Mopatop's Shop

Mopatop's Shop is a children's television series that which premiered on CITV in the UK on 5 January 1999. 260 ten-minute episodes were made and aired daily. It was a co-production between Jim Henson Television and Carlton Television. After it finished its run in 2003 it was repeated for several years afterwards until 2010.

Mopatop's Shop
GenreChildren's television series
Developed byJocelyn Stevenson
Directed bySimon Spencer
Tom Poole
Ian McLean
StarringMak Wilson (series 1–2)
William Todd-Jones (series 3–4)
Victoria Willing
Nigel Plaskitt
Brian Herring
Susan Beattie
Louise Gold
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes260
Production
Executive producersBrian Henson
Angus Fletcher
David Mercer
ProducersJocelyn Stevenson
Sue Taylor
Angus Fletcher
Pete Coogan
Running time10 minutes
Production companiesThe Jim Henson Company[1]
Carlton Television[1]
DistributorThe Jim Henson Company[1]
Release
Original networkITV (CITV)
Picture format4:3 (Series 1) 16:9 (Series 2-4)
Original release5 January 1999 (1999-01-05) –
2003 (2003)

Production

The show was produced and written by Jocelyn Stevenson, who started working with the Muppets as a lead writer on Fraggle Rock. Stevenson explained, "The aim of Mopatop's Shop is to teach young children to embrace language and communication skills in a form where they can expand the boundaries of their imagination. It promotes goodness and wellbeing."

Plot

The show features a large green dragon-like Muppet named Mopatop (performed by Mak Wilson (series 1 and 2) and William Todd-Jones (series 3 and 4) and his red and yellow platypus-like dog-duck hybrid assistant Puppyduck (performed by Victoria Willing). Together they run Mopatop's Shop, a shop where one can buy anything they could ever think or dream of. They interact with characters including the Mouse family, local deliveryman Lamont the sloth, neighbor Claudia Bird, a rabbit named Odd-Job Gerald.

References
  1. "Carlton and Henson co-pro".
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