Sep 26, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Georgina talks to Keith Chapman, the creator of some of television's most popular and best loved children's shows. They discuss where the ideas for the characters and their adventures come from and…
Keith ChapmanGuest
Georgina BrownHost
You mentioned earlier about kind of things that have been based on books, publishing IP, Thomas the Tank engine.
I think there's always been a lot of content, especially kids TV, movies still today that is based on, you know, books and stories that have come before different intellectual property.
What for you do you think are the positives or negatives of working on your own original ideas?
I like to just look at a blank sheet of paper and just try and come up with something original rather than look at what's out there and think, oh, I must do a show about that because that's obviously successful.
If somebody else is doing that and it's successful, I'll go completely the other way because I you're looking for the next hit, which will come out of left field.
You've got to think, when people are all going that route, I will go the other way.
I've got one at the moment I'm trying to sell, which is, soccer pirates concept i just thought right nobody's done a show about soccer i'll mix it it needs a bit of a difference i've mixed it with pirates um and i really like that idea because it's sort of then you've got an adventure and fun mixed with the world's biggest sport and it makes it a little bit a little bit stronger than just a show about kicking ball up and down
Just recently, it's been very tricky to sell original content into broadcasters.
You know, I mean, Paw Patrol being a good example, they've just commissioned another two series of that.
You mentioned earlier about kind of things that have been based on books, publishing IP, Thomas the Tank engine.
I think there's always been a lot of content, especially kids TV, movies still today that is based on, you know, books and stories that have come before different intellectual property.
What for you do you think are the positives or negatives of working on your own original ideas?
I like to just look at a blank sheet of paper and just try and come up with something original rather than look at what's out there and think, oh, I must do a show about that because that's obviously successful.
If somebody else is doing that and it's successful, I'll go completely the other way because I you're looking for the next hit, which will come out of left field.
You've got to think, when people are all going that route, I will go the other way.
I've got one at the moment I'm trying to sell, which is, soccer pirates concept i just thought right nobody's done a show about soccer i'll mix it it needs a bit of a difference i've mixed it with pirates um and i really like that idea because it's sort of then you've got an adventure and fun mixed with the world's biggest sport and it makes it a little bit a little bit stronger than just a show about kicking ball up and down
Just recently, it's been very tricky to sell original content into broadcasters.
You know, I mean, Paw Patrol being a good example, they've just commissioned another two series of that.
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