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Muffin the Mule

Muffin the Mule (1946)

May. 15,1946
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Muffin the Mule

1946  / NR

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.

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Episode 1 - Muffin's Spring Cleaning
May. 15,1946

Episode 2 - Muffin Goes Fishing
January. 01,0001

Episode 3 - Muffin's Olympics
January. 01,0001

Episode 4 - Muffin's Treasure Map
January. 01,0001

Episode 5 - School Boy Muffin
January. 01,0001

Episode 6 - Father Christmas Muffin
January. 01,0001

Episode 7 - Dick Muffington and his Cat
January. 01,0001

Episode 8 - Muffin's Aquarium
January. 01,0001

Episode 9 - Muffin and the Bird's Parliament
January. 01,0001

Episode 10 - Muffin in a Jam
January. 01,0001

Episode 11 - Muffin and the Squeaking Shoes
January. 01,0001

Episode 12 - Muffin's Bedtime Story
January. 01,0001

Episode 13 - Muffin's Bath
January. 01,0001

Episode 14 - Muffin Makes Pancakes
January. 01,0001

Episode 15 - Muffin the Pavement Artist
January. 01,0001

Episode 16 - Muffin Goes on Holiday
January. 01,0001

Episode 17 - Muffin's Circus
January. 01,0001

Episode 18 - Muffin by Helicopter
January. 01,0001

Episode 19 - Muffin's Surprise
January. 01,0001

Episode 20 - Muffin's Picnic
January. 01,0001

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.

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