Mopatop's Shop

*Mopatop's Shop*
Mopatop's Shop
Genre	Children's television series
Developed by	CITV
Directed by	Simon Spencer; Tom Poole; Ian McLean
Starring	Mak Wilson (series 1–2); William Todd-Jones (series 3–4); Victoria Willing; Nigel Plaskitt; Brian Herring; Susan Beattie
Country of origin	United Kingdom; United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	260
Production
Executive producers	Brian Henson; Angus Fletcher; David Mercer
Producers	Jocelyn Stevenson; Sue Taylor; Angus Fletcher; Pete Coogan
Running time	10 mins
Production companies	The Jim Henson Company; Carlton Television
Original release
Network	ITV Network (CITV)
Release	5 January 1999 –; 23 April 2003

Mopatop's Shop is a British-American 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 Productions and Carlton Television.

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."^{[citation needed]}

Plot

The show features a large green dragon-like Muppet named Mopatop (preformed by Mak Wilson) (series 1-2) and William Todd-Jones (series 3-4) and his red and yellow platypus-like assistant Puppyduck (preformed by Victoria Willing). Together they run Mopatop's Shop, a shop where you can buy anything you 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. Each episode features background puppets from Bear in the Big Blue House, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Little Muppet Monsters, A Muppet Family Christmas, The Jim Henson Hour, Dog City, Jim Henson's Animal Show, Secret Life of Toys, Muppets Tonight, Sesame Street, and other projects having been recycled as various customers and suggestions to Mopatop's Shop.

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