Will Brenton is a

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who has worked in many areas of

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and

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, primarily through his companies Tell-Tale productions and Wish Films, both of which he founded with Iain Lauchlan. Together they gained six BAFTA nominations, as well as many other awards for their work together. They won a 2000 BAFTA, Best Pre-School Live Action. They first met as presenters on the

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children's programme ''

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'', where they presented the Tent Stop together. From there they went on the write and appear in the

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, from 1991 up to 2000. These pantomimes are still performed all over the UK today by Imagine Theatre. During that time they created and produced many of the UK's favourite TV shows for children, including ''The

Tweenies ''Tweenies'' is a British live action Puppet children's television series created by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan. The programme is focused on four pre-school aged characters, known as the "Tweenies", playing, singing, dancing, and learning ...

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Fun Song Factory Fun Song Factory is a British preschool children's television series. It was originally created in 1994 by Will Brenton and Iain Lauchlan, who at the time, were part of the ''Playdays'' production team. The series was produced through their stud ...

'', '' Boo!'' and ''

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!'' Later, as Wish Films, they also created 'Jim Jam and Sunny' for ITV. Brenton also directed ''

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Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

'' in the nineties, and in 2010 he co-wrote and directed the very successful

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live tour, 'The Monsters Are Coming' starring

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, a sixteen-piece rock band playing the music of

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and playing in arenas all over the UK. Will has also written books for children, his first titles ''Claude'' and 'Elephant White' being released in 2011–2012, published by

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respectively. More recently Brenton has continued writing and directing shows for the Arena circuit, including 'Cbeebies - Stars' 'Justin and Friends' 'Cbeebies The Big Band' as well as writing and directing live shows for The Hairy Bikers and directing David Hasselhoff in 'Peter Pan' at the Opera House in Manchester. In 2015 Will Brenton will be writing and directing the next Basil Brush Live show and the next 'Justin and Friends - Mr Tumble's Circus' arena tour. He has also developed and produced ''Melody'', a show for

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about a partially sighted girl and the stories she imagines when listening to classical music. A second series was produced in the Autumn of 2014. Lauchlan left Wish Films in 2009, and Will ran the company with Helen Cadwallader. They went on to produce a TV adaptation of

Mick Inkpen Mick Inkpen (born 22 December 1952) is a British author and illustrator. He is best known for his creations Kipper the Dog and Wibbly Pig. Background Inkpen was born on 22 December 1952 in Romford, Essex, England. He was educated at Royal ...

's '

Wibbly Pig Wibbly Pig is the title character of a series of picture books for young children, written and illustrated by English author and illustrator Mick Inkpen. The series includes titles such as ''Wibbly Pig Likes Bananas'' () and ''Is It Bedtime Wibb ...

' books (nominated for a

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' books, which have appeared on Disney UK as 'Florrie's Dragons'.

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*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107625/ *http://www.wishfilms.com *http://www.willbrenton.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Brenton, Will Living people British television writers British television directors British children's writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)