Meg and Mog is a series of children's books written by Helen Nicoll and illustrated by

Jan Pieńkowski Jan Michał Pieńkowski (8 August 1936 – 19 February 2022) was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He is best known for illustrating the ''Meg and Mog'' picture book ...

. First published in the 1970s, the books are about Meg, a

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whose spells always seem to go wrong, her striped

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Mog, and their friend Owl. The first book was published in January 1972. Following the death of Helen Nicholl in 2012, the series has been continued by Pieńkowski and David Walser.

TV series adaptation

In 2001, an animated TV series of 52 five-minute episodes was planned to be produced as a co-production between Telemagination,

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and

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for a 2002-2003 delivery, with Loonland holding Non-UK rights to the series. For unknown reasons, this plan never came through, and Absolutely instead teamed with Happy Life and Varcara to produce the series instead for a late-2003 delivery, with

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purchasing UK broadcast rights. The series was first broadcast in the UK within that time. It was produced by Carl Gorham and directed by

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, featuring the voices of

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as Owl,

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as Meg and

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as Mog with additional voices by

Morwenna Banks Tamsin Morwenna Banks (born 20 September 1961) is a British comedy actress, writer and producer. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show '' Absolutely'', and wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film ''The Announcemen ...

and

Paul Shearer ''The Fast Show'', known as ''Brilliant'' in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams (actor), M ...

. A successful stage play also ran in London in the 1980s starring Maureen Lipman as Meg.

Titles

Book series

*Meg & Mog *Mog's Missing *Meg's Mummy *Meg Up the Creek *Meg, Mog & Og *Meg at Sea *Meg on the Moon *Meg's Car *Meg's Castle *Meg's Eggs *Mog at the Zoo *Mog in the Fog *Meg's Veg *Mog's Mumps *Meg Comes to School (formally known as Owl at School) *Meg Goes to Bed *Meg And The Pirate *Meg & Mog Board Book *Meg's Cauldron *Meg's Fancy Dress *Meg's Treasure *Mog in Charge *Meg and the Dragon (first written by David Walser) *Meg's Christmas

Television series

Meg's Cauldron And Other Stories

DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ...

: 1. Meg's Cauldron 2. Meg at the Funfair 3. Meg's Car 4. Meg's Treasure 5. Meg's Race 6. Meg's Music 7. Meg up the Creek 8. Meg and the Sheep 9. Mog's Mumps 10. Meg's Museum 11. Owl at School 12. Meg's Christmas 13. Meg and the Snow Meg, Mog And

Owl Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers a ...

And Other Stories DVD: 14. Meg, Mog and Owl 15. Owl's Voice 16. Meg on the Moon 17. Meg's Tent 18. Meg's Cake 19. Meg At Sea 20. Meg At The Circus 21. Meg And The Baby 22. Meg's Veg 23. Mog's Hiccups 24. Mog In The Fog 25. Meg's Picnic 26. Meg's Eggs Meg, Mog and Owl and other stories DVD Others: 27. Mog's Mistake 28. Meg's Castle 29. Meg's Fancy Dress 30. Owl's Birthday 31. Mog at the Zoo 32. Meg and the Viking 33. Meg and the Cowboy

Name

Mog is a short form of moggie, this is a word for cat that is not a specific breed.

References

External sources

* (''Meg and Mog'', 1983) * {{bcdb , Other_Studios/A/Absolutely_Productions/Meg_And_Mog/, Meg And Mog Fictional cats Fictional witches British picture books Children's fiction books Series of children's books Witchcraft in written fiction Fictional characters introduced in 1972