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[[File:Meg_and_Mog_cover.gif|thumb|''Meg and Mog'']]
'''''Meg and Mog''''' is a series of children's books written by [[Helen Nicoll (author)|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.<ref>[{{ cite web |url=http://www.janpienkowski.com/books/meg-and-mog/index.htm Jan|title=The MEG & MOG Stories |website=www.janpienkowski.com |access-date=2 PieńkowskiJuly homepage]2024}}</ref> 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 adaptationand adaptations==
 
The first Meg and Mog animation appeared on the Halloween episode of the BBC children's educational series ''[[Words and Pictures (TV programme)|Words and Pictures]]'' in 1977.<ref>{{ cite web |url=https://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Words_and_Pictures/Series_4_(Henry_Woolf)|title=Words and Pictures: Series 4 (Henry Woolf)}}</ref>
In 2001, an [[animation|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/tv-loonland-and-absolutely-ally-for-new-itv-toon/feed/|title=TV-Loonland and Absolutely ally for new ITV toon}}</ref>▼
 
▲In 2001, an [[animation|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 Nonnon-UK rights to the series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/tv-loonland-and-absolutely-ally-for-new-itv-toon/feed/|title=TV-Loonland and Absolutely ally for new ITV toon}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/meg-mog-to-fly-again-on-itv/|title = Meg & Mog to fly again on ITV}}</ref> The series was first broadcast in the UK within that time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=187}}</ref> ▼
 
▲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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/meg-mog-to-fly-again-on-itv/|title = Meg & Mog to fly again on ITV}}</ref> The series was first broadcast in the UK within that time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=187}}</ref>
 
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.<ref>[http{{cite web |url=https://www.davidwood.org.uk/plays/plays_the_meg_and_mog_show.htm |title=Meg and Mog Show homepage] |website=www.davidwood.org.uk |access-date=2 July 2024}}</ref>
 
==Titles==
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*''Meg & Mog''
*''Mog's Missing''
*''Meg's [[Mummy]]''
*''Meg Up the [[Creek]]''
*''Meg, Mog & [[Og]]''
*''Meg at [[Sea]]''
*''Meg on the [[Moon]]''
*''Meg's [[Car]]''
*''Meg's [[Castle]]''
*''Meg's [[Eggs]]''
*''Mog at the [[Zoo]]''
*''Mog in the [[Fog]]''
*''Meg's [[Veg]]''
*''Mog's [[Mumps]]''
*''Meg Comes to [[School]]'' (formally known as ''Owl at School'')
*''Meg Goes to [[Bed]]''
*''Meg And The [[Pirate]]''
*''Meg & Mog Board Book''
*''Meg's [[Cauldron]]''
*''Meg's [[Fancy Dress]]''
*''Meg's [[Treasure]]''
*''Mog in Charge''
*''Meg and the [[Dragon]]'' (first written by David Walser)
*''Meg's [[Christmas]]''
 
===Television series===
 
'''Meg's Cauldron And Other Stories [[DVD]]:'''
1.# ''Meg's Cauldron''
2.# ''Meg at the [[Funfair]]''
3.# ''Meg's Car''
4.# ''Meg's Treasure''
5.# ''Meg's [[Racing|Race]]''
6.# ''Meg's [[Music]]''
7.# ''Meg up the Creek''
8.# ''Meg and the [[Sheep]]''
9.# ''Mog's Mumps''
10.# ''Meg's [[Museum]]''
11.# ''Owl at School''
12.# ''Meg's Christmas''
13.# ''Meg and the [[Snow]]''<ref>''Meg's Cauldron and other stories'' DVD.</ref>
 
'''Meg, Mog And [[Owl]] And Other Stories DVD:'''
14.# ''Meg, Mog and Owl''
15.# ''Owl's [[Voice]]''
16.# ''Meg on the Moon''
17.# ''Meg's [[Tent]]''
18.# ''Meg's [[Cake]]''
19.# ''Meg At Sea''
20.# ''Meg At The [[Circus]]''
21.# ''Meg And The [[Baby]]''
22.# ''Meg's Veg''
23.# ''Mog's [[Hiccups]]''
24.# ''Mog In The Fog''
25.# ''Meg's [[Picnic]]''
26.# ''Meg's Eggs'' <ref>''Meg, Mog and Owl and other stories'' DVD.</ref>
 
'''Others:'''
27.# ''Mog's Mistake''
28.# ''Meg's Castle ''
29.# ''Meg's Fancy Dress''
30.# ''Owl's [[Birthday]]''
31.# ''Mog at the Zoo''
32.# ''Meg and the [[Viking]]''
33.# ''Meg and the [[Cowboy]]''
 
==Name==
 
"Mog" is a short form of moggie[[moggy]], a word for cat that is not a specific breed.
 
==See also==
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*{{ISBN|0140569766}} (''Meg and Mog'', 1983)
* {{bcdb |Other_Studios/A/Absolutely_Productions/Meg_And_Mog/|Meg And Mog}}
 
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[[Category:Fictional witchescharacters who use magic]]
[[Category:Series of children's books]]
[[Category:WitchcraftChildren's inbooks writtenabout fictionwitches]]
[[Category:Television series about witchcraft]]
[[Category:Television shows about magic]]
[[Category:Children's books about cats]]
[[Category:British television shows based on children's books]]
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