Carol Chell

Who is Carol Chell?

Carol Chell 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 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 20th September 2014 on BBC 1.