Impossible Appoints Woolley for Top Kid’s Position

January 24, 2011

Impossible Pictures has appointed Karl Woolley to head up its children’s production division, Impossible Kids.  Woolley, who has worked in children’s television as a presenter, writer, producer and director, was previously managing director of Tell-Tale Productions in which time the company created and produced Tweenies, Boo, BB3B, Fun Song Factory and a number of live children’s arena tours including Tweenies and Thomas the Tank Engine.

More recently, and prior to joining Impossible Pictures, Woolley worked with Disney UK, Prism Entertainment, Lion Television, Red Planet Films, DC Thomson, Maggie and Rose and Walker Books.

Woolley will be responsible for taking Impossible Kids’ slate of children’s and animated titles to broadcast and beyond in key territories around the world.

Says Impossible Pictures MD, Jonathan Drake: “Karl brings incredible energy to our kids’ business plus a fantastic contact book and a keen eye for a great show and a great deal.  With Karl’s help, Impossible Kids is already making astonishing progress after only a few months.”

Impossible Kids recently secured its first two commissions with 52 episodes of Buzz and Tell being produced for Cbeebies, and 52 episodes of Fleabag Monkeyface, an animated comedy series for 7 to12-year olds, currently in production for CITV.

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About Impossible Pictures
Impossible Pictures is a multi-award winning independent television production company based in the UK and led by Tim Haines, best known as the creator of the ground-breaking Walking with Dinosaurs, and the co-creator of the hugely popular Primeval.  From its factual stable, the company recently produced the critically acclaimed series Blitz Street for Channel 4.  The Impossible Pictures group of companies includes Impossible Kids & 360Production.  For more information visit www.impossiblepictures.co.uk

About Impossible Kids
Impossible Kids is the children’s television division based within Impossible Pictures’ Manchester-based subsidiary Firestep Animation, founded in 2008 by multi-award-winning director/producers Steve Maher and Jonathan Doyle.  Between them, Jonathan and Steve have a vast number of years of experience in the children’s television and animation sector in the UK. Both are former producers of Cosgrove Hall and have worked on many of its iconic shows such as Danger Mouse and Count Duckula.

Contact:
Grant Bushby
Head of Marketing, Press & PR
Tel: 0207 408 2565
Email: grant.bushby@impossiblepictures.co.uk