Jen Upton
Writer Producer Showrunner
Credits
King Bert Productions
Acting as Children’s Development Producer developing a range of projects.
Paddington – Heyday Films
Part of writing team for new animated series about the little bear from Peru.
Shaun the Sheep – Aardman Animation
Story Development for new series of the beloved stop motion series.
Treasure Trekkers – Aquaviva Media
Writing for new CGI series about a group of adventurous mice.
Planet Ripos the Movie! - Vidox Media
Writing the feature script for this popular Spanish series.
Digby Dragon – Blue Zoo Animation
Head writer for second series of CG animated show
Lloyd of the Flies – Aardman
Development and scripting for new 6–9 animated comedy.
Creepers – Giant Animation/Cake Entertainment
Development and writing on new CGI mystery adventure series for 6-9s
Winnie Wilbur – Winduna
Head Writer for initial 12 episodes of new animated series.
Best Bugs Forever – Disney/Je Suis Bien Content
Part of writing team for new animated comedy for 6-9s
Milkshake
Senior Executive Producer for the popular kids strand on Channel 5.
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Shane the Chef- Hoho Entertainment/Cloth Cat Animation
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Noddy Toyland Detective– Dreamworks Animation/Gaumont Aniamtion
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Little Princess – Illuminated Film Company
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Floogals – The Foundation/Jellyfish Animation.
Wildwoods– Sixteen South
Part of writing team for pre-school puppet show.
Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed – DC Thomson/BBC
Developed and head wrote CGI reboot of classic comic duo.
Bottersnikes and Gumbles – BBC/Cheeky Little Media/Cake Entertainment
Head writer and Supervising Producer for CGI show based on classic book series.
Bitz and Bob – BBC/Fremantle
Development work on new show for Cbeebies. Head writer for first 6 episodes during pre-greenlight phase.
Nella Knightly – Brown Bag Films/ Nickelodeon.
Part of writing team for new show for Nick Junior
Monster Teddies – Cheeky Little Media/Creata/Dubit
Development work for multi platform project, bible and pilot scripts.
Zac Power – Cheeky Little Media
Development work adapting popular book series, bible and pilot script.
Disney
Programme Manager for Disney XD and Disney Channel, developing and producing a range of shows for 6-9s.
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Boyster – Disney/Je Suis Bien Content
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Randy Cunningham 9thGrade Ninja seasons 1 & 2
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Packages from Planet X – Disney/Studio B
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Groove High – Disney/Planet Nemo
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Rated A for Awesome – Disney/Nerd Corp
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Dude, That’s My Ghost! - Disney/Alphenim
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Jimmy Two Shoes – Disney/Breakthrough
Chorion
Chorion – Supervising Producer
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Gaspard and Lisa– Responsible for setting up a new animation studio in Chorion’s head offices.
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Peter Rabbit and Friends– Development work on classic property.
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The Mr Men Show– Re-wrote US scripts for the UK audience, oversaw casting and re-voicing.
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Noddy in Toyland– Responsible for the redevelopment of this beloved character.
TV Loonland
Development Executive
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Sam Samwich – Project development.
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Dragon’s Rock - Supervising Producer
Hit Entertainment
Producer
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Fireman Sam– Responsible for the incredibly successful redevelopment of this very popular show, shepherding the beloved group of characters into a CGI format.
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Buddy Patrol – Development work with Chris Dicker (What’s Your News?)
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Woollywoos– Development work with Mellie Buse (Grandpa in My Pocket).
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Funny Bunch – Development work with popular illustrator Lydia Monks (What the Ladybird Heard, The Singing Mermaid) and Jackie Cockle (Bob the Builder, Timmy Time).
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Wishbone does History – Re-developing the popular live action series with Michael Wood (Conquistadors/In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great).
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Art Attack Junior– Working with presenter Neil Buchanan to develop a pre-school version of this popular show.
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Thingamigiggles– Development work with Bafta winning Pesky Animation (Adrenalini Bros, Boj).