''Meeow!'' (Gaelic version: ''Meusaidh'') is a 2000 Scottish animated children's series based on the Maisie MacKenzie books by Aileen Paterson, and produced simultaneously in English and Gaelic versions. The series is about a young cat named Maisie Mac who lives with her grandmother in Morningside in

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as her explorer father is always away.

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in association with The Gaelic Committee, decided to adapt the book into a cartoon series, with Siriol Animation handling the animation. The stories were narrated by Scottish comedian

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(English version) and by actor Tony Kearney (Gaelic), and the theme music (both versions) was produced by The Singing Kettle. Its first run was featured on ITV's children's block,

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. The programme was re-aired in 2009 on '' wknd@stv'' - a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, STV. The Gaelic version used to air on

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. From March 2015 – 2017, the series aired as part of the "''Weans' World''" block on STV Glasgow and

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. The rights of the show was owned by The Sleepy Kids Company Ltd (who also produced '' Potsworth & Co.'' and '' Budgie the Little Helicopter'') which was later rebranded as SKD Media and

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, then dissolved into Classic Media (now

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, in turn owned by

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, a subsidiary of

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) and later became the property of

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in 2016.

Characters

*Maisie "Maisie Mac" MacKenzie – A young Scottish cat who wishes to be an explorer like her father. *Granny/Isabella MacKenzie – Maisie's grandmother, who looks after Maisie whilst her father is away. *Mrs. Marjorie McKitty – Maisie and Granny's neighbour. *Archie – Maisie's best friend. *Lydia McSporran - Mrs McKitty's niece. *Daddy – Maisie's father who travels the world as part of his job as a professor at the

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. *Maureen and Doreen Purrdy – Maisie's twin friends from her

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class. *Tommy and Morag McTwirl – Two snooty senior dancers from Maisie's ballet class.

Episodes

References

External links

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