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''Mysti'' (''The Mysti Show'' for Series 1) is a British children's television programme, produced by ''Mystical Productions'' for the
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from 17 April 2004 to 16 December 2005. It initially took the format of an hour-long programme combining magazine and narrative elements, but was subsequently reformed into a series of 20-minute, all-narrative programmes.
Format
Series 1
The Mysti Show was broadcast on Saturday mornings on
CBBC Channel
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7– ...
at 10am. It was also simulcasted on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
and later moved to
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
.
The hour-long shows were a mix of drama and entertainment, featuring 40 minutes of magazine and feature content wrapped around two 10-minute segments of narrative
drama
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. The feature content included a
gameshow
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element titled ''The Battle of Elbubb''.
The characters within the narrative segments included Mysti (
Laura Aikman
Laura Holly Aikman (born 24 December 1985) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Debbie in ''Not Going Out'' and '' Gavin and Stacey'' as Sonia.
Early life
Aikman was born in the London Borough of Brent in 1985, the daught ...
), who is half-human and half-fairy; and her friends Rick (
Oliver Mason
Oliver Mason is a British actor and voiceover artist who lives in London. He began acting with The Guildhall School of Music and Drama aged six in his hometown of Norwich. He trained at the National Youth Theatre, Middlesex University, the Un ...
), Ella (
Eva Alexander
Sara Jane "Eva" Alexander (born 9 August 1976 ) is a British actress and television presenter. Eva is pronounced "Ava".
Career
Until March 2007, she was a continuity presenter on the BBC preschool television channel CBeebies, joining as a rep ...
), Ollie (
Ashley Campbell), and Abby (
Yasmin Paige Yasmin, Yasmine, or Yasmina may refer to:
People
* Yasmin (given name), a feminine given name, and sometimes surname
* Yasmin (musician) (born 1993), English singer, songwriter, and DJ
* Yasmine (pornographic actress), Yasmine Lafitte, French ac ...
). Other characters also appeared frequently, such as Professor Dust (
David Sterne
David Sterne (born 1946) is an English actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1973.
After leaving the British Army, Sterne trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
...
) and Tatiana (
Tricia George), fairies Snowdrop (
Amy Pemberton
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) and Peaceblossom (
Danielle Tabor), and
diner
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owner Mr. K (
Richard James).
Mysti, Rick, Ella, and Ollie would also appear, in character, as the presenters of the magazine segments of the show. Professor Dust hosted The Battle of Elbubb.
Many well-known faces appeared as guests on the show, including
Jackie Chan
Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...
,
Steve Coogan
Stephen John Coogan (; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter. He is most known for creating original characters such as Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which ...
,
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the short ''Oedipus Wrecks'' directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film ''New York Stories'' (1989). She then gained recognition for her rol ...
,
McFly
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, and
Jamelia
'
Jamelia Niela Davis (born 11 January 1981) is an English singer, songwriter and television presenter. She has released three studio albums, each of which has reached the Top 40 in the UK, which collectively have spawned eight UK top-ten singl ...
.
The hour-long episodes were repeated on
CBBC Channel
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 7– ...
for a time; following the broadcast of the second series (see below), the first-series episodes were reedited into a similar format, 20-minute narrative drama episodes; the magazine content from the hour-long episodes has not been rebroadcast since the re-edit.
Series 2
The show was renamed to just Mysti, ditching the entertainment section and running just as a 20-minute drama. In the story, the characters have grown up and are in the
6th form. Mysti is banished from the heath, and her previous fairy magic is taken away, but she gets new powers that the Fairies have not seen before. Ollie is not featured in the second series, and the only Fairies are Dust, Saber, Tatiana, and Peri. The other Fairies from the first series are not seen.
Transmissions
References
External links
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2004 British television series debuts
2005 British television series endings
2000s British children's television series
BBC children's television shows
British children's fantasy television series
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