Angelmouse (1999) producers: Silver
Fox Films
for
BBC Worldwide animation: 2D animation episodes:
26 x 5 mins
"You're
an angel, Angelmouse!"
Angelmouse is an angelic little mouse, with wings
and a halo. He's been despatched
to Earth to help those in need and to carry out
good deeds in order to become a
fully-fledged angel. Only, poor Angelmouse
isn't very good at his job, and things
regularly go wrong for him. Whenever a good deed
backfires, Angelmouse's halo
dims or vanishes altogether and our poor hero is left
tearful and frustrated. But the
twists and turns of each tale soon set him back to rights
and his friends are
associates are invariably left with a broad happy smile
on their face...
This is a super sweet production, with lots of bright
colours and soft backgrounds.
And it's fun. David Jason does a splendid job with
the voices, and he gives our star
character a suitably squeaky little voice. Angelmouse
refers to his halo as a
"thingamajig" and he regularly panics
and splutters whenever it starts to wobble
or disappear. That's when his pal Quilly usually
steps in. Quilly is, to all
intents and purposes, Angelmouse's conscience.
His other friends include
Oswald the rollerskating aeronautical duck, Hutchkin
the laid-back rabbit,
Spencer the car-loving bear, Little Petal the
ragdoll shopkeeper, and Elliemum
and Baby Ellie.
Angelmouse and friends were created by Rodney
Peppe, who also brought us
the fabulous Huxley
Pig. This was the first series commission for Silver Fox Films.
Silver Fox was set up by producer Graham Ralph,
who was formerly the "Ralph"
half of Hibbert Ralph, who showed us Spider
and more...
Angelmouse episodes
My Friend Angelmouse
A Visitor For Angelmouse
Thingamajig Rainy
Day
Important Message The
Missing Message
Windy Weather Day Can't
Sleep
Trumpet Flyaway
Feather
Baby Ellie's Presents Ice
Cream Clouds
Angel Cake Rainbow
Paint
Copycat Chick Head
In The Clouds
Night Flight Can't
Stop Duck
Cloud Nine The
Wishing Star
Angelmouse's Day off Bouncing
Elliemum
Angelmouse's Reward Weather
Angels
Guardian Angelmouse The
Missing Skates
Broadcast
info
The series was first broadcast on BBC1
between 27th Sept 1999
and 31st March 2000, once a week, at
approx. 3.45pm.
Pedants will note a break in the scheduling
between episode eleven
"Angelmouse's
Day Off" which aired on 6th December 1999
and episode twelve "Angelmouse's
Reward" which aired a month
later, on 5th January 2000...
Silver
Fox Films for BBC Worldwide created
by Rodney Peppe
series director: Graham
Ralph direction
& animation: Mark
Mason executive prod: Theresa
Plummer-Andrews producer: Jackie
Edwards script: Mark
Holloway music: Kick
Production backgrounds: Sue
Tong asst animators: Jonathan
Booth, Sam power storyboard: Jez
Hall layouts: Dan
Whitworth prod man: Kim
Craste prod asst: Helen
Cohen line test: Sally
Mason digital paint
& trace: G&M
Digital Animation dub mixer: Richard
Lambert editor: Paul
Coppock narrator: David
Jason
On
the web
Silver
Fox Films
Graham Ralph's official site with
info on all the Silver Fox productions
and projects past and present...
Mark
Mason Animation
Mark Mason was the Animation Director
on this sweet series...