Molly and Mack


Molly and Mack is a British children's television series that began airing on CBeebies in 2018. It ran for five seasons.
The show airs on ABC Kids in Australia.

Premise

The show centres around an 11-year-old girl named Molly who spends the summer helping her 19-year-old brother Mack at a toy stall in The Big Hub, a community hall in the fictional Scottish town of Bridgetown.
The Big Hub, managed by Moira, is where a variety of stallholders hold an array of permanent market stalls including a gift stall run by Alice, a fruit and vegetable stall run by resident handyman Bob and a café stall run by Mrs Juniper.
The kids club at The Big Hub is managed by Molly and Mack's widower father James. James is regularly seen supervising a number of children including Molly's friends, Suki, Magnus and Ruby.
Mack's girlfriend Daisy works at a nearby veterinary surgery.

Songs

During each episode, there are always two songs performed as a regular problem-solving plot device. When identifying a problem, a character performs The Oops Song, before another character sings The Idea Song when they propose a solution as a way to solve the problem.
  1. The Oops Song: sometimes Molly, Alice, Moria, Sandy, Mrs Juniper sings The Oops Song.
  2. The Idea Song:

Production

With a multicultural cast, Molly and Mack is filmed in Govan in Glasgow and North Queensferry in Fife, with the Forth Bridge being used as a centrepiece for the fictional Bridgetown. The bridge is heavily featured in the opening sequence of the show, in various on-location shots and promotional material for the series. The building featured as "The Hub" is in Maxwell Park and is called Pollokshields Burgh Hall.