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What Was New 2007

HORRID HENRY | Clive Endersby and Allan Plenderleith

The hugely popular characters from Francesca Simon's children's books have been brought to life by Novel Entertainment in a new animated series for CITV aimed at children aged between 6 and 9 years. Clive Endersby script edited Series 1 and is writing Series 2 as is Allan Plenderleith. Everyone loves Henry, because inside us all is a horrid Henry (or Henrietta) waiting to get out.

MELTDOWN | Robert Rigby

In the final instalment of the BOY SOLDIER series, Robert Rigby continues the story of Danny Watts who is now 18, and his ex SAS Grandfather, Fergus Watts. MELTDOWN finds Danny and Fergus recruited by the head of Security Services of MI5 in a bid to discover the mastermind behind a major drugs plot. Bringing them up against an old adversary, this time it is a battle to the end. Published by Doubleday Children's Books in May 2007, the BOY SOLDIER series continues to sell strongly.

BABY BOOM | Ray Brooking

BBC Daytime's Director's Debut returns with Ray Brooking's BABY BOOM - the story of two very different couples starting a family. CUTTING IT star Sarah Parish directs and starring Susie Blake and Annette Badland, BABY BOOM is followed by a documentary charting the production process from Maverick Productions. BBC1, March 2007.

GOAL II: LIVING THE DREAM | Robert Rigby

After the success of the first film, GOAL II: LIVING THE DREAM follows through with the continuing story of Santiago Munez played by Kuno Becker. After finding his feet at Newcastle United Santiago gets a huge break when he is transferred to Real Madrid. Also starring Anna Friel as Roz and featuring David Beckham, GOAL II was on general release accompanied by this tie-in novelisation written by Robert Rigby.

STRICTLY LADY SUMO | Tina Pepler

STRICTLY LADY SUMO a 60 min documentary narrated by Dawn French (RDF Media for Channel 4, January 2007)) follows the journey of a group of larger than life women as they undertake the extraordinary challenge of learning the ancient art of sumo in time to compete at the World Championships in Japan. Tina Pepler was script consultant on this project.