Roy Apps
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Roy Apps is a British screenwriter, dramatist and children’s author.
He is one of only four writers ever to have received a personal BAFTA for outstanding contributions to children’s film and television.
For ten years Roy wrote for the award-winning CBBC
series Byker Grove
where his first job was to write out the show’s leading characters ‘PJ and Duncan’ played by Ant and Dec. He co-devised and wrote for the award-winning series The Ghost Hunter
and has contributed to many other TV series including Chucklevision
, Barmy Aunt Boomerang
, Stacey Stone and Casper's Scare School
.
Roy has written over a hundred scripts for BBC radio, including Fungus the Bogeyman, which won a Sony Award. His most recent work includes The Master & Mrs Tucker, a play about the friendship between Noel Coward
and E Nesbit and My Darling Olivia, a monologue for Penelope Keith
. Both of these dramas were made for BBC Radio 4 by the award-winning independent production company Pier Productions.
He is the author of fifty eight children’s books, including the hugely popular How to Handle Your Teacher.
In 1991, Roy’s novel The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons won the Writers’ Guild Children’s Book Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Awards. The Fang Gang series is published by Bloomsbury and his sports series Dream to Win is published by Franklin Watts
.
His children's' musical The Hunt for William Shakespeare (music by Jenny Gould) was performed by the Chichester Youth Theatre as part of the 2010 Festival season.
He regularly visits schools to help young writers create books, plays, films, poetry, podcasts, musical theatre and opera. He has been Writer-in-Residence at The Museum of Canterbury, Operahouse Music Projects, the Aspire Trust, the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea and The National Gallery, London.
He is one of only four writers ever to have received a personal BAFTA for outstanding contributions to children’s film and television.
For ten years Roy wrote for the award-winning CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
series Byker Grove
Byker Grove
Byker Grove was a British television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 and was created by Adele Rose. The show was broadcast at 5.10pm after Newsround on CBBC on BBC One...
where his first job was to write out the show’s leading characters ‘PJ and Duncan’ played by Ant and Dec. He co-devised and wrote for the award-winning series The Ghost Hunter
The Ghost Hunter (TV series)
The Ghost Hunter is an award winning British children's drama series created for the BBC and based on the books The Ghost Hunter by Ivan Jones . It was first broadcast in January 2000 and the last series was first broadcast,in 2002. Repeats continue to be shown on BBC and CBBC as well as in other...
and has contributed to many other TV series including Chucklevision
ChuckleVision
ChuckleVision is a popular British television series shown mainly on CBBC. New episodes are always first aired on BBC One, and occasionally episodes are shown on BBC Two. The first episode was shown on 26 September 1987. It follows the adventures of the Chuckle Brothers & the Patton Brothers, who...
, Barmy Aunt Boomerang
Barmy Aunt Boomerang
Barmy Aunt Boomerang was a children's comedy series which aired on BBC1 in the UK from 16 September 1999 to 14 December 2000. Sebastian's world is turned upside down by the arrival of his unconventional Australian aunt Boomerang...
, Stacey Stone and Casper's Scare School
Casper's Scare School (TV series)
Casper's Scare School is an animated series based on the computer film of the same name starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series airs on Cartoon Network October 5, 2009. A second season has been announced. -Plot:...
.
Roy has written over a hundred scripts for BBC radio, including Fungus the Bogeyman, which won a Sony Award. His most recent work includes The Master & Mrs Tucker, a play about the friendship between Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
and E Nesbit and My Darling Olivia, a monologue for Penelope Keith
Penelope Keith
Penelope Anne Constance Keith, CBE, DL is an English actress.Having started her television career in the 1950s, Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when she played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life...
. Both of these dramas were made for BBC Radio 4 by the award-winning independent production company Pier Productions.
He is the author of fifty eight children’s books, including the hugely popular How to Handle Your Teacher.
In 1991, Roy’s novel The Secret Summer of Daniel Lyons won the Writers’ Guild Children’s Book Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Awards. The Fang Gang series is published by Bloomsbury and his sports series Dream to Win is published by Franklin Watts
Franklin Watts
-History:Franklin Watts Inc. was formed in 1942. The company was sold to Grolier in 1957. When the namesake founder retired in 1967, he moved to London to start Franklin Watts Ltd. in 1969. Franklin Watts retired again in 1976....
.
His children's' musical The Hunt for William Shakespeare (music by Jenny Gould) was performed by the Chichester Youth Theatre as part of the 2010 Festival season.
He regularly visits schools to help young writers create books, plays, films, poetry, podcasts, musical theatre and opera. He has been Writer-in-Residence at The Museum of Canterbury, Operahouse Music Projects, the Aspire Trust, the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea and The National Gallery, London.