Alan Dapré (born 1965) is a British
writer
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who has successfully written for television, radio and publishers for over 20 years. He worked as a creative and originator for
Ragdoll Productions
Ragdoll Productions is a British television production company founded in 1984 by Anne Wood, who had previously worked for Yorkshire Television and TV-am. It is located in Stratford-upon-Avon, and has produced a number of children's programm ...
for eight years, and his episodes of
Brum,
Boohbah
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and
Blips
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are broadcast worldwide. He co-wrote with
Robin Stevens
Robin Gordon Stevens (born 30 January 1960) is an English puppeteer, actor, director and writer for children's TV for nearly 30 years, and has done many successful programmes. These include ''Pob's Programme'', '' Corners'', ''Teletubbies'', ...
and with Joel Wilenius developed many quirky stories and characters for the new BBC show,
Tronji
''Tronji'' is a CG animated children's TV series and a multiplayer online game, produced in the United Kingdom and aimed at children aged six to nine years. It was commissioned by CBBC, produced by Ragdoll Productions (their first CBBC-only prod ...
.
Alan Dapré is author of over 60 books for children,
and 'Everything You Need To Know When You're Eight' was read in audio book form by
Tony Robinson
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. Alan Dapré has written plays for
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. His play 'Comeback' was staged at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1987 with performances by
and William Ivory. His popular plays for Primary schools help developing readers gain fluency.
Alan is also the author of the ''Porridge the Tartan Cat'' series of books published b