''Maggie Muggins'' was a Canadian

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and

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which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on

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on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters. ''Maggie Muggins moved'' to CBC Television to air between September 29, 1955, and June 27, 1962. Maggie Muggins is a

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-faced girl in a

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dress, with her red hair pulled back in two long

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who had adventures with many human-like animals and her neighbour Mr. McGarrity, who constantly worked on his garden. The television series was adapted from previous media including

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and print.

External links

Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series
via archive.org)
Maggie Muggins
at the

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* * ''Just Mary: the life of Mary Evelyn Grannan'' By Margaret Anne Hume (2006) ; on-line on Google Books. 1955 Canadian television series debuts 1962 Canadian television series endings CBC Television original programming 1950s Canadian children's television series Canadian television shows featuring puppetry 1960s Canadian children's television series Black-and-white Canadian television shows {{Canada-kids-tv-prog-stub