Live online chat with Creative Director of CBeebies, Michael Carrington, 1-2pm Wed Jan 30th

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Micheal Carrington, creative director of CBeebies will be coming to chat live next weds, Jan 30th from 1-2pm. In his previous job, he brought, amongst other programmes Lunar Jim and Charlie and Lola to the BBC, and he's now editorially responsible for the CBeebies digital channel as well as for all CBeebies output on BBC ONE and BBC TWO; and for bbc.co.uk/cbeebies.

So if you've got a burning question about the future of Iggle Piggle and Upsy Daisy, or want to start a campaign to bring back Chigley, please join us at 1pm next weds (that was Watch with Mother time in my day ).

If you can't make it on the day, you can of course post your questions in advance here.

Thank you Michael - you sound like the kind of bloke I'll be happy to hand my licence fee over to - keep up the fab work and thank you on behalf of 2 very satisfied children (5 and 2.5)

Thank you Michael. Hunker I hope you're teasing him

This reminded me of a conversation myself and DP had last weekend.
It would be great if the license fee system could change, so that you can opt for what areas you would like to fund, and opt out of subsidising those you have no interest in. Also if it wasn't a fixed amount, but a minimum payment with the option to pay more if you can, and wish to do so.

Thereby more funding would go to the things we actually want, rather than what a board have decided we want.

It would all be very lovely and democratic, though no doubt a nightmare logistically.

Plus theres always the worry that a large contingent would opt for just sport and reruns of men behaving badly.

boabsmum - I might have a little cbeebies bug around here you can have that was off a comic

Hunker I think he means all the ones cooing over the presenters tbh

it is not all about b/feeding you know!

OO, that presumes I've read the whole thread

And isn't it?! Nooooooooo!

I can imagine the conversation though - Ooh, Justin, isn't he sexy?!

No, it's Blah from the Shiny Show I fancy.

No, got to be Sportacus, he can crush my grapes any day!

Isn't that what Sky is for Babyonboard?

Except we might be subjected to constant 'Two Pints' on BBC3.

Washersaurus - thank you!!!!

We did get a couple of hard plastic ones on wheels once from the comic - but they didn't "blob" about. If yours is squashy or squeezy in any way we'd be more than happy to give it a good home

hunker - twas a bit like that, but more like:

"ooh, him from doodledo"
"oh, that Chris from doodledo"
"oh, the doodledo man"
"doodledo, that's the one"

that about sums it up

he did ignore my Q asking for Justin's phone number for babysitting purposes as well

on the whole he did answer most things

How nice of him to stay an extra 45 mins!

Thank you MC

Again, huge thanks to Michael for going above and beyond his alloted time scale - we will of course post any other answers at a later date.
MN Towers

boabsmum - I think I might have some foam ones as well as the plastic ones, not sure about squishiness- they are nothing fancy mind you

Oh god, Two Pints is possibly the worst programme ever. I seriously object that I in any way pay for the production of it, even if it is less than 0.0000000000000000000000000001p per year

oooh - foam! Yes - would be interested if you fancy parting with them? As long as your boys won't object or be upset of course. Will pay for postage

email me shepherds dot house at virgin dot net

Yes, he does seem like a nice chap and I can forgive him not answering the more dating site type questions

And if he wants to talk over the format of a programme that can include positive messages about breastfeeding for the CBeebies audiences, he can, of course, contact me.

Thanks, Michael! I'm pleased to know the Cbeebie garden is real. Cheers

I could not be here for the live chat but am very pleased I got an answer many thanks good guest

LOL hunker.

LOL hunker.

Glad to know Barney will be staying away

Think we all had lots of good answers there, except of course for hunker

ROFL. don't people from the BBC speak funny. 'i've tasked my people to create blah blah blah'. good job, Mikey, but really, it's a long time since Birt.

and no mention of Justin, or did i miss it?