User:IanWilliamson5243/Will Brenton
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Will Brenton Will Brenton is a writer/producer director who has worked in many areas of television and theatre, primarily through his companies Tell-Tale productions and Wish Films, both of which he founded with Iain Lauchlan. Together they gained six BAFTA nominations, as well as many other awards for their work together. They first met as presenters on the BBC Children's programme 'Playbus' where they presented the Tent Stop together. From there they went on the write and appear in the Pantomimes at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, from 1991 up to 2000. These pantos are still performed all over the UK today by Imagine Theatre. During that time they created an produced many of the UK's favourite TV shows for children, including 'The Tweenies' ' Fun Song Factory' ' Boo!' and 'BB3B!' Lster, as Wish Films, they also created 'Jim Jam and Sunny' for ITV.
Will also directed 'Coronation Street' and 'Emmerdale' in the nineties, and in 2010 he co-wrote and directed the very successful Dr Who live tour, 'The Monsters Are Coming' starring Nigel Planer, a sixteen peice rock band playing the music of Murray Gold and playing in arenas all over the UK.
Will has also written books for children, his first titles 'Claude' and Elephant White' being released in 2011/2012, Published by Egmont and Templar respectively.
Iain left Wish Films in 2009, and Will ran the company with Helen Cadwallader. They went on to produce a Tv adaptation of Mick Inpen's 'Wibbly Pig' books (nominated for a Gemini in Canada) and An Vrombaut's 'Dear Dragon' books, which have appeared on Disney UK as 'Florrie's Dragons'
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[edit]- [http//:www.wishfilms.com]