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Emmy Award Winning Pet School
For most people, the hot summer of 2012 meant one thing: the London Olympics. For me, while London filled with the world’s top athletes, I found myself on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by pets of every variety. The result was Pet School, a show for CBBC that allowed children to ‘test drive’ a…
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Skills for Life: Writing for Scouts
It’s been an absolute pleasure to take on The Scout Association as a client. Writing all types of material (from animation scripts to social media posts) for this vibrant, ever-changing and important organisation has been a total privilege. As a former Beaver, Cub and Scout myself I understand the importance of the great work volunteers…
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Nickelodeon Sketches
During my years at Nickelodeon, I wrote (and often produced and directed) many, many, very silly comedy sketches. Sadly, much of what was created during these golden times has now been lost due to tape deletions and content being removed from YouTube. I recently unearthed this selection taken from the dozens of sketches I wrote…
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Little Gnome Facts
‘Little Gnome Facts’ were a series of shorts that I devised and scripted for Nickelodeon. Starring the legendary Christopher Biggins and the hugely talented Andy Taylor, these sketches featured the lives to two bickering garden gnomes, ‘Salt’ and ‘Pepper’. Recording the voiceovers for the series was a true education, with Christopher Biggins providing me with…
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Hannah-oke Memories
I wanted to share this clip from my time as producer on Hannah-oke, the Hannah Montana karaoke show made by Disney Channel UK. Filming the show was a memorable experience, it saw Hannah Montana-mad fans, and their families, sing along to tracks made famous by Miley Cyrus. Presented by Duncan James (from Blue) and Konnie…
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Hairy Dog Stories
During my time as a producer at Nickelodeon, I developed and wrote a series of animation shorts called ‘Hairy Dog Stories’. Years before I met Hacker T Dog I was perfecting my writing for canines with the adventures of Mr Arnold and Toby. Mr Arnold is a sheep dog with a passion for telling tall…
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The Sue Barker Song…
It’s been lovely to get such positive feedback from clients and followers about my time producing, directing and writing CBBC presentation for BBC1, BBC2 and the CBBC Channel. It was a great experience to work with a hugely talented team, many of whom have gone on to achieve impressive feats in the years that followed.…
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‘Unimole Tails’ Available to Buy
One of the joys of being a freelance writer is being asked to get involved with a wide range of projects. Recently I’ve been working with the team at Life’s Little Recipes on creating a series of stories starring ‘Unimole’ a magical creature who shares love and happiness. It’s been a wonderful project, helping to…
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Puppets and Presenters!
My, how the years have flown by! If you asked my kids what Daddy does for work, they’d be sure to say that I type on a computer and (frequently) look stressed. It’s not always been like that, there was a time when I’d go to work at the (much missed) Television Centre in Shepherd’s…
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Happy Clients
As a freelance writer, getting feedback from my clients is hugely important. It’s important to me that I exceed my clients’ expectations, so getting positive feedback is wonderful. Here’s what Fiona Thomas, founder of Life’s Little Recipes, said recently about working with me. “I’ve loved working with you Chris – you’re hugely talented, funny and…
Chris McGuire: Writer 