Andrew Davenport (born 10 June 1965) is an English producer, writer, composer, puppeteer and actor specialising in creating television and publishing for young children. Davenport has been dubbed ‘the J. K. Rowling of the under fives’ following the extraordinary international success of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden… Davenport created Teletubbies (first broadcast in the UK in 1997) with Anne Wood and wrote all of the 365 episodes. He created In the Night Garden… (first broadcast in the UK in 2007), wrote all of the 100 episodes, and composed the title theme and incidental music. He is renowned for creating high-volume and technologically pioneering character-based productions, designed for developmentally specific audiences that appeal successfully to their pre-school age group. In March 2012, Andrew Davenport became CEO of Shine Group’s children’s venture focusing on creating both traditional and interactive content for children, initially for the pre-school market. He even wrote the English scripts for Fabeltjeskrant the Dutch TV show for around the world