When we think of childrens television, we think of Peppa Pig, Play School and Thomas the Tank Engine, but its hard to imagine that somewhere in the suburbs, in a darkened room with their head in their hands, is a struggling soul trying desperately to come up with new characters, dialogue and scenarios to cater for the ever demanding mind of a child.

But there is and today we take time out to chat to one of them. Award winning children television writer, Melanie Alexander takes time out from her busy schedule to fill us in on just what it takes to come up with the dialogue for a rabbit

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April 1, 2016