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JUNE 2023 – HEAD WRITER/EP ON S2 OF BAFTA-WINNING ‘LOVELY LITTLE FARM’ FOR APPLE TV+

Apple TV+ has launched Season 2 of ‘Lovely Little Farm‘, its hybrid live-action/animated family series about two sisters taking on their own little farm, nestled among the lavender fields around their family’s farmhouse. I served as Head Writer/Executive Producer on the show, made in the UK by Darrall Macqueen Productions, which includes a whole farm’s worth of live animals, animatronic effects, and SFX by Industrial Light and Magic.

Season 1 of Lovely Little Farm won the Broadcast Award for Best Preschool Programme 2023, and the BAFTA Award for Best Preschool Live Action Show 2022.

Season 2 premiered globally on 16th June 2023, on the Apple TV+ app, and is Nominated for the Rose d’Or 2023 for Children and Youth.

You can watch the series’ official trailer here.

JAN 2023 – ‘MOOMINVALLEY’ S4 episodes for Yle and SKY

I’ve joined the writing team for the latest season of the global hit family comedy-adventure animation ‘MOOMINVALLEY‘, based on the much-loved books and comics by Tove and Lars Jansson. The multi award-winning show is produced by Gutsy Animations, for screening in the UK by Sky, Finland by Yle, and worldwide in 60 countries. The show’s cast to date has included Rosamund Pike, Matt Berry, Jack Rowan, Jennifer Saunders and Richard Ayoade. Season 4 is due to launch in 2024.

APRIL 2021 – ‘HUNTER STREET’ S4 LAUNCHES ON NICKELODEON

Season 4 of HUNTER STREET will launch on Nickelodeon from April 19th. I’ve written two episodes of the latest series of the hit mystery comedy-drama, as well as contributing to writing team story conferences. I’m a returning writer from Season 3 of the show, for which I wrote five episodes. Produced by Blooming Media, the show was nominated for Best International Live Action at the Children’s BAFTA Awards in 2018.

Nov 2014 – BAFTA Award win for ‘Diddy Movies 2’

An episode of ‘Diddy Movies 2‘ that I co-wrote has won the 2014 BAFTA CHILDREN’S AWARD FOR BEST COMEDY. I’ve been a lead writer on both series of the show, and the winning episode ‘High Broom & A Christmas, Christmas Movie’ was produced by Steve Ryde and directed by Dez McCarthy. The award was announced at a ceremony on November 23rd. Also nominated in the Comedy category was ‘DNN: Definitely Not Newsround‘, for which I was a regular sketch writer on this second series.