Carol Chell

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 to 1988 on Play School^[1]^[2] and from 1971 to 1980 on Play Away.^[2]

Early life

She attended Nottingham Girls' High School, then a direct grant grammar school.

Career

Teacher

For a time she taught at Pierrepont Secondary Modern School for Girls, in Nottingham; also teaching there at the time was Brian Clark, who would become a television writer, writing Telford's Change.

Television

Chell appeared as herself as part of a group of 'time-travellers' trying to solve puzzles on the planet Arg in episode 1 of series 2 of

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

Pointless, featuring stars of children's television. This aired on 20 September 2014 on BBC One

.

Personal life

She married Ian Price (of Costock) on Saturday 9 October 1965 at St Peter's Church in Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. At the time, her parents lived in Christchurch, Dorset.^[3] Chell and Price have 2 daughters, Emily & Sophie, and six grandchildren.^[4]

References

^ "BBC - Cult - Classic TV - The Adventure Game". BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Carol Chell". IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2007.
^ Nottingham Evening Post
^ Here's A House: A Celebration of Play School, Volume 1: Paul R Jackson, 2010

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[bbc-cult-1] "BBC - Cult - Classic TV - The Adventure Game". BBC. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

[imdb-2] "Carol Chell". IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2007.

[3] Nottingham Evening Post

[4] Here's A House: A Celebration of Play School, Volume 1: Paul R Jackson, 2010

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