Mike and Angelo

Mike and Angelo
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Grant Cathro Lee Pressman
Written by	Grant Cathro Lee Pressman Alex Bartlette
Starring	Shelley Thompson Matt Wright Tyler Butterworth Tim Whitnall Michael Benz Katy Murphy Gemma Gregory Steven Geller
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	12
No. of episodes	123
Production
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Thames (1989-91) Tetra Films and Carlton(1993-2000)
Original release
Network	ITV Network (CITV)
Release	16 March 1989 (1989-03-16) – 7 March 2000 (2000-03-07)
Related
Spatz

Mike and Angelo is a British sci-fi TV sitcom series, that ran on CITV between 16 March 1989 and 7 March 2000. It centres on Angelo (played initially by Tyler Butterworth, and from series 3 onwards by Tim Whitnall, after the character 'regenerated', a concept first used in Doctor Who), an alien who came from another world during the first series; the portal from his world being that of a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms. He lives with Mike King (played by Matt Wright), and Mike's mother Rita. Later series had Mike and Rita move away, with Rita's nephew Mike Mason (Michael Benz) staying on in the house with housekeeper Katy (Katy Murphy). Together, Mike and Angelo get up to all kinds of crazy adventures - all within the vicinity of the house that they live in. Angelo is always inventing something crazy, or walking on the ceiling (due to him being an alien), or summoning up historical figures from the past.

The 1999 series began with Angelo and Katy reading a postcard explaining that Mike was having a good time in America. In his place, Daphne Fawkes-Bentley's niece Michaela (portrayed by Gemma Gregory) became Angelo's sidekick.

For the final series, Katy's nephew, also called Mike, joined. The final series was shown in 2000. The actor who played Mike in the final series unfortunately died in 2015 aged 30.

Writers Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro set Mike & Angelo in Cricklewood, London. Their later series Spatz was set in the same area.

Cast

Main

• Mike King - Matt Wright (1989–1991)
• Mike Mason - Michael Benz (1993–1998)
• Angelo - Tyler Butterworth (1989–1990) & Tim Whitnall (1990–2000)
• Rita King - Shelley Thompson (1989–1994)
• Katy Andrews - Katy Murphy (1995–2000)
• Michaela "Mickey" Fawkes-Bentley - Gemma Gregory (1999)
• Mike - Steven Geller (2000)

Supporting

• Philippa Fraser - Alessia Gwyther
• Tony King (Rita King's former husband) - Jeff Harding
• Nancy Mancini (Rita King's mother) - Libby Morris
• Ellie - Jade Magri (1991)
• Sam - Katie Pearson (1995)
• Uncle Bob - Ron Berglas (1995)
• Zoe - Candace Hallinan (1998)
• Aunt Daphne Fawkes-Bentley - Elizabeth Estensen (1999)
• Cyril Pinner - John Levitt
• Melanie Pinner - Alexandra Milman (1994)
• Brett Douglas - Gavin Richards

Old Skool Weekend

In 2013, two episodes of Mike & Angelo were repeated on CITV as part of its 30th anniversary Old Skool Weekend. The first of these episodes, shown on 5 January 2013, entitled "Fuzzball", had originally been broadcast on CITV on 26 October 1989; the second of the episodes, shown on 6 January 2013, was titled "Heirs And Graces", and had originally been broadcast on CITV on 7 March 1996.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	16 March 1989	18 May 1989	10
2	14 September 1989	16 November 1989	10
3	14 November 1990	13 February 1991	13
4	17 October 1991	19 December 1991	10
5	7 January 1993	11 March 1993	10
6	22 February 1994	26 April 1994	10
7	5 January 1995	9 March 1995	10
8	4 January 1996	7 March 1996	10
9	9 January 1997	13 March 1997	10
10	8 January 1998	12 March 1998	10
11	5 January 1999	16 March 1999	10
12	4 January 2000	7 March 2000	10

External links

• Mike and Angelo at IMDb.
• Mike and Angelo at BFI