Mopatop's Shop

Mopatop's Shop is a children's television series that premiered on CITV in the UK on 4 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 2005 it was repeated for several years afterwards until 2010.

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 Mopatop and his red and his assistant Puppyduck. 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, neighbour Claudia Bird, a rabbit named Odd-Job Gerald.

Main characters

 * Mopatop (performed by Mak Wilson in Seasons 1 and 2, William Todd-Jones in Seasons 3 and 4) - The main character of the series. He is a large fuzzy green creature of indeterminate species who runs Mopatop's Shop as its shopkeeper.
 * Puppyduck (performed by Victoria Willing) - Mopatop's assistant. She is a cross between a duck and a dog. Puppyduck also has a fondness for strawberry jam.
 * Mouse Family - A family of mice that live in the attic of Mopatop's shop.
 * Moosey Mouse (performed by Nigel Plaskitt) - Member of the Mouse Family. Since Mopatop and Puppyduck don't notice him, he tends to do whatever he wants. He is a recycled version of the mouse puppet used in The Muppet Christmas Carol which was later used for Stanley the Mouse in Jim Henson's Animal Show.
 * Mother Mouse (performed by Victoria Willing)
 * Father Mouse (performed by Brian Herring)
 * Great Uncle Mousiemillian - Moosey Mouse's great uncle.

Recurring characters

 * Claudia Bird (performed by Susan Beattie) - Claudia Bird is a friendly neighbor of Mopatop. She is a recycled version of Winny from The Muppet Show.
 * Lamont (performed by Nigel Plaskitt) - A sloth who is a deliveryman. He is a recycled version of the Lamont the Sloth puppet from Jim Henson's Animal Show.
 * Odd-Job Gerald (performed by Brian Herring) - A rabbit who does odd jobs for Mopatop.
 * Grace The Delphinium (performed by Alison McGowan) - A cheerful flower that resides in Mopatop's Shop. She is a recycled version of one of the flowers from The Muppet Show.
 * Professor Fingle Fangle Fargle (performed by Nigel Plaskitt) - Professor Fingle Fangle Fargle is an inventor who has contributed some of his inventions to Mopatop's Shop.

United Kingdom
The series premiered on CITV on 4 January 1999.

International
On 9 May 2013, it was shown on YouTube during the 1st season in North America after a 5-year wait.

Episodes
Season 1 (1999–2000)
 * 1) Wrong Ringer
 * 2) This Way to the Garden
 * 3) Flea Power
 * 4) Hop for the Shop
 * 5) Hiccups
 * 6) Ghosts
 * 7) Upsy Daisy
 * 8) Worries
 * 9) Trouble With a Puddle
 * 10) Horns
 * 11) No Mice for sale
 * 12) The Seed
 * 13) No Job Too Small
 * 14) Moon Dreams
 * 15) Hug A Bug
 * 16) The Whizzy
 * 17) Nowhere For a Square
 * 18) Grand Opening
 * 19) Shake A Shake
 * 20) Mr Grizzle's Laugh
 * 21) Nothing
 * 22) Teething Trouble
 * 23) Simply Sorry
 * 24) Monty's Fuzzy Wuzz
 * 25) Ants
 * 26) Something Special
 * 27) Singa Songa
 * 28) Hairy Fairy
 * 29) Whispers
 * 30) Nodding Off
 * 31) Flowers
 * 32) Home Sweet Home
 * 33) Ship Ahoy
 * 34) You Are What You Are
 * 35) The Do-What-I-Say
 * 36) Bright Ideas
 * 37) Surprise Party
 * 38) Musical Sounds
 * 39) Surprises
 * 40) The Perfect Tail
 * 41) Cock-A-Doodle Bee
 * 42) The Happy Flapper
 * 43) No Sea
 * 44) Easy Peasy
 * 45) Thingamajig
 * 46) Wind
 * 47) The Brave Canary
 * 48) The Flying Chicken
 * 49) Warm Snow
 * 50) The Magic Teeny
 * 51) Cold Feet
 * 52) A Secret
 * 53) Sniffly Whiffler
 * 54) Singalotti
 * 55) The Big Bicycle Race
 * 56) Swapsies
 * 57) Dancin' on the Shop
 * 58) Find The Way You Are
 * 59) The Fly
 * 60) Go Slow
 * 61) Fast Run
 * 62) Mud
 * 63) Fishing
 * 64) Teasy Sneezy
 * 65) Whistles

Season 2 (2000–2001)
 * 1) Where's the Blue Paint?
 * 2) Princess Lulabelle
 * 3) Light Up My Life
 * 4) Meesy Mouse
 * 5) Mervyn Muddle
 * 6) Whatever Next?
 * 7) The Gobbledegook
 * 8) Sea Tree House
 * 9) Pop Star
 * 10) The Wizard's Wand
 * 11) Doctor Zuckermonster
 * 12) The Neenoo
 * 13) Helping Hands
 * 14) Tweet! Roar!
 * 15) Flying Carpet
 * 16) Rosey Nosey
 * 17) The Grumblegrouch
 * 18) Weirdy Beardy
 * 19) Splish! Splish! Splat!
 * 20) Magic Cakes!
 * 21) Feathers
 * 22) Hidey Seekies
 * 23) Rude Dude
 * 24) Bath Buddy
 * 25) I Want To Be a Unicorn
 * 26) The Do Wah Be Do
 * 27) Hair! Hair! Everywhere!
 * 28) Smells
 * 29) One Of Those Days
 * 30) The Flootle Toot
 * 31) Ears
 * 32) Ducky Dog
 * 33) Robbers In The Shop
 * 34) The See Me Not
 * 35) Runaway Socks
 * 36) The Gobbledegook
 * 37) A Shopping Trip
 * 38) Keys
 * 39) Real Cool Shoes
 * 40) Nellie the Belly Dancer
 * 41) What's In An Egg?
 * 42) Rumble! Rumble!
 * 43) The Magic Rabbit
 * 44) Silly Stephen
 * 45) Mouldylocks and the Three Pears
 * 46) How Scary Is That?
 * 47) Animal Choir
 * 48) Bruno Butterfingers
 * 49) Thinking Cap
 * 50) Hullabaloo
 * 51) Little Miss Kissy Kiss
 * 52) Puppyduck's Granny
 * 53) Flower the Leader
 * 54) Backwards Forwards
 * 55) Stuck In A Bucket
 * 56) Load of Old Rubbish
 * 57) Ice Screams!
 * 58) Mirror, Mirror
 * 59) Mac and The Lollystalk
 * 60) The Bigulator
 * 61) Mouse Count
 * 62) Snores
 * 63) Gluey Gloop
 * 64) Midip
 * 65) Dream the Dream

Season 3 (2001–2002)

Season 4 (2002–2003)