On the move

CBeebies (London, England, 44-208-743-8000): Preschool producer Alison Stewart has been tapped to head up production, animation and acquisitions for CBeebies, replacing Kay Benbow who is now controller of the channel brand. Like Benbow, Stewart will be leading her team from Salford Quays when BBC Children's makes its move next year. Stewart is shifting from her current role as executive editor for CBeebies where she led in-house development in all aspects of production. Commissions include ZingZillas, which is the first collaboration between in-house production and BBC Worldwide. Stewart started at the Beeb as a dresser in the costume department on a three-month contract. Those three months turned into 15 years, as she moved into the production sector. She left the BBC in 1996 to work as a producer, director and scriptwriter in the independent sector and later returned to the mothership in 2007.