Christopher Lillicrap
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Christopher J. Lillicrap (born 14 February 1949 in
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, Devon) is a British television presenter, writer and composer. He is best known for being a children's TV presenter in the 1970s and 1980s, and has numerous writing credits, including''
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''. He presented ''We'll Tell You a Story'', and ''Flicks'' between 1983 and 1988. Lillicrap is also the creator of the educational television show ''
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''. His stage work includes
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, writing for the Proper Pantomime Company, in whose productions he starred as the
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. He has co-written numerous pantomimes and children's shows for the theatre with his actress wife Jeanette Ranger. Their musical ''Monty Moonbeam's Magnificent Mission'' won the TMA/Martini Award for Best Show for Young People. Lillicrap no longer performs in pantomime following his wife's stroke. Lillicrap lived for many years in Farnborough,
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before moving to the Greek island of
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, where he wrote his first novel, ''Midas'', under the pseudonym Dominic Ranger, published by Matador in 2013.


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