Hello. I'm Sam Barlow. I’m a writer for kids TV. I’ve written for many of the worlds' best loved animated characters. My work has contributed to a mountain of glittering awards including BAFTAs, Emmys and British and Irish Animation Awards.

 

I'm an experienced script editor and head writer, and I can oversee the scriptwriting for entire series. I work in development too and have a top secret slate of fabulous original projects on the go (details on request). I approach everything I write with masses of heart and humour, and with a deadly eye for story structure.

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Bonus dinner party fact: I once co-wrote a song for the legendary Dolly Parton in the guise of a big-feathered country and western chicken (Dolly, not me). I'm quite proud of that. 

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"Witty and confident storytelling" - Broadcast Magazine

"Brilliantly creative, smart, funny. An excellent writer" - Colin Williams, Sixteen South

"Sam is a first-rate writer, particularly strong on structure and character. His expertise in preschool is pretty much unsurpassed in the industry" - Jen Upton, Executive Producer

"The Legendary Sam Barlow" - Larson & Beaumont, Writing For Animation, Bloomsbury Publishing

"The worst person I have ever met" - Noah Barlow, aged 6 and a half