Mike and Angelo

Mike and Angelo
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Lee Pressman Grant Cathro
Starring	Tyler Butterworth Matt Wright Tim Whitnall Shelley Thompson Michael Benz Jade Magri Alexandra Millman Katy Murphy Gemma Gregory Stephen Geller
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	123
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV Network (CITV)
Original run	16 March 1989 (1989-03-16) – 7 March 2000 (2000-03-07)

Mike and Angelo is a sci-fi TV sitcom series that ran on CITV between 16 March 1989 and 7 March 2000. It centres on Angelo (played initially by Tyler Butterworth, and from series 3 onwards by Tim Whitnall, after the character 'regenerated', a concept first used in Doctor Who), an alien who came from another world during the first series; the portal from his world being that of a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms. He lives with Mike (initially played by Matt Wright, later by Michael Benz), a young boy who lives with his aunt, Rita. Later series had a new actor playing their housekeeper (Katy Murphy) who is called Katy. Together, Mike and Angelo get up to all kinds of crazy adventures - all within the vicinity of the house that they live in. Angelo is always inventing something crazy, or walking on the ceiling (due to him being an alien), or summoning up historical figures from the past. They always wreak havoc together, much to Katy's annoyance, crying "ANGELO!!" in her Scottish accent constantly or Rita in her Canadian accent before her. Their neighbours are the posh Fawkes-Bentleys, in whose house some of the show's scenes are occasionally based.

The 1999 series began with Angelo and Katy reading a postcard explaining that Mike was having a good time in America. In his place, Daphne Fawkes-Bentley's niece Michaela (portrayed by Gemma Gregory) became Angelo's sidekick. For the final series, Katy's nephew, also called Mike, joined. The final series was shown in 2000.

Production

The series was originally produced by Thames Television from 1989 to 1991, who at the time had many American interests and hoped to sell the series on both sides of the Atlantic. After losing their franchise, the series was picked up by Tetra Films and Carlton Television. They both produced it from 1993 until 2000.

Cast

• Mike King - Matt Wright (1989–1991) & Michael Benz (1993–1998)
• Angelo - Tyler Butterworth (1989–1990) & Tim Whitnall (1990–2000)
• Rita King - Shelley Thompson (1989–1994)
• Mother (to Rita) - Liddy Gordon (1991–1994)
• Katy Andrews - Katy Murphy (1995–2000)
• Ellie - Jade Magri (1991)
• Melanie Pinner - Alexandra Milman (1994)
• Sam - Katie Pearson (1995)
• Uncle Bob - Ron Berglas (1995)
• Zoe - Candace Hallinan (1998)
• Aunt Daphne - Elizabeth Estensen (1999)
• Michaela "Mickey" Fawkes-Bentley - Gemma Gregory (1999)
• Mike - Steven Geller (2000)

with

• Philippa Fraser - Alessia Gwyther
• Cyril Pinner - John Levitt
• Nancy Mancini - Libby Morris
• Brett Douglas - Gavin Richards

Written by Alex Bartlette

External links

• Mike and Angelo episode list
• Mike and Angelo at the Internet Movie Database