There’s a pause. “Er ... no. In a word. I don’t know whether to look that up or not! But if you worry about stuff like that you’re in the wrong business. People are creative, they write their own jokes and obviously there are readings that are ... less savoury, that I probably wouldn’t want to know about.”

When Davenport wrote In the Night Garden, a gently psychedelic affair conceived as a way of guiding children to bed, he was braced for more mayhem. But the only drama came when the BBC tried to move the broadcast time – the show was so popular with parents that it had already become an essential part of the bedtime routine. The whole thing has the magical vibe of In the Night Garden, but with a homemade feel … Pepi Nana and Mr Onion in Moon and Me. Photograph: N/A/BBCThe children's TV show, Moon & Me airs on CBeebies and has been launched with 10 episodes; Pepi Nana's Letter, Pepi Nana Crosses the Bridge, The Big Tea, Who Rides What?, Everybody In The Tub!, Humpty Onion, Big Walk Little Walk, The Silly Song, Let's Have A Race and Hoppity Hop, Across the Bridge!. Moon & Me is Andrew Davenports latest creation in children's TV. Welcome to the stage the cast of Moon & Me, Pepi Nana, Mr Onion, Lambkin, Dibillo, Colly Wobble, Little Nana, Lily Plant and Moon Baby!

The whole thing only comes together fully at the very last minute, so you never really know how it’s going to go down until the audience get to see it.” Toys for the series have been commissioned with 40 licensees being granted to some of the worlds largest toy manufacturers so we expect to see the shelves full of Moon & Me toys before the end of 2019. Davenport also banned any computer generated imagery (“quite a fight”), instead turning to puppetry, stop-motion animation and homemade effects. “Children are fascinated by real objects,” he says. “They will be able to see the weave of the fabric, the joins in the wallpaper, the printing on the wallpaper. There’s a joy in seeing the messiness.”We are sure that this is just the beginning for a fruitful and exciting future for the Moon and Me franchise and we Andrew Davenport and his team the very best for the years to come. Even now, Davenport is glad of the chance to explain how much thought goes into his hit shows. Yet despite his slightly terrifying insight into these unknowable little minds, he still gets extremely nervous before any new programme airs. Given that every morning since our interview, my daughter has woken up and asked “Where’s Pepi Nana?” repeatedly until we put it on, I think he’s probably going to be ok.