Andrew Davenport

Who is Andrew Davenport?

Andrew Davenport is an award-winning English producer, writer and composer 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 target 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.