Maggie Muggins

Maggie Muggins
Beth Morris as Maggie Muggins with Fitzgerald Fieldmouse
Genre	Children's
Created by	Mary Grannan
Written by	Mary Grannan
Directed by	Michael Spivak, Norman Jewison
Starring	Beth Morris (1955) Deanne Taylor (1956-1959) Mary Long (1959-1962) John Drainie (1955-1956) Frank Peddie (1956-1959) Doug Master (1959-1962) Mavor Moore Robert Christie Puppeteers John and Linda Keogh
Voices of	Ruth Springford, Alice Hill, Murray Westgate, Jack Mather, Margot Christie
Theme music composer	Lou Snider
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
Production
Producers	Dick Knowles Francis Chapman
Running time	15 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	September 29, 1955 (1955-09-29) – June 27, 1962 (1962-06-27)

Maggie Muggins was a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters. Maggie Muggins moved to CBC Television to air between September 29, 1955 and June 27, 1962.

Maggie Muggins is a freckle-faced girl in a gingham dress, with her red hair pulled back in two long pigtails who had adventures with many human-like animals and her neighbour Mr. McGarrity, who constantly worked on his garden.

The television series was adapted from previous media including radio and print.

External links

• Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series (Maggie Muggins archived listing link via archive.org)
• Maggie Muggins at the Canadian Communications Foundation
• Maggie Muggins at IMDb
• Just Mary: the life of Mary Evelyn Grannan By Margaret Anne Hume (2006) ISBN 9781550025972; on-line on Google Books.