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Andrew Davenport biography
Andrew Davenport 42 has a BSc in speech science and is the co-creator and writer of the Teletubbies and In The Night Garden television series and books. He has also directed and produced for the Teletubbies and is also an actor, appearing as the character ‘Tiny’ in Tots TV.
It was whilst working as an actor on Tots TV that he first met and worked with Teletubbies and In The Night Garden co-creator and executive producer Anne Wood CBE. It is without doubt Andrew Davenport’s writing on both shown and subsequent books that has inspired both parents and children alike with his fun and fantastical use of language from a young child’s perspective. He has also courted controversy with claims of teaching children bad language skills with the use of phrases such as Eh-Oh for Hello (Teletubbies) and such characters as the Tombliboos (In The Night Garden) who’s names ‘Un’, ‘Oo’ and ‘Ee’, represent the numbers ‘One’, ‘Two’ and ‘Three’ as a toddler would say them.
Nominated in both 1999 and 2000 for a Daytime Emmy alongside Anne Wood for Teletubbies, he has since won two BAFTA Children’s Awards for his work on both Teletubbies (2002) and In The Night Garden (2007)
Davenport lives in London and has five godchildren aged between 10 years and 10 months old.
Andrew Davenport books
- All Aboard The Ninky Nonk!
- Ooh Pretty Flower!
- The Happy Waving Game!
- Time To Wash Faces!
- The Bouncy Jumping Game!
- Upsy Daisy Wants To Sing!
Latest news: Andrew Davenport
The 10 favourite bedtime stories
Hannah Tennant-Moore at babbleAustralia posted a great story on the 6th of January rounding up the top 10 bedtime stories according to parents on The Baby Web Site. Here are the results of the survey: 1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 2. Mr. Men by Ro [...]
In the Night Garden books reviewed
The In the Night Garden books are aimed at the 0-2 year old market and are based upon episodes of the children’s television series, also written by Andrew Davenport. FantasyBookReview.co.uk will shortly be launching a new children's fantasy book section and the entire series, which consists of 6 boo [...]
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