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  Toad and Friends, HoHo Entertainment/Cartoon Network

  TOAD AND FRIENDS, HOHO ENTERTAINMENT/CARTOON NETWORK

  A new series that beautifully faithfully updates the Wind in The Willows for 2023. One of my favourite books and one of my favourite producers- what a dream job this was!  Poop poop!

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  Toniebox

  TONIEBOX

  The totally toddler proof smart speaker for children.  I have written quite a lot of original stories and adapted existing works (classics novels like Black Beauty and Pinocchio, favourite fairy tales like Red Riding Hood and series for brands such as Steiff) for both the UK and international listener.

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  Showtown, The Museum of Fun and Entertainment

  SHOWTOWN, THE MUSEUM OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT

  Blackpool’s side-tickling, eye popping, toe-tapping, mind-boggling museum of fun and entertainment.  Who knew my childhood collection of saucy postcards would ever come in handy! Working with the curators, I have written the terribly important bits (no, not the fire exit signs) that tell the story of how a sandy seaside became the international home of showbusiness.  Opening in 2023.

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  Treasure Champs, Three Arrows Media

  TREASURE CHAMPS, THREE ARROWS MEDIA

  Mixed media preschool show exploring moral values common to different faiths and cultures.  Produced for CBeebies by the excellent Three Arrows Media.

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  Little Roy, Jam Media/CBeebies/CBBC

  LITTLE ROY, JAM MEDIA/CBEEBIES/CBBC

  A cartoon boy in the real world.  What can I say? It was grand.

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  Tee and Mo – Plug-in Media, Cbeebies

  TEE AND MO – PLUG-IN MEDIA, CBEEBIES

  Based on the delightful Plug-In Media/Cbeebies games, this interactive story tells how Tee, an adorable and unstoppable baby monkey and his first time mum, work together to solve the small everyday problems they face through creativity, play and collaboration.  It is aimed at 2-4yr olds AND their parents as they learn to be kids and parents together.

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  CBeebies Radio – CBeebies

  CBEEBIES RADIO – CBEEBIES

  Listening to the spoken word, enjoying the rhythms and rhymes, help children develop their own language skills as well as being great fun.  CBeebies Radio commissioned me to write poetry and short stories for the very young on subjects as varied as athletics (the Teddy Bear Games), Remembrance Day (Poppy’s Day and Remembering) and the BBC Proms (Prokofiev’s Grumpy Cat and Little Mouse).  

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  Bing – Acamar, CBeebies

  BING – ACAMAR, CBEEBIES

  Acamar Films, Brown Bag Films, Tandem Films.  First broadcast 9 June 2014 on BBC CBeebies.
  Based on Ted Dewan’s remarkable books, Bing Bunny explores the wonder, mishaps and mess of a very young person’s world.  Told in real time these are small stories (finding your shoes, playing nurse).  But told from 3 year old Bing’s point of view, these little moments are full of big emotion.  The resulting drama is affecting, compelling and fun.

  One of my stories, Looking after Flop is now available as a sticker book.

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  Ajani’s Great Ape Adventures – Nature for Kids

  AJANI’S GREAT APE ADVENTURES – NATURE FOR KIDS

  Filmed in the Ugandan rainforest, using local children and their communities, these three films by Dutch charity Nature For Kids are part of a pan-African educational programme. Given that poverty is both the cause and consequence of many environmental problems in developing countries, Ajani’s Great Ape adventures demonstrates basic green solutions to empower 7-13 year olds and their communities to prosper.  I provided additional dialogue and worked on the marketing material.

  There is evidence that having seen the films, villagers refused to deal with poachers again.

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  Olive The Ostrich – Blue Zoo Productions, Nick Jnr

  OLIVE THE OSTRICH – BLUE ZOO PRODUCTIONS, NICK JNR

  Blue-Zoo Productions Ltd. First Broadcast September 2011 on Nick Junior.

  While Dad runs around, Mum lays eggs and brother eats sand, Olive prefers to bury her head in the sand and go on ‘amazing adventures’. I got to consider the throats of crocodiles and melt chocolate, lots of chocolate – research you understand; research!
  Narrated by Alexi Sayle, drawn by school children and animated by the brilliant Blue-Zoo.

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  Roze and the Robots – Gravy Media/Passion Pictures

  ROZE AND THE ROBOTS – GRAVY MEDIA/PASSION PICTURES

  Animated 3D stereoscopic feature (Gravy Media/Passion Pictures)

  www.gravymedia.com

  Watch the trailer HERE >

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  NOKSU – Evergreen Films/Epidem, YLE TV1

  NOKSU – EVERGREEN FILMS/EPIDEM, YLE TV1

  Evergreen Entertainment Ltd, Epidem Finland. Based on the Finnish preschool books by Mikko Kunnas.
  With his favourite playmate, Betty B, and a handful of other colourful characters who help them along the way, NOKSU is in the complicated business of growing up. He learns something new all the time: how to cope with the dangers of crossing the road; how to avoid too much junk food; how to treat everyone with respect. All those life-skills which have to be mastered as children grow up, and which the series shares with the young viewers through humorous and engaging storylines.
  One of my episodes, The Harmonica was preselected for Prix Jeunesse 2012.

  View the NOKSU IMDb page HERE >

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  Bowerbird – Artemisia Films

  BOWERBIRD – ARTEMISIA FILMS

  Adapted from Ann Kelley’s award winning novels, supported by the Welcome Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital,  and set in the sunlit haven of St Ives, this beautiful movie tells the story of Gussie and her mum.  Determined to live each day as if it may be their last; it just may be.  You see, Gussie needs a heart transplant.  But how do you cram a life time into a few years?  How do you get your first kiss?  And what’s the point of a new heart when it might just break?  Life is beautiful. Objects shine from hidden corners, laughter bursts from the unexpected, new discoveries, familiar things.  Nature is as kind as it is cruel and life as raw as it is wonderful.  A film about living life for today.  (Produced by Anne Beresford, Artemisia Films Ltd.)

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  Last Night – Deadline Films/Irish Film Board

  LAST NIGHT – DEADLINE FILMS/IRISH FILM BOARD

  Writer/Director. Conor Morrisey, New Grange Pictures/Irish Film Board 2006.

  A supernatural tale that unfolds in an Irish country manor. A couple’s marriage falls apart under the canopy of a much darker secret. I worked extensively with Conor to tighten this script. As a director, he had a strong idea of the feel and look that he wanted to achieve. I helped him develop character and find the appropriate pace. The completed film had a successful run on the international festival circuit, and was selected as a finalist at the Manhattan Short Film Festival 2006.

  Watch the film HERE >

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  The Deadline – Deadline Films/Metrodome

  THE DEADLINE – DEADLINE FILMS/METRODOME

  Starring Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch, Writer. Sean McConville, Deadline Films LLC, Metrodome. 2009.

  I first met Sean McConville at the London Institute where we took Phil Parker’s Screenwriting MA together. Sean is one of those brilliant people that don’t give up on their dreams. He left everything here in the UK and headed for Hollywood. Knowing the kind of budgets he could expect, and a director rather than writer, Sean shrewdly developed Deadline so that, rather than languish on a shelf somewhere, the script could actually be made. I worked with him on the screenplay. He secured finance, cast and the resulting movie got distribution and moved him on to the next stage of his career. I’m proud to have been a part of this project and wish Sean continuing success (especially as I know about his next project and love it…)

  View The Deadline IMDb page HERE >

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  Fei – Peach Blossom Media/Evergreen Entertainment

  FEI – PEACH BLOSSOM MEDIA/EVERGREEN ENTERTAINMENT

  A feature length anime for Peach Blossom Media, Singapore and Evergreen Entertainment, UK. In pre-production.

  Have you ever wanted to fly? Have you ever wanted something so much that it was all you could see? When Fei fights the odds in pursuit of an impossible dream, she not only loses sight of what’s important, she loses the use of her eyes. But where her eyes fail her, Fei learns to see… with her heart.
  The film is set in Malaya 1941 when England abandoned the country to a brutal Japanese invasion. In a world where everything can be broken, sometimes it takes a little blind girl to see how to mend the wings of nations.

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  6.6.04 – The Film Council

  6.6.04 – THE FILM COUNCIL

  A small but perfectly formed short film that screened at Edinburgh Film Festival, was nominated for a BIFA and won something else. Made on a budget of some fish and chips for the crew and completion funding from The Film Council (R.I.P), it involved a sneaky trip to Durdle Door where we threw the director over the cliff. Guerrilla Filmmaking with the National Trust.

  Watch the film HERE >

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  Where The Skylarks Nest – BBC Radio 4

  WHERE THE SKYLARKS NEST – BBC RADIO 4

  A radio play about dementia set against key moments of the 20th century and told using the melodies of songbirds. At least that’s how I remember it. TX July 2002 or was it 3?

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