Durdy said: Not to sound saccharine but this [show] highlights the need for compassion.

All our families are made up in completely different ways and compassion is very key in our understanding.

It is not actually a true story but took time and Daf had to dig deep, added Wray-Rogers.

Lost Boys and Fairies

‘Lost Boys and Fairies’BBC / Duck Soup Films / Simon Ridgway

This was his first big BBC commission.

Once we got traction we were trying to tailor it to that wide audience, she said.

This comes out of the trusted relationships we build with talent.

Hannah Fry

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Next up for Duck Soup isDance School,a Channel 4 series fromADiscovery of Witchesscribe Lisa Holdsworth.

The Welsh director is writing with Brad Birch.