Name Carol Chell | ||
 | ||
Playschool with carol chell and wayne jackman
Carol Chell (born 1941) is a British children's television presenter and TV executive. She originally qualified as a teacher, and produced many educational TV shows in the 1960s. She is best known for her work as a long serving presenter from 1966-88 on BBC's Play School and from 1971-80 on Play Away.
Chell appeared as herself as part of a group of 'time-travellers' trying to solve the puzzles on the planet Arg in episode 1 of series 2 of the BBC quiz series The Adventure Game on 2 November 1981 (now available on the DVD release of the series from Simplymedia.) She took part in the ATV schools series Starting Out in 1982. She later worked for the satellite TV station The Children's Channel where she was head of pre-school programming until the channel's demise in 1998.
Chell appeared alongside Johnny Ball on a celebrity edition of Pointless, featuring stars of children's television. This aired on Saturday 20 September 2014 on BBC One.