Helen Cresswell (11 July 1934 – 26 September 2005) was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction. Her most popular book series, Lizzie Dripping and The Bagthorpe Saga, were also the bases for television series.Cresswell's TV work included adaptation of her own books for television movies and series: Lizzie Dripping (two series 1973–1975), The Secret World of Polly Flint (1987), and Moondial (1988). Some others were The Haunted School, Five Children and It (1991), The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Famous Five (1995–1996), and The Demon Headmaster (1996–1998).
In the 1970s Helen Cresswell toured round schools in the Nottinghamshire area to encourage children to enjoy reading books and to spur on any writing creativity.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little Grey Rabbit
2000
TV Series teleplay
The Demon Headmaster
TV Series screenplay - 13 episodes, 1996 - 1998 adapted for television by - 6 episodes, 1996
The Phoenix and the Carpet
TV Mini-Series series written by - 6 episodes, 1997 teleplay - 6 episodes, 1997
The Famous Five
TV Series screenplay - 7 episodes, 1995 - 1996 writer - 2 episodes, 1997
The Return of the Psammead
1993
TV Series by - 6 episodes
Five Children and It
1991
TV Series dramatised by - 6 episodes
Moondial
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes, 1988 written by - 3 episodes, 1988
The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987
TV Series dramatisation - 6 episodes
The Bagthorpe Saga
1981
TV Series novel - 6 episodes
Jackanory
TV Series book - 20 episodes, 1968 - 1970 novel - 1 episode, 1977
$15 Million
