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Mop and Smiff
Genre animation/Children's
Created by Mike Amatt
Written by Mike Amatt
Directed by Sid Waddell
Voices of Timothy West (Mop), Prunella Scales (Smiff)
Theme music composer The Thornsett Brass Band
Opening theme "Mop and Smiff, they are two of a kind"
Ending theme "When the walking is done, they've had their fun"
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) David Brown
Editor(s) Martin Bohan
Running time 15 minutes (Series)
Production company(s) BBC Manchester Network, New Broadcasting House, Honeycomb Productions
Release
Original network BBC1
Original release 1985 (1985) – 1989 (1989)

Mop and Smiff is a children's television programme first broadcast on BBC1 in 1985. The show creator Mike Amatt also acts himself with his dog Mop and cat Smiff. Mop and Smiff was a television series aimed at preschoolers.

Characters

Mop is a shaggy-haired sheepdog.

Smiff is a bright-eyed tabby cat.

Mike, their owner, is an artist and storyteller.

Setting

The show used a Portmanteau Format with a small cartoon show embedded inside a narrative. The show starts with detailing a day of Mike, Mop or Smiff in real camera recording format. When they return home later, Mike would use the day's events for artistic inspiration to draw a cartoon. The show cuts into Mike's imagined animated sub-story with Mop and Smiff as talking friends who care for each other and go on their own adventure.

Mike, Mop and the Moke

A spin-off series, Mike, Mop and the Moke, was produced in 1985, and featured Amatt and Mop driving to various seaside towns in an Austin Champ.

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