Muffin the Mule is a puppet character in British television programmes for children. The original programmes featuring the character were presented by Annette Mills, sister of John Mills, and broadcast live by the BBC from their studios at Alexandra Palace from 1946 to 1952. Mills and the puppet continued with programmes that were broadcast until 1955, when Mills died. The series then transferred to ITV in 1956 and 1957. A modern animated version of Muffin appeared on the BBC in 2005. The original mule puppet was created in 1933 by Punch and Judy puppet maker Fred Tickner for husband-and-wife puppeteers Jan Bussell and Ann Hogarth to form part of a puppet circus for the Hogarth Puppet Theatre. The act was soon put away, and the puppet was not taken out again until 1946, when Bussell and Hogarth were working with presenter Annette Mills. Shes named the puppet mule "Muffin", and it first appeared on television in an edition of For The Children broadcast on 20 October 1946.
The series provides children with valuable tools for growth in key areas of music, social skill deve...
Eureeka's Castle is an American children's television series that aired on Nickelodeon from Septembe...
Tots TV is a British children's television programme, produced by Ragdoll Productions and Central. ...
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educationa...
Mitchell, Becky, and Templeton set out to discover their school's many mysteries and secrets, along ...
The show was hosted by Jake, a jovial polar bear, and Stinky, his skunk friend. Other main character...
Bodger and Badger is a BBC children's comedy programme which was first broadcast in 1989. It starred...
H.R. Pufnstuf is a children's television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft in the United State...
A pink-haired girl named Stephanie moves to LazyTown with her uncle (the mayor of LazyTown), where s...
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety...
Thunderbirds is a 1960s British science-fiction television series which was produced using a mixed m...
Emmet Otter and his Mother are barely making ends meet as Christmas approaches in Frogtown Hollow. T...
Little Muppet Monsters is a short-lived Saturday morning live action/puppet television series, airin...
Kukla, Fran and Ollie is an early American television show using puppets, originally created for chi...
The Shiny Show is a pre-school children's quiz show, broadcast by CBeebies. Each show featured a qui...
Pryor's Place is an American children's television series that aired on CBS. The live-action series ...
CBS Children's Film Festival is a television series of live action films from several countries that...
The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet creation...
Howdy Doody is an American children's television program that was created and produced by E. Roger M...
Readalong was an educational, Canadian television program for young children, first produced in 1976...