[They] learn by self-motivated experimentation, establishing connections and patterns - by gradually assimilating rules and adapting them to accommodate new experiences. Television seemed uniquely well-equipped to address these processes." Despite initial negative critical reception, and rigorous scrutiny by developmental experts, Teletubbies went on to be one of the most popular and iconic shows in history, pioneering programming for pre-school children, winning 17 industry awards and broadcast in over 120 countries, being translated into 45 languages. Davenport co-created Teletubbies with Anne Wood, and wrote all of the 365 x 25-minute episodes. In 2002, Davenport wrote the BAFTA winning series Teletubbies Everywhere (52 x 10 minutes). In September 2013, WildBrain acquired all rights to Teletubbies through its purchase of Ragdoll Worldwide, adding new characters and combining Davenport's original scripts with new writing. In the Night Garden (2007-2009) In the early 2000's, Davenport noticed that his friends' children had difficulty settling at bedtime. He created In the Night Garden... to give children a positive narrative around going to sleep. Davenport created the series and the characters, wrote all 100 episodes and composed music for all episodes of the double BAFTA winning In the Night Garden... (100 x 30 minutes). Shine Group (2012-2014) In 2012, Davenport joined Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group as head of a new pre-school content division. In 2014, Davenport and Shine incorporated Davenport's specialist pre-school content company, Foundling Bird. Moon and Me (2019-present) Based on his love of popular toy-house stories from the mid 20th century by Rumer Godden and Enid Blyton, Davenport decided to create his own contemporary toy-house story. Davenport teamed up with the University of Sheffield to create a study of children's play, using a toy house equipped with cameras and microphones. This study revealed young children's "small world play" interests, including stairs, doorbells, and tea time. Davenport used the study to inform his development of Moon and Me, the story of a group of toy characters, brought to life by the moon shining on their toy house. Davenport rejects contemporary CGI effects and animation methods, instead insisting on filming with real objects using rod puppets, vast model sets, over 500 miniature props, and stop motion animation to create the series entirely at toy-house scale, and in-camera. Davenport wrote all 50 episodes and composed all music for the series. Moon and Me launched on CBeebies in 2019. It was co-produced by Davenport's company Foundling Bird and Sutikki. Influences