Christopher Lillicrap

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Christopher J. Lillicrap (born 14 February 1949 in Plymouth, Devon) [1] is a British television presenter, writer and composer. He is best known for being a children's TV presenter in the 1970s and '80s, and has numerous writing credits, including Rainbow , Fab Lab and Fimbles . He presented We'll Tell You a Story, [2] and Flicks [3] between 1983 and 1988. Lillicrap is also the creator of the educational television show, El Nombre . His stage work includes pantomime, writing for the Proper Pantomime Company, in whose productions he starred as the dame. [4] [5]

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. [6]

Lillicrap no longer performs in pantomime following his wife's stroke. Lillicrap lived for many years in Farnborough, Hampshire before moving to the Greek island of Symi, where he wrote his first novel, Midas, under the pseudonym Dominic Ranger, published by Matador in 2013. [7]

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  2. We'll Tell You a Story
  3. "TV's Chris makes a hat trick!". Leatherhead Advertiser. 21 May 1987. p. 13. Retrieved 24 June 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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  5. "Hexagon – Snow White". Newbury theatre guide. Retrieved 17 November 2007.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Has Plymouth-born former children's TV star Chris Lillicrap got Midas touch with first novel?". Plymouth Herald. 6 July 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.