Lewis Rudd

Lewis Rudd was the head of children's programming at ITV Central from 1981 to 1994. He was responsible for distributing the first and second series of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends through Central Independent Television,

He also either produced, commissioned and distributed shows for ITV Central such as Portland Bill, Astro Farm, Bangers and Mash, Bernard's Watch, Bill the Minder, The Blunders, The Dreamstone, Emu's World, Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show, Emu's Wide World, EMU-TV, Foxtales, From the Top, The Gingerbread Man, Grotbags, Harry's Mad, Huxley Pig, The Legends of Treasure Island, Let's Pretend!, The Little Green Man, Luna, Molly's Gang, Moschops, The Moomins, Murphy's Mob, Nellie the Elephant, Orm and Cheep, Paddington Bear, Palace Hill, Playbox, The Pondles, Press Gang, Professor Lobster, Pullover, The Ratties, Rod 'n' Emu, Rosie and Jim, The Saturday Show, The Saturday Starship, Stanley's Dragon, Stories of the Sylvanian Families, Star Fleet (1982), Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden, Tales from the Poop Deck, Tots TV, Towser, Wail of the Banshee, What-a-Mess, What's Happening?, Windfalls, The Winjin Pom, Woof! and Your Mother Wouldn't Like It.

For Thames Television he created Magpie, which was the ITV equivalent of Blue Peter and Do Not Adjust Your Set which was previously produced by Rediffusion as well as commissioning Rainbow.