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NIKHIL & JAY - Prix Jeunesse Awards nomination
CREATOR/LEAD WRITER/EXEC PRODUCER: CHITRA SOUNDAR/TEAM WRITER: JEN WAKEFIELD
29 May 2026
Fingers firmly crossed for Prix Jeunesse International Finalist, Nikhil & Jay. The show has been nomination in the 0-6 years fiction category. Hopefully we'll be congratulating Creator, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Chitra Soundar and Team Writer, Jen Wakefield, next week!
PLAYTIME TOWERS
WRITER: CIARAN CRUICKSHANK
27 May 2026
CBeebies series, PLAYTIME TOWERS, returns with brand new episodes daily from Monday 1st June at 8.35am and available on iPlayer. Ciaran Cruickshank is on the writing team and has contributed a number of episodes to all series.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: BARBARA EMILE
DON'T GET CATFISHED awards win and nomination
26 May 2026
Congrats to Executive Producer, Barbara Emile, on winning the award for DON'T GET CATFISHED in Digital Original Format – Comedy & Entertainment category at the The TellyCast Digital Video Awards 2026. The show has also been nominated in Best Shortform Format category in Broadcast Digital Awards with ceremony to take place on 1st July. DON'T GET CATFISHED is produced by Bakers Dozen Studios and After Party.
EASTENDERS
WRITTEN BY LYNNE DALLOW
22 April 2026
It's a big week on Albert Square as Grant Mitchell returns. Tuesday's episode is written by Lynne Dallow. It broadcasts at 7.30pm on BBC1 on 28th April and available to catch up on iPlayer.
NEW CLIENT: CHITRA SOUNDAR
Scriptwriter and author, Chitra Soundar, joins Cecily Ware
08 April 2026
We're delighted to be representing multi-talented Chitra Soundar as scriptwriter. Chitra is an internationally published, award-winning author of children’s books, writer of kids TV, audio and theatre. Her young fiction series of children’s books, NIKHIL AND JAY, is now a successful animation series broadcasting on CBeebies in the UK. Chitra is Executive Producer and Lead Writer on the show. She has also written for Netflix and Channel 5’s Milkshake!
THE NORTHUMBRIA MYSTERIES
WRITER: KEITH TEMPLE
08 April 2026
New 8-part series, THE NORTHUMBRIA MYSTERIES, will start filming this Spring. We're delighted that Keith Temple is on the writing team. It's produced by Lonesome Pine for BBC and stars Robson Green as jack-of-all-trades, Joe Ruby.
THE DUMPING GROUND - RTS NORTH EAST WINNER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER and SERIES PRODUCER: GERT THOMAS
02 March 2026
Congrats to Gert Thomas, Executive Producer and Series Producer of Series 13 of CBBC's THE DUMPING GROUND. Gert picked up the RTS North East award for Best Children's show at the ceremony on Saturday evening.
THE CITY IN YEAR ZERO by MICHAEL RUSSELL
UK & IRELAND PUBLICATION: 5TH MARCH 2026
26 February 2026
It's publication day for Michael Russell's tenth Stefan Gillespie novel, THE CITY IN YEAR ZERO (Constable/Little Brown). It's published in paperback and ebook in the UK and Ireland on 5th March and available in all good bookstores and on-line retailers.
GO JETTERS GO!
SERIES PRODUCER: SALLY MARCHANT WRITERS: JEN WAKEFIELD and SALLY MARCHANT
18 February 2026
The BBC has announced, GO JETTERS GO!, the first-ever spin-off show of the successful children's franchise, GO JETTERS. And we're delighted that Series Producer & Writer, Sally Marchant, and Scriptwriter, Jen Wakefield, are part of the team.
New animation series: DUCK & FROG
WRITER: JEN WAKEFIELD
11 February 2026
New animation series, DUCK & FROG, premieres daily on CBBC on Monday 16th February at 4pm. Jen Wakefield scripted two episodes for the show. Duck is just trying to make rent and is always accepting new jobs, but his dreams of keeping a job for longer than a day inevitably crumble before him thanks to overbearing Frog.
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