Carey Blyton (14 March 1932 – 13 July 2002) was a British composer and writer best known for his song "Bananas in Pyjamas" (1969)—which later became the theme tune for an Australian children's television series—and for his work on Doctor Who.
Having had a late start to his career, he mainly worked as a miniaturist, composing short orchestral scores and humorous pieces such as "Return of Bulgy Gogo", "Up the Faringdon Road", "Mock Joplin" and "Saxe Blue"; in addition, he assisted Benjamin Britten[1] as a music editor.
A nephew of children's author Enid Blyton,[2] he was educated at a grammar school and showed an interest in science and a hostility towards music.
He studied harmony, counterpoint, orchestration and musical history with Dr William Lovelock, piano with Joan Barker, harpsichord with Valda Aveling, and viola with Alison Milne.
(London) degree and was awarded a 10-month scholarship in composition tenable at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium (Copenhagen, Denmark), by the Sir Winston Churchill Endowment Fund.
The 'Beckenham boy', Carey Blyton, was honoured by his home town in 2002 on the occasion of his 70th birthday by an exhibition and talk on his work at Beckenham Library.