children's programmes do get a wider audience than people are aware of … I have frequently had letters from older people who have enjoyed my programmes as much as children do. A lot of the reason older people like to watch children's programming is because it is life-enhancing."
However, Terry Deary, author of the Horrible Histories children's books, which have been adapted for TV, said the separation was progress.
"It doesn't matter at all," he said. "The fact that children's shows have been on BBC1 since the war doesn't mean they should continue, and to hang on to them would be a very backward step."
Joe Godwin, head of BBC Children's, said: "Our young viewers are our priority and the vast majority of children in the UK already tune in to CBeebies and CBBC to find their favourite BBC children's programmes. Far from being a 'cynical' move, we're just following where our audience has already gone.
" It's simply not true that we're 'ghettoising' children's programmes – CBBC and CBeebies are the nation's most popular children's television channels and we also know that lots of 'former children' enjoy sitting down with their own kids to watch our programmes."