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R. A. Spratt R. A. Spratt i(A121086 works by) (a.k.a. Rachel Spratt)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Script-writer specialising in television comedy and children's animation.

Rachel Spratt began work as a script-writer in the mid-1990s, working as a writer on a succession of scripted comedy programs, including Good News Week (1996), Good News Weekend (1998), GNW Night Lite (1999), and BackBerner (1999). By 1999, she had begun writing for animated programs, but continued to write for scripted comedy series, including spoof lifestyle program Life Support (2001-2003), David Tench Tonight (2006, co-written with Andrew Denton), Comedy Inc. (2004-2007), and Double Take (2009).

In 1999, Spratt became a writer on the Yoram Gross series Flipper & Lopaka, an animated series that paired the titular dolphin with a young Polynesian boy, and set them against everything from a power-hungry octopus to mystical tridents. She followed this with scripts for a succession of other children's series (mostly animated), including Bambaloo (2003), New MacDonald's Farm (2004), Raggs (2007), I Got a Rocket! (2006-2007, based on the book by Dean Gorissen and Matt Zurbo), Erky Perky (2008), Gasp! (2008, based on the books by Terry Denton), Pearlie (2009, based on the books by Wendy Harmer), and CJ the DJ (2009).

Among her awards for television is an AWGIE Award for Children's Television (for an episode of Gasp!).

Spratt is also an award-winning author of children's books.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Undercover Melbourne : Puffin , 2022 23428762 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'Trouble on the Arctic tundra!

'Friday is not running away. Yes, she did get on a train to Norway without telling anyone where she was going - but she had to help Binky. He may or may not have been attacked by a polar bear. Now he's facing court martial for dereliction of duty. Obviously, Friday had to drop everything and travel 3000 kilometres to solve the case.

'The fact that it's easier to handle her feelings for Ian Wainscott if there's a continent between them is just a coincidence. When Friday arrives in Oslo, there are so many mysteries to solve. Is someone trying to keep Binky and Princess Ingrid apart? How can a painting leave a museum when all the doors are sealed? And will Melanie persuade Friday to go to the royal ball without wearing a brown cardigan?

'If Friday survives her trip to the remote Global Seed Vault, we may find out.' (Publication summary)
2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
y separately published work icon Bedtime Stories Australia : R. A. Spratt , 2020- 27238648 2020 series - author podcast short story children's

'I have created this podcast of bedtime stories. But really they’re stories for any time of day. And they’re all read by me in my weird Australian (and sometimes a little English) accent. There are Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes short stories, as well as other short stories I’ve made up.'

Source: Author's website.
2023 finalist Australian Podcast Awards — Family and Kids
y separately published work icon Near Extinction Sydney : Puffin , 2020 18901329 2020 single work children's fiction children's

'Dinosaurs will be glad they’re extinct once they’ve had a visit from The Peski Kids!

'The annual geography excursion was supposed to be educational, but with The Peski Kids on board it soon turns into chaos. April tries to smash her way out of a moving bus, Fin gets his head bitten by a dinosaur, Joe finds himself carrying around a beautiful girl with two fake sprained ankles and Loretta gets over enthusiastic with a butane torch. That's all before the criminals turn up and hijack the school bus.' (Publication summary)
2021 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
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