Toys for the series have been commissioned with 40 licensees being granted to some of the worlds largest toy manufacturers so we expect to see the shelves full of Moon & Me toys before the end of 2019. Bob Mortimer wins 2023 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with The Satsuma Complex

Take a Look at Our Summary of November Highlights, Whether You're Looking for the Latest Releases or Gift Inspiration One read of the original pitch was all it took to convince us that Andrew had, once again, come up with an idea so beautifully simple yet rich and ambitious in scope that we couldn’t not have it,” he said.We went to Sheffield University and set up an observational project. We had children playing in toy houses and set up a microphone inside. It was like a Big Brother house for toys.” The series “taps into children’s innate curiosity and desire to create through their play routines, forming their own imaginary worlds and relationships through their toys.” The series eschews CGI. “We use puppetry to make the toys come alive and stop motion animation for Moon Baby. We’re trying to make a different world that doesn’t look like anything else out there. It’s a handcrafted with 500 individually-designed props and furnishings. The viewer is at eye level and sees the whole toy house.” In The Night Garden was another billion-pound hit for Davenport (BBC)

Dystopian Fiction Books Everyone Should Read: Explore The Darker Side of Possible Worlds and Alternative Futures Davenport, 53, who has a BSc in speech sciences, conducted his own academic research before embarking on the project. “I was interested in the literary storm of ‘toy house’ stories in the middle of the nineteenth century which are still in print today,” Davenport told i. Michael Towner, Commissioning Editor at CBeebies, said it was “vital” for children to experience quality UK-originated pre-school programming. Davenport already has plans for fifty more Moon and Me episodes although his shows appear about as regularly as new Kate Bush albums. “I’d love to make the next one in less than ten years time,” he admitted. “This is just the time it takes to develop a show like this. Moon and Me just felt like the right thing to do next.”

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Each Davenport series has its own distinct visual style. “With Teletubbies we had to build a believable scale world from a child’s point of view around adult actors in suits.” Debuted in 1997 and has now seen by an estimated billion children in 120 countries. Controversy followed the four creatures with televisions on their abdomens who played each day in Teletubbyland. We are sure that this is just the beginning for a fruitful and exciting future for the Moon and Me franchise and we Andrew Davenport and his team the very best for the years to come. Davenport emerged with “a show that wears its emotional heart on its sleeve. Pepi Nana and her friends share books, write letters to each other, draw pictures, make things, invent things and go in search of adventure together.” ‘Tiddle-toddle’

Pepi Nana says “tiddle toddle” because those kinds of sounds are how children learn to play with language, says Davenport, who has no children of his own but plenty of godchildren. Moon Baby, Lambkin, Mr Onion, Sleepy Dibillo, Colly Wobble, Pepi Nana, Little Nana (BBC)The children's TV show, Moon & Me airs on CBeebies and has been launched with 10 episodes; Pepi Nana's Letter, Pepi Nana Crosses the Bridge, The Big Tea, Who Rides What?, Everybody In The Tub!, Humpty Onion, Big Walk Little Walk, The Silly Song, Let's Have A Race and Hoppity Hop, Across the Bridge!. Pepi Nana is the favourite doll of the child we see putting her to bed in the Toy House at the beginning of every episode. The 22-minute tales each feature Nana writing a magical letter to her friend Moon Baby, who visits the Toy House for tea and a story. Ninky Nonk, Pontipines, Igglepiggle made their first appearance in 2007 and are still shown on CBeebies every evening.

Moon & Me is Andrew Davenports latest creation in children's TV. Welcome to the stage the cast of Moon & Me, Pepi Nana, Mr Onion, Lambkin, Dibillo, Colly Wobble, Little Nana, Lily Plant and Moon Baby! A Hollywood entertainment company, Bento Box Entertainment, partnered with Davenport’s Foundling Bird business to bring to produce Moon and Me, which is designed to relax toddlers and prepare them for sleepy-time. Magical Toy HouseYou can shop through Moon and Me toys right here with the selection that is currently available. If, like us you're wondering when you can expect to see even more Moon and Me toys available to buy this winter.