Maisy is a British preschool animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name by Lucy Cousins. The series aired from 11 February 1999 to 2 November 2000 on CITV and consisted of 26 episodes, with each episode being made up of four segments. It won the British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation in 2000.
Plot
The show focuses on the lives of Maisy Mouse and all her friends. A mellow-voiced narrator narrates the action and communicates with the characters while the animals go through their paces communicating through unusual noises rather than traditional language.
The characters are all meant to be between four and nine years old. The male narrator, however, can understand them easily because he is the only one who actually speaks. The animated series keeps the two-dimensional visual style of the books.
Characters
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Maisy is a white mouse who lives in an orange house with a red roof. She wears different clothes. She loves to paint and play with her friends.
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Cyril is a brown squirrel who wears a yellow or green shirt.
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Tallulah is a yellow chick who is almost always seen wearing a dress and a bow.
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Charley is a green crocodile who loves to eat.
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Eddie is an elephant who is often in settings where he is too big to participate as he is often depicted as being almost animalistic rather than anthropomorphic in appearance.
Episodes
The show ran for one series of 26 episodes, with each episode consisting of four segments.
Song shorts
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Maisy Mouse Theme Song
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Drip Drip Drop (The Rain Song)
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
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I Look Out of My Window
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I'm Going to Write a Letter
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The Wheels on the Bus
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What Should We Do When We All Come In?
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Maisy, Maisy Had a Farm
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Broadcast
Maisy first aired on
CITV in the United Kingdom from 11 February 1999 to 2 November 2000,
with repeats airing until the mid-2000s.
In the US, the series aired on the Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000, with repeats airing on Noggin from 2001 to 2007 and on Qubo from 2008 to 2012.
Accolades
Maisy won the British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation in 2000.
My Friend Maisy
In January 2024, it was announced that a new
Maisy series, entitled
My Friend Maisy, was put into development at Trustbridge Entertainment, with 52 five-minute episodes planned for the series. No date or broadcaster was announced for the project.
In September, it was announced that the company would co-produce the series with BBC Studios Kids & Family and that A Productions and Karrot would handle animation production. It was also said that the series would take a more surreal approach than the slice-of-life nature of the 1999 series.
On 10 June 2025, Sky Kids was announced to be the series' commissioner and that it would premiere in 2026.
See also
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The Adventures of Spot
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The Paz Show
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Wide-Eye
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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
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Humf
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Poppy Cat
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