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Dan Maddicott is a children's television producer. He created and produced the programme Dog and Duck , as well as serving as executive producer for Fungus the Bogeyman , Captain Star and The Worst Witch . Once the Granada director of children's, he established his own production company, Indie Kids, in 2002.


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