Mike and Angelo
| Mike and Angelo | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Grant Cathro Lee Pressman |
| Written by | Grant Cathro Lee Pressman Alex Bartlette |
| Starring | Michael Benz Tyler Butterworth Steven Geller Gemma Gregory Jade Magri Alexandra Millman Katy Murphy Shelley Thompson Tim Whitnall Matt Wright |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 123 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Thames (1989-91) Tetra Films and Carlton(1993-2000) |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Original release | 16 March 1989 – 7 March 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | 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.
Writers Lee Pressman and Grant Cathro set Mike & Angelo in Cricklewood, London. Their later series Spatz was set in the same area.
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.
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