{"id":5562,"date":"2016-04-01T03:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-158708-2228847.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2024-02-19T16:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T05:55:33","slug":"from-jugglers-to-rabbits-melanie-has-written-for-them-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bennytime.com\/from-jugglers-to-rabbits-melanie-has-written-for-them-all\/","title":{"rendered":"From Jugglers To Rabbits, Melanie has written for them all&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But there is and today we take time out to chat to one of them. Award winning children television writer,\u00a0Melanie 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<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/benny-time-podcast\/id1000310019?mt=2#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4052\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-158708-2228847.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"71\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2329\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5562-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/255728433-benny-thatcher-benny-time-melanie-alexander.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/255728433-benny-thatcher-benny-time-melanie-alexander.mp3\">https:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/255728433-benny-thatcher-benny-time-melanie-alexander.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/255728433-benny-thatcher-benny-time-melanie-alexander.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/bennytime.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5562-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/255728433-benny-thatcher-benny-time-melanie-alexander.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"255728433-benny-thatcher-benny-time-melanie-alexander.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/bennytime.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bennytime.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":5552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parent-stuff","category-podcasts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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