Catherine McCarthy is a BBC executive, with a background at the BBC in commissioning and executive production. Her previous experience at the BBC has included commissioning some of the BBC\u2019s biggest landmark TV and multi-platform projects, including TV series in the areas of science, natural history and the arts, such as the award-winning BBC One series,\u00a0Frozen Planet<\/i>,\u00a0Life in the Undergrowth<\/i>\u00a0andLIFE<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Originally a trained teacher, Catherine began her career at the BBC in BBC Learning as an Education Officer. Following a series of production attachments, \u00a0she moved to commission daytime TV programs.\u00a0 She set up the BBC\u2019s night time-learning service,BBC Learning Zone<\/i>, before working as a Commissioner for the BBC and The Open University partnership. In this role she commissioned a wide range of factual and specialist factual programs and projects, working across the BBC on television, radio and online to develop innovative and inspiring content.<\/p>\n
Most recently she was Head of the award-winning BBC Janala Project, for which she spent a year working in Dhaka, Bangladesh for BBC Media Action.\u00a0BBC Janala is a multimedia project and\u00a0is part of the wider English in Action project\u00a0which uses\u00a0innovative media to reach millions of people in Bangladesh with English-language learning. Over the year she oversaw the launch of a progressive English language course across all content platforms which generated huge responses from the target audience.<\/p>\n
Since returning to the BBC earlier this year, Catherine has been involved in launching a major BBC project called Safeguarding BBC Values. Its purpose is to ensure that the BBC\u2019s core editorial values of trust, independence and impartiality are at the heart of all BBC content across all platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and user-generated content.<\/p>\n
Catherine is a mentor for Documentary Campus, a global project to develop ideas and new talent in television and film-making. She is also a regular speaker at many events and conferences around the world, including Sheffield International Film Festival. She is an Advisory Member of the European Broadcasting Union\u2019s Education and Science group, and a Governor at the Evelina Hospital School in St. Thomas\u2019s Hospital, London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25869,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"members-type":[853],"class_list":["post-25868","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","members-type-platform"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n