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''Mary, Mungo and Midge'' is a British
animated
Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
children's television series
Children's television series (or children's television shows) are television show, television programs designed for children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run during ...
, created by
John Ryan and produced by the
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in 1969.
The show featured the adventures of a girl called Mary, her dog Mungo, and her pet mouse Midge, who lived with Mary's parents in a
tower block
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in a busy town. BBC newsreader
Richard Baker narrated the episodes, with John Ryan's daughter Isabel playing Mary. The theme tune and other music for the series were provided by
Johnny Pearson
John Valmore Pearson (18 June 1925 – 20 March 2011) was a British composer, orchestra leader and pianist. He led the ''Top of the Pops'' orchestra for sixteen years, wrote a catalogue of library music, and had many of his pieces used as the ...
, drawn from the
KPM Music
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Library, specifically the LP 'Children and Animation' (KPM1045, 1969)
This show was one of the first children's shows in the UK to reflect urban living. The programme showed Mary having adventures in a busy town, as opposed to in a wood, forest or other rural setting, apart from in the 'Garage' episode, in which the family had a picnic in the countryside. The two featured animals were likely to be familiar to town dwellers, as opposed to the array of talking wildlife usually seen in children's television.
In each episode, the three of them would descend in the lift from their flat in the tower block. After their adventures they would return home, Midge would press the button for the lift back to the correct floor, by standing on Mungo's nose.
''Mary, Mungo and Midge'' was a production of
John Ryan Studios, who also produced the earlier ''
Captain Pugwash
''Captain Pugwash'' is a fictional pirate in a series of British children's comic strips and books created by John Ryan. The character's adventures were adapted into a TV series, using cardboard cut-outs filmed in live-action (the first series ...
'' and the later ''
The Adventures of Sir Prancelot'' series, both with a similar drawing style.
However, despite never being renewed for a second series - with the ''Watch with Mother'' title being dropped in 1975 - it continued to air as re-runs on BBC1 up until 1978, with the last annual book (for 1975) being released in 1974. ''The Complete Mary, Mungo and Midge'' was released on
DVD
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on 5 April 2004.
Episodes
References
BBC children's television shows
British children's animated adventure television series
1960s British children's television series
1969 British television series debuts
1969 British television series endings
English-language television shows
1960s British animated television series
Animated television series about children
Animated television series about dogs
Animated television series about mice and rats
Television series by BBC Studios
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