The APPeal of Pok Pok

 The first two stories I wrote for Pok Pok have become episodes on their official YouTube channel.

Pok Pok is an educational app for kids, and they have an associated YouTube channel that does gentle learning and entertainment videos using toys and characters from the app.

I was approached about working with them, and was happy to agree to write storylines for them. I've done a lot of toyplay before, so this was nothing new - but it's always nice to make some charming, simple little tales for younger audiences (especially when my other job is making robots punch each other!)

It's a lot less script intensive, the team like to adapt things as they shoot and match the particular voice they want. But I'm generating concepts and writing out the full plots for them to take into the studio.

The first episode is about Gardening and the second is a mystery about a Giant Egg! (with another in production on the way!)

Enjoy!

MCM London Comic Con

 Absolutely mad! Surreal! Crazy!

I'm a big ol' nerd, so I've been to many comic cons in my time, including the prestigious MCM London - the biggest in the UK.

But to my astonishment my work on Transformers: CYBERWORLD has led to me being on a flipping panel! About the show! Such an honour and wonderful experience.

I still can't believe the response we have received from the fandom - and it was really, really great getting to share the experience with a bunch of engaged fellow nerds from the glitz and glamour of the stage.

(Not that it was a massive thing, but still huge to me.)

I fully blacked out and don't remember what I said. But I would do it again for sure - hopefully the show continues long enough for us to visit a convention again in the future!

I was there alongside my fellow writer Ryan Denham, Voice Director Joe Lewis and four of the five amazing voice talent we work with on every episode: James Alexander, Jessica Carroll, Shogo Miyakita and Jack Ayres!

Our gracious moderator was also one of our Executive Producers Tayhan Mustafa.

We played the full theme song and also showed a small snippet of that weekend's episode. As well as having an audience Q&A.

I'm so humbled and thankful, and still can't believe it happened!

R-L: Shogo Miyakita, Jack Ayres, James Alexander, Jessica Carroll, Joe Lewis, Tayhan Mustafa, Ali Lightfoot

I was listed on the website!

(Big shout out to James for kicking off and organising the whole thing for us!)

In the Feels

 As I mentioned in my last post, I'm very much head down in Transformers: CYBERWORLD. It's a lot of fun and I'm very much enjoying it, despite how intense and stressful it can be sometimes.

That being said, I am still putting my feelers out for other things. I've had a couple of conversations and my fingers are crossed to work on some more exciting projects.

I'm more than happy to work on things alongside Transformers and I'm looking to keep writing that show for as long as they'll let me.

I'm also really, really keen to look into the Doctor Who preschool show that is being developed. I've been sleuthing for leads for a while and I haven't got anything concrete yet. I'm a big fan of the show and sci-fi in general and my experience in kid's entertainment just feels like an ideal fit.

If you happen to be reading this and know of anything or any way I can get in touch with the people working on the show - please let me know!!
(I'm just super keen, guys!)

Transform and Roll Out!

 I've been deep in the Transformers mines for some time and not surfaced for air - but the show it doing really great!

We're up to Episode 9 which is the end of the first mini-arc in the story, and there's a compiled version of all the episodes so far available on the channel right now!

That's just under 45mins of pure Cyberworld goodness, and ideal to catch up if you've not been watching until now.

Give it a watch over on the Transformers Official YouTube.

New episode (10) will drop on the 4th of October, so keep your eyes peeled!

All Aboard the Transformers Omnibus

 My show Transformers: CYBERWORLD premiered just over a month ago - we're still deep in production, but I'm so pleased with how it is going and the reception it has garnered from the fandom.

If you haven't yet seen it, there is an episode 1-4 compilation released today that will catch you up on the story so far:

Transformers: CYBERWORLD on the TransformersOfficial YouTube channel

Do please check it out - and let me know what you think. New episodes will be going live (nearly) every Saturday until June 2026.

All on the TransformersOfficial YouTube channel. Subscribe to keep on top of it.

Til All Are Won!

The first official teaser trailer for the project I've been working on has finally dropped!

May I introduce Transformers: CYBERWORLD a brand new YouTube web-series from Hasbro Studios UK.

I've been working on this for nearly 10 months at this point and I've not been able to talk about it at all. But my name is on the IMDb and the show is officially announced so I am copping up to it.

I developed the show for series from a concept (and toyline) provided by the team at Hasbro, and I am the Head Writer for the 36 episode run.

It's so very exciting and I'm so pumped to share the show with the fandom and world. The first episode premieres on 12th July this year - just over a month away. We're still in the thick of production (and will be well up until the finale) but it's coming to life!

I've already seen the first few episodes coming together and hopefully you all love it as much as we do. The team is fantastic, the cast is brilliant, I can't wait for people to see what we've all worked so hard to produce.

Big love and big thank.

Fire Fire! Kidibli Premiere 🔥🔥

 The first episode of the Kidibli reboot has gone live! In fact, the first two episodes have!

The first about waffles in the toaster is the final version of the pilot that I created the animatic for. The second is an episode I actually wrote(!) about a cat getting stuck in a tree.

Watch them both below here:

This was a really fun project to work on, and figure out the brand new format for the show. There's a couple more episodes I have written that should come out in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled!

It was great to work closely with Jeremy Krause again, and fellow writer Jessie Stephenson (quite possibly our first project since Popeye!) looking forward to many more as the series progresses.