Alice Webb is a British television executive. She is CEO of Mercury Studios, an arm of the

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, established on her appointment in 2020. The newly formed company is the parent of

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. She was previously president of

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in 1999.

BBC Children's

Prior to this role, she was Director of BBC Children's, leading the BBC's services for UK children. She had been appointed to this role in March 2015, when Webb was chief operating officer,

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where she had been responsible for moving BBC Children's, 5 Live, and the

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and

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divisions out of London to a new campus based at

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. In September 2015, Webb set out a digital plan for BBC Children's which included i-play, finally launched as BBC i-player kids on 12 April 2016. In November 2016, she appeared before the House of Lord's

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who questioned her about a

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programme entitled ''Just A Girl'' which explored transgender issues. Webb is a trustee of the BBC's charity, Children In Need, a member of

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's Cyberbullying Taskforce and an executive board member of the

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. In December 2017, Webb chaired the 5th

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in Manchester, England in which she launched Own It on BBC, "a single, universal tool for children to report (cyber) bullying when they see it or experience it," on a shared platform with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.

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BBC Press Office official biography
at bbc.co.uk * *https://www.bbc.com/ownit Year of birth missing (living people) Living people BBC 100 Women BBC executives BBC television producers British television producers British women television producers British television executives Women television executives {{UK-tv-bio-stub