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Andrew Davenport (born 10 June 1965) is an English writer, puppeteer, producer, composer and actor, specialising in creating television and publishing for young children.

Andrew Davenport
Born	Andrew Davenport (1965-06-10) 10 June 1965 (age 57) Folkestone, Kent, England
Occupation	Writer puppeteer producer music composer actor

Davenport has been dubbed 'the J. K. Rowling of the under fives'[1] following the extraordinary international success of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden....

Davenport co-created Teletubbies (first broadcast in the UK in 1997) with Anne Wood, and wrote all of the 365 episodes.

He created In the Night Garden...[2][3] (first broadcast in the UK in 2007), wrote all of the 100 episodes, and composed the title theme and incidental music.

He is renowned for creating high-volume and technologically pioneering character-based productions, designed for developmentally specific audiences that appeal successfully to their pre-school age group.

In March 2012, Andrew Davenport became CEO of Shine Group's children's venture focusing on creating both traditional and interactive content for children, initially for the pre-school market.[4] He even wrote the English scripts for Fabeltjeskrant the Dutch TV show for around the world

Biography

Andrew Davenport was born in Folkestone, Kent. He went to Trinity School then studied BSc Speech Sciences (vocational training for Speech Therapists) at University College London,[5] and the National Hospitals College of Speech Sciences (NHCSS).

TV career

1993–98: Davenport joined Ragdoll Productions as a puppeteer playing the character of Tiny in the double BAFTA winning series Tots TV and, co-wrote the series [6] of 297 episodes with Tom's Puppeteer Robin Stevens.

1994: Davenport appeared as Rascally Robber in two episodes of the series Brum, and wrote several episodes of series 2.[6]

1997–01: Davenport co-created Teletubbies with Anne Wood, and wrote all[6] of the 365 x 25-minute episodes.

2002–03: Davenport wrote the BAFTA winning series Teletubbies Everywhere (52 x 10 minutes)[6]

2007–09: Davenport wrote all episodes and composed music for all episodes of the double BAFTA winning In the Night Garden... (100 x 30 minutes)[6]

2019: Davenport's series Moon and Me launched on CBeebies, featuring stop-motion animated toys that come to life when their owner sleeps.

Awards

• BAFTAs In the Night Garden... – Best Pre-school Live Action Award 2007[7] and 2008[8]
• BAFTA Teletubbies Everywhere – Best Pre-school Live Action Award 2002[9][10]
• Royal Television Society Teletubbies – Best Pre-school and Infants Award 2000[11]
• BAFTA Teletubbies – Best Pre-school Programme 1998[12]
• Royal Television Society Teletubbies – 24th Japan Prize International Contest, Grand Prize-winner, Pre-school Education Category 1997[13]
• Royal Television Society Teletubbies – Children's Entertainment Award 1997[14]
• BAFTA Tots TV – Best Pre-school Programme 1996[15] and 1997[16]

References

External links

• Andrew Davenport at IMDb

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