Who set up the company which produces the BBC children's show based on the American-Canadian books of the same name?
Silvergate Media:  The company was founded in 2011 by Waheed Alli, who set up the company as part of a management buy-out, buying the rights to "The Octonauts" and "The World of Beatrix Potter" from Chorion, a company he was previously chair of. The Octonauts:  The TV series is based on American-Canadian children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael C. Murphy of Meomi Design Inc.
Waheed Alli