Keith Reginald Littler (born 26 March 1961 in

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) is an English author, writer, composer and producer best known for his work on several children's programmes.

Bottom Knocker Street

Keith Littler, director and founder of Fubuloo Ltd, produced, directed and was lead writer/script editor on 52 X 11mins of ''Bottom Knocker Street'' for ITV Southampton (first TX Aug 2013). The series, based upon an original concept by Paul Galloway and Richard Watson, stars

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and follows the adventures of four children who face random and improbable hurdles in their quest to build a city farm. Littler also composed and performed the music for the series.

The Little Entertainment Group Ltd.

Littler was also a

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of The Little Entertainment Group, which evolved from a post-production company he formed in 1988. Littler’s company produced several internationally successful TV shows including ''

Little Red Tractor ''Little Red Tractor'' is a British children's television series produced by The Little Entertainment Company and was co-produced by Entertainment Rights for the first two series. The ten-minute episodes were broadcast in the United Kingdom by ...

'', ''Merlin the Magical Puppy'', '' Little Monsters'', ''

Roman Mysteries ''The Roman Mysteries'' is a series of historical novels for children by Caroline Lawrence. The first book, '' The Thieves of Ostia'', was published in 2001, finishing with '' The Man from Pomegranate Street'', published in 2009, and totaling ...

'', and ''Billy'' among others. Littler is a published author of several children’s books relating to his TV series. In 2007, Littler founded the children’s music group

The Bopps The Bopps are a children's musical group formed in the south west of England in 2010. Their members are Stan Cullimore, Keith Littler, Mike Cross and Joanna Ruiz. Formation Stan Cullimore was previously a member of the pop band The Housemart ...

and went on to develop and appear in the TV series with Stan Cullimore, Michael Cross and Joanna Ruiz for

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. Littler formed his TV production company in 1988 after ten years of playing in musical bands and football commentating on local radio with

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. His passion for motor-sport resulted in him producing and presenting for

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the Legends Cars Championship.

Other works

Littler has also worked as a sound designer on ''The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey'' (as well as composing the background music) (ITV) and ''

Casper and Friends ''The Harveytoons Show'' is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced by Famous Studios from 1950 until 1964, which were acquired by Harvey Entertainment. History This show features Harvey Comics characters and series i ...

'' (

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), a music composer on '' Little Monsters'' (BBC) and a voice director on ''

Watership Down ''Watership Down'' is an adventure novel by English author Richard Adams, published by Rex Collings Ltd of London in 1972. Set in Berkshire in southern England, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural ...

'' (ITV). Keith Littler also produces and presents the 'YouTube' internet monthly magazine 'Table Football Monthly' focussing on all types of table football - as highlighted in the title - with 'Subbuteo Table Soccer' the magazine's main focus.

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The Little Entertainment Group
Living people 1961 births English television executives People from Ely, Cambridgeshire English television writers British male television writers English voice directors English children's writers English male composers English television composers {{UK-business-bio-1960s-stub