Andrew Davenport


Andrew Philip Davenport is an English producer, writer, composer, puppeteer and actor specialising in creating television and publishing for young children.
Davenport has been dubbed 'the J. K. Rowling of the under fives' following the extraordinary international success of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden....
Davenport created Teletubbies with Anne Wood, and wrote all of the 365 episodes.
He created In the Night Garden..., 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. 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 at University College London, and the National Hospitals College of Speech Sciences.

TV career

1993–98: Davenport created and puppeteered Tiny in the double BAFTA winning series Tots TV and wrote two of the 297 episodes.
1994: Davenport appeared as Rascally Robber in two episodes of the series Brum as writing several episodes of series 2.
1997–01: Davenport co-created Teletubbies with Anne Wood, and wrote all of the 365 x 25-minute episodes.
2002–03: Davenport wrote the BAFTA winning series Teletubbies Everywhere
2007–08: Davenport wrote all episodes and composed music for all episodes of the double BAFTA winning In the Night Garden...
2019: Davenport's new series Moon and Me launched on CBeebies, featuring stop-motion animated toys that come to life when their owner sleeps.

Awards