Chris Hutchins Chris Hutchins Chris Hutchins is a British author, journalist and former public relations practitioner. Christopher Neville Hutchins is the younger of two sons and one daughter of Edward Victor Hutchins (d. 1944) and Kathleen Ness. He was educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School. In 1956, he began a fan club for ventriloquist Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion. Hutchins lost interest when he discovered Elvis Presley and girls. Hutchins then landed a job as a journalist on the "Mid Devon Times" on a salary of £2-a-week. In 1961, Hutchins joined the "NME" ("New Musical Express") but left the paper the
The Magic House (puppet show) appearing in adverts for the Trustee Savings Bank for children's savings accounts. The Magic House (puppet show) The Magic House was a children's animation puppet show created by Joe Austen and made for Scottish Television. The series was adapted from a series of children's books written and illustrated by Austen in the early 1980s. The show's 55 10-minute episodes were aired across the ITV Network between 1994 and 1998. As well as the television episodes, a spin-off series of books was also produced, written and illustrated by Joe Austen. The show, which featured Uncle Teapot, Kitty Kettle, Barney Bin and