Allan Plenderleith
Head Writer and Development Consultant for kids' animation
Character-driven Comedy with Heart
About me
Hi! I'm a Scriptwriter, Head Writer, Development Consultant, and Content Creator working in Children's Television, Animation, Youtube, Video Games, Interactive and Educational spaces. Currently Head Writer for Nickelodeon and iQIYI's new series DEER SQUAD, now working with the team on scripts for Season 3.
I have written on top-rated Emmy and BAFTA-winning shows produced by animation production companies and broadcasters all over the world for over 20 years. Currently working as a Development Consultant on several new projects as well as developing my own IP.
It's always exciting to be brought in on new projects at the early development stage - building characters and worlds for kids is so rewarding and exciting!
Drop me a note if you are looking to develop your new project!
Sample Episodes
Here's some of my work - get in touch if you'd like to know more or see some sample scripts.
Deer Squad
Written by Allan Plenderleith
Thomas and Friends
Written by Allan Plenderleith
Horrid Henry
Written by Allan Plenderleith
Dead Gorgeous
Written by Allan Plenderleith
Tree Fu Tom
Written by Allan Plenderleith
Gordon the Garden Gnome
Written and Created by Allan Plenderleith
Writing for Interactive
Video Games, Apps, and Online.
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THE BUNKER
BAFTA-nominated video game for Playstation 4, XboxOne, Nintendo Switch and mobile - created, written, and directed by Allan Plenderleith. A groundbreaking feature length interactive thriller, out now.
All Videos
The Next Step - Interactive Game
This was a great project to work on, a dance game combined with RPG elements.
I wrote the interactive story and script and had great fun writing for all the characters.
Children's Education
BBC Bitesize
I was asked to write episodes for BBC Bitesize all about KS1 and KS2 Music. It featured a fun cast of characters from the world of music including Anna Meredith, Nitin Sawney, Bob Marley and Bach!
Children's Books
Author and Illustrator of over 20 children's books
I love writing children's books - my first book, The Smelly Sprout, was inspired by my son who refused to eat sprouts when he was younger. I told him a story to feel sorry for sprouts and it worked, he gobbled them up! My latest book, Smelly Santa, is out now.
The Odd Squad!
Allan is the creator, writer and cartoonist of The Odd Squad, with over 20 books published and a best-selling range of merchandise launched including one of the most popular greetings card series of all time.
