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{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
[[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>
==TV series
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
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>
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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>
==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===
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Meg's Cauldron And Other Stories [[DVD]]:
# ''Meg's Cauldron''
# ''Meg at the [[Funfair]]''
# ''Meg's Car''
# ''Meg's Treasure''
# ''Meg's [[Racing|Race]]''
# ''Meg's [[Music]]''
# ''Meg up the Creek''
# ''Meg and the [[Sheep]]''
# ''Mog's Mumps''
# ''Meg's [[Museum]]''
# ''Owl at School''
# ''Meg's Christmas''
# ''Meg and the [[Snow]]''<ref>''Meg's Cauldron and other stories'' DVD.</ref>
Meg, Mog And [[Owl]] And Other Stories DVD:
# ''Meg, Mog and Owl''
# ''Owl's [[Voice]]''
# ''Meg on the Moon''
# ''Meg's [[Tent]]''
# ''Meg's [[Cake]]''
# ''Meg At Sea''
# ''Meg At The [[Circus]]''
# ''Meg And The [[Baby]]''
# ''Meg's Veg''
# ''Mog's [[Hiccups]]''
# ''Mog In The Fog''
# ''Meg's [[Picnic]]''
# ''Meg's Eggs'' <ref>''Meg, Mog and Owl and other stories'' DVD.</ref>
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# ''Meg's Castle ''
# ''Meg's Fancy Dress''
# ''Owl's [[Birthday]]''
# ''Mog at the Zoo''
# ''Meg and the [[Viking]]''
# ''Meg and the [[Cowboy]]''
==Name==
"Mog" is a short form of
==See also==
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*{{ISBN|0140569766}} (''Meg and Mog'', 1983)
[[Category:British picture books]]
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[[Category:Fictional cats]]
[[Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1972]]
[[Category:Fictional
[[Category:Series of children's books]]
[[Category:Children's books about witches]]
[[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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