Meg and Mog


Meg and Mog is a series of children's books written by Helen Nicoll and illustrated by Jan Pieńkowski. First published in the 1970s, the books are about Meg, a witch whose spells always seem to go wrong, her striped cat Mog, and their friend Owl. The first book was published in January 1972. Following the death of Helen Nicholl in 2012, the series was continued by Pieńkowski and David Walser.

TV series and adaptations

The first Meg and Mog animation appeared on the Halloween episode of the BBC children's educational series Words and Pictures in 1977.
In 2001, an animated TV series of 52 five-minute episodes was planned to be produced as a co-production between Telemagination, TV-Loonland AG and Absolutely Productions for a 2002–2003 delivery, with Loonland holding non-UK rights to the series.
For unknown reasons, this plan never came through, and Absolutely instead teamed with Happy Life and Varcara to produce the series instead for a late-2003 delivery, with CITV purchasing UK broadcast rights and Target Entertainment securing worldwide distribution. The series was first broadcast in the UK within that time.
It was produced by Carl Gorham and directed by Roger Mainwood, featuring the voices of Alan Bennett as Owl, Fay Ripley as Meg and Phil Cornwell as Mog with additional voices by Morwenna Banks and Paul Shearer.
A successful stage play also ran in London in the 1980s, starring Maureen Lipman as Meg.

Titles

Book series

Episodes

1. Meg, Mog and Owl
2. Owl's Voice
3. Meg on the Moon
4. Meg's Tent
5. Meg's Cake
6. Meg At Sea
7. Meg At The Circus
8. Meg And The Baby
9. Meg's Veg
10. Mog's Hiccups
11. Mog in The Fog
12. Meg's Picnic
13. Meg's Eggs
14. Meg's Cauldron
15. Meg at the Funfair
16. Meg's Car
17. Meg's Treasure
18. Meg's Race
19. Meg's Music
20. Meg up the Creek
21. Meg and the Sheep
22. Mog's Mumps
23. Meg's Museum
24. Owl at School
25. Meg's Christmas
26. Meg and the Snow
27. Cress's Hat
28. Mog in Charge
29. Meg's Castle
30. Owl at the Vet
31. Meg's Legs
32. Mog's Mistake
33. Mog at the Zoo
34. Meg and the Pirates
35. Meg and the Viking
36. Mog Can't Sleep
37. Mog and the Kitten
38. Meg's Egg Hunt
39. Owl's Mousehunt
40. Meg and the Volcano
41. Meg in the Desert
42. Mog's Box
43. Meg's Game
44. Mog's Sneeze
45. Meg and the Football
46. Mog's Race
47. Meg's Fancy Dress
48. Meg and the Cowboy
49. Owl's Birthday
50. Meg's Kite
51. Meg and the Dance
52. Mog and the Milk

Name

"Mog" is a short form of moggy, a word for cat that is not a specific breed.

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