Andrew Norriss (born 1947) is a British

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and a writer for

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Background

Andrew Norriss was born in 1947. He was educated at

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followed by University at

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(1966–70). After teaching at Stroud School, Romsey he trained for his PGCE at University of Winchester from 1973 to 1974, then taught History at Peter Symonds College, Winchester from 1974 to 1985. Whilst teaching he started writing television sitcoms and children's comedy dramas with Richard Fegen. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife, and writes children's books.

Writing

Norriss won The Whitbread (Costa) Children's Book Award (1997) for his children's book ''Aquila'', which he wrote both as a book and as the '' Aquila'' series for the BBC. He also adapted his book '' Matt's Million'' for ITV and novelized the second to fourth series of his TV show '' Woof!'' (itself based on a book by

Allan Ahlberg Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 15 November 1994; née Hall) and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lis ...

), the first three series of ''

Bernard's Watch ''Bernard's Watch'' (informally known as ''Bernard'' in the reboot series) is a British children's drama series about a young boy who could stop time with a magical pocket watch. The show was created by Andrew Norriss and was produced for seven ...

'' and the second series of Aquila, as well as creating and co-writing the successful sitcom '' The Brittas Empire''. Norriss has retired from giving talks in schools and libraries around the country for children and teachers, but is still writing. His 2015 book ''Jessica's Ghost'' is published by David Fickling Books and was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award in 2016.

Children's books

*''Woof! The Tale Wags On'' (1989) *''Woof! The Tales Gets Longer'' (1991) *''Woof! A Twist in the Tale'' (1992) *''Matt's Million'' (1995) *''Aquila'' (1997) *''Bernard's Watch'' (1999) *''The Touchstone'' (2004) *''The Unluckiest Boy in the World'' (2006) *''The Portal'' (2007) *''Ctrl-Z'' (2009) *''Aquila 2'' (2010) *''I Don't Believe It, Archie!'' (2011) *''Archie's Unbelievably Freaky Week'' (2012) *''Jessica's Ghost'' (published in the United States as ''Friends for Life'') (2015) *''Mike'' (2018) *''Felix Unlimited'' (2021)

Mainstream television

*'' The Brittas Empire'' – BBC *'' The Labours of Erica'' – Thames/ITV *''

Ffizz ''Ffizz'' is a British television sitcom created by ITV which ran from 9 September 1987 to 29 August 1989 which followed Jack Mowbray (Richard Griffiths) and Hugo Walker (Benjamin Whitrow), who owned a wine business but never had to actually ru ...

'' – Thames/ITV *'' Chance in a Million'' – Thames/Channel 4

Children's television

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'' – Carlton/ITV *'' Aquila'' – BBC *'' Matt's Million'' – Carlton/ITV *'' Woof!'' – Central/ITV; based on the book by Allan Ahlberg

References

External links

Andrew Norriss' homepage

Information about Andrew Norriss' work

Bibliography
Living people British male screenwriters British children's writers Alumni of the University of Winchester Alumni of Trinity College Dublin People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead 1947 births {{UK-child-writer-stub