Muffin the Mule

Muffin the Mule (1946)


  • Genre: Kids, Family
  • First Air Date: 1946-05-15
  • Last Air Date: 1946-05-15
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 20
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 15 min.
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC Television

Summary

Muffin the Mule is a puppet character in British television programmes for children. The original programmes featuring the character were presented by Annette Mills, sister of John Mills, and broadcast live by the BBC from their studios at Alexandra Palace from 1946 to 1952. Mills and the puppet continued with programmes that were broadcast until 1955, when Mills died. The series then transferred to ITV in 1956 and 1957. A modern animated version of Muffin appeared on the BBC in 2005. The original mule puppet was created in 1933 by Punch and Judy puppet maker Fred Tickner for husband-and-wife puppeteers Jan Bussell and Ann Hogarth to form part of a puppet circus for the Hogarth Puppet Theatre. The act was soon put away, and the puppet was not taken out again until 1946, when Bussell and Hogarth were working with presenter Annette Mills. Shes named the puppet mule "Muffin", and it first appeared on television in an edition of For The Children broadcast on 20 October 1946.

  • Keywords: puppet
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    Muffin the Mule Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1946-05-15
    20 Episodes

    Muffin the Mule Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Muffin's Spring Cleaning15 min
    Season 1Episode 2Muffin Goes Fishing15 min
    Season 1Episode 3Muffin's Olympics15 min
    Season 1Episode 4Muffin's Treasure Map15 min
    Season 1Episode 5Schoolboy Muffin15 min
    Season 1Episode 6Father Christmas Muffin15 min
    Season 1Episode 7Dick Muffington and His Cat15 min
    Season 1Episode 8Muffin's Aquarium15 min
    Season 1Episode 9Muffin and the Bird's Parliament15 min
    Season 1Episode 10Muffin in a Jam15 min
    Season 1Episode 11Muffin and the Squeaking Shoes15 min
    Season 1Episode 12Muffin's Bedtime Story15 min
    Season 1Episode 13Muffin's Bath15 min
    Season 1Episode 14Muffin Makes Pancakes15 min
    • Annette Mills

      as Presenter, Musician

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