List of directors of BBC Children's
The Director of BBC Children's is the Editorial Head of BBC Children's though the post has had a variety of titles since the department's inception in 1950.

List of directors of BBC Children's

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Table Section Text: The Director of BBC Children's is the Editorial Head of BBC Children's though the post has had a variety of titles since the department's inception in 1950.

Post Holder	Name of job title at time of appointment	Tenure

Alice Webb	Director of BBC Children's	2015 - current

Kay Benbow	Acting Director of BBC Children's	2014 - 2015

Joe Godwin	Director of BBC Children's	2009 - 2014

Richard Deverell	Director of BBC Children's	2006 - 2009

Alison Sharman	Controller, BBC Children's	2005 - 2006

Dorothy Prior	Controller, BBC Children's	2003 - 2005

Nigel Pickard	Controller, BBC Children's	2000 - 2003

Roy Thompson	Commissioner, BBC Children's	1997 - 2000

Lorraine Heggessey	Head of Children's Programmes	1997 - 1999

Anna Home	Head of Children's Programmes	1986 - 1997

Edward Barnes	Head of Children's Programmes	1978 - 1986

Monica Sims	Head of Children's Programmes	1967 - 1978

Doreen Stephens	Head of Family Programmes	1964 - 1967

Ursula Eason	Acting Head of Children's Programmes	1963 - 1964

Owen Reed	Head of Children's Programmes	1956 - 1963

Freda Lingstrom	Head of Children's Programmes	1951 - 1956

Richmond Postgate	Joint Acting Head of Children's Programmes	1950 - 1951

Cecil Madden	Joint Acting Head of Children's Programmes	1950 - 1951

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Alice Webb is director of BBC Children's.

final_sentence: Alice Webb is director of BBC Children's.