Mopatop's Shop
| Mopatop's Shop | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's television series |
| Developed by | Jocelyn Stevenson |
| Directed by | Simon Spencer Ian McLean |
| Starring | Mak Wilson (series 1–2) William Todd-Jones (series 3–4) Victoria Willing Nigel Plaskitt Brian Herring Louise Gold |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 260 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Brian Henson Angus Fletcher David Mercer |
| Producers | Jocelyn Stevenson Sue Taylor Angus Fletcher |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production companies | The Jim Henson Company Carlton Television |
| Distributor | The Jim Henson Company |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV (CITV) |
| Picture format | 4:3 (Series 1) 16:9 (Series 2-4) |
| Original release | 5 January 1999 – 23 April 2005 |
Mopatop's Shop is a British children's television series that which premiered on CITV in the UK on 5 January 1999. 260 ten-minute episodes were made and aired daily. It was a co-production between Jim Henson Television and Carlton Television. After it finished its run in 2005 it continued to be repeated for several years afterwards until 2010.
Production[]
The show was produced and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, who started working with the Muppets as a lead writer on Fraggle Rock. Stevenson explained, "The aim of Mopatop's Shop is to teach young children to embrace language and communication skills in a form where they can expand the boundaries of their imagination. It promotes goodness and wellbeing."[citation needed]
Plot[]
The show features a large green dragon-like Muppet named Mopatop (performed by Mak Wilson (series 1 and 2) and William Todd-Jones (series 3 and 4) and his red and yellow platypus-like dog-duck hybrid assistant Puppyduck (performed by Victoria Willing). Together they run Mopatop's Shop, a shop where one can buy anything they could ever think or dream of. They interact with characters including the Mouse family, local deliveryman Lamont the sloth, neighbor Claudia Bird, a rabbit named Odd-Job Gerald.
External links[]
- Mopatop's Shop at itv.com/citv
- Mopatop's Shop at IMDb
- ITV children's television shows
- Treehouse TV original programming
- 1990s British children's television series
- 2000s British children's television series
- British television shows featuring puppetry
- Television series by The Jim Henson Company
- 1999 British television series debuts
- 2005 British television series endings
- Television series by ITV Studios
- English-language television shows
- Television series set in shops