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The dynamic duo of Cheryl Taylor and Sarah Muller are the content gatekeepers at BBC Children’s, the kids division of Britain’s mighty public broadcaster. In her current position as Head of Content, Cheryl oversees commissioning for CBBC and CBeebies. She joined the BBC in 2006, initially working in its comedy division on popular sitcoms including Mrs. Brown's Boys and Bad Education, before switching gears to focus on kids programming in 2012. Sarah re-joined BBC Children’s a year ago as Head of Acquisitions and Independent Animation. She served as VP of Children’s and Youth Programming at Sony Pictures Television and Head of Children’s at Channel Five after leaving her previous Beeb role as Creative Director of Scripted, Animation and Co-Productions for CBBC. 

Kristofer Updike is Senior Director of Development for Peacock, NBCUniversal’s brand-new streaming service that just launched in the US on July 15. The platform is still in build mode on its kids library for the two to 12 audience, so you won’t want to miss hearing what’s on Kris’s wishlist heading into the fall. With 20 years of experience in content development, including stints at Universal Kids and Bix Pix Entertainment, Kris has generated more than 400 hours of content over the course of his career—900 episodes and counting.