Mary Mungo & Midge

Infobox Television
show_name = Mary Mungo and Midge
genre = Animated
voices = Richard Baker
Isabel Ryan
theme_music_composer = Johnny Pearson
opentheme = Mini Walking (from The Mini Suite)
endtheme = Mini Movement (from The Mini Suite)
country = United Kingdom
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 13
producer = John Ryan
camera = Single-camera
runtime = 15 minutes
network = BBC1
picture_format = 4:3
audio_format = Monaural sound
first_aired = 7 October 1969
last_aired = 30 December 1969
imdb_id = 0804422

"Mary Mungo & Midge" is a British animated children's television series, created by John Ryan and produced by the BBC in 1969.

The show featured the adventures of a girl called Mary, her dog Mungo, and her pet mouse Midge, who lived in a tower block in a busy town. BBC newsreader Richard Baker narrated the episodes, with Isabel Ryan playing Mary. The theme tune and other music for the series was provided by Johnny Pearson.

This show was one of the first children's shows in the UK to reflect urban living. The programme showed Mary having adventures in a busy town, as opposed to in a wood, forest or other rural setting. The two featured animals were likely to be familiar to town dwellers, as opposed to the array of talking wildlife usually seen in children's television.

In each episode, the three of them would descend in the lift from their flat in the tower block. After their adventures they would return home, but Mary was too small to reach the correct button to get back to the correct floor, so Midge would stand on Mungo's nose and press the button for her.

"The Complete Mary Mungo and Midge" was released on DVD on 5 April 2004.

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