Monty the Dog who wears glasses

Monty the Dog who wears glasses

The title character on the front cover of Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses.

Monty
Opening title at the start of each episode of the series
Genre	Children's television
Directed by	David Lewis
Voices of	Griff Rhys Jones
Narrated by	Griff Rhys Jones
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Jill Green
Release
Original network	BBC 1

Monty the Dog is a children's book and cartoon character created by British Author Colin West making his first appearance in the book Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses in 1989.

Monty is a pet dog owned by the Sprod family (Mr and Mrs Sprod and their children Simon and Josie). He wears his trademark red glasses which the Sprod family made for him following a suggestion from a cyclist who nearly hit him the day before. Monty still appears to be accident prone and he likes to eat sausages, chocolate biscuits, ice cream, custard, mince pies and Walnut Whips which often gets him into trouble.

The novels were published by A & C Black as part of the Jets series. They follow more or less the same format except for the first one which includes an explanation on why Monty wears glasses. The story is mainly told through text and illustrations in black and white though there is the occasional speech bubble for the human characters and thought bubble for Monty's thoughts. The illustrations on the covers are in colour.

In The Reason Why whilst Monty was waiting outside the sweet shop for Simon he stepped onto the road and was nearly hit by a cyclist. When Simon came out of the shop the man on the bike said "What that dog needs is a pair of glasses!" The following day Simon removed the lenses from an old pair of sunglasses and gave them to Monty to remind him to be more careful. Simon did not think that Monty is short sighted but the family agree he looked more handsome with the glasses. In Monty's Barbecue there was talk of having a barbecue if the weather held on so Monty did his fair weather act to encourage Mr Sprod. Unfortunately for the humans it rained but Monty got the uneaten sausages. In Monty at School Monty followed Simon and Josie to school wondering what it was like. He lost sight of them when they got there so he went into the staffroom and rested in an armchair. A pupil came in to hand in some lost property and saw Monty so she spread the news round the playground. When Simon and Josie heard the rumours of a dog with glasses in the staffroom they realised that it could only be Monty and went to claim him. Mrs Prendlethorpe the headmistress made it clear that Monty was not to come back to school but let him stay for the rest of the school day. In Monty at the Library after posting letters and carrying a newspaper home with Josie Monty got a chocolate biscuit for being helpful. Monty heard that Simon was supposed to return a library book so he did it himself to try to get another biscuit. He dropped the book in a puddle but returned it anyway. The librarian took the damaged book and wrote a note for Monty to take back home. It was a fine for the damage so Monty did not get any biscuits for it. In Monty's Christmas Monty was excited about Father Christmas coming and thought he would give him Walnut Whips if he helped him. Monty saw a man with a sack in the living room thinking it must be a burglar he bit him on the ankle but it turned out to be just Mr Sprod. In Monty at the Supermarket Mrs Sprod left Monty outside the supermarket whilst she went shopping. Monty got bored and decided to have a go on one of the trolleys so he slipped out of his collar to which he was tethered. A woman came and took the trolley but did not notice Monty until it was emptied at the checkout. The manager took Monty to his office and looked after him until Mrs Sprod claimed him.