genres, children's drama has often been commissioned from independent producers as well as being made in-house. Grange Hill switched to independent production after twenty-five years as an in-house programme in 2003, when production was taken over by Mersey Television, the company established by the programme's creator Phil Redmond in the early 1980s. Co-productions with foreign broadcasters are also common, with BBC Scotland's successful 2004 fantasy drama Shoebox Zoo being made in collaboration with the Canadian company Blueprint Entertainment. As of 2005, the BBC continues to broadcast children's drama, usually in the weekday afternoon CBBC slot, but also occasional Sunday early evening / late afternoon prestige productions such as the adaptation of Kidnapped (April 2005). As of July 2005, the Head of Children's Drama is Jon East. See also Broadcasting Timeline of the BBC List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC Television play Radio drama Footnotes References Books: Jacobs, Jason (2000). The Intimate Screen: Early British Television Drama (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Chapter 4: "Lost Not Cosy: Expanding the Screen of Television Drama, 1951–55" (pages 109–155). Newman's tenure and much of the drama of the 1960s to the 1990s is detailed in: Caughie, John (2000). Television Drama: Realism, Modernism, and British Culture (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Sutton writes about his own period in charge of the department in: Sutton, Shaun (1982). The Largest Theatre in the World: Thirty Years of Television Drama (1st ed.). London: BBC Books. . Newspaper articles: Mark Lawson, Making a crisis out of the drama, "The Independent", Wednesday 3 January 1996, page 17. Andrew Culf, Media Correspondent, In midst of a crisis, BBC fails to head up the drama, "The Guardian", Saturday 15 March 1997, page 6. Richard Brooks, Who's lost the plot? Four senior executives have left the BBC drama department in the past month. So why doesn't anyone want to run this prestigious show? Richard Brooks asks if there is a crisis in the making, "The Guardian" features page, Monday 23 December 1996, page 9. Websites: Duguid, Mark (2003). BFI Screenonline website article. Retrieved on 20 August 2005. Vahimagi, Tose (2003). BFI Screenonline website Sydney Newman biography. Retrieved on 20 August 2005. Purser, Philip (19 May 2004). The Guardian newspaper obituary of Shaun Sutton. Retrieved on 20 August 2005. Fox, Sir Paul (June 2004). Royal Television Society obituary of Shaun Sutton. Retrieved on 20 August 2005. Taylor, Veronica