List of Mongrels episodes

Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox (voiced by Rufus Jones, performed by Andy Heath); Destiny, a pretentious self-absorbed Afghan hound (voiced by Lucy Montgomery, performed by Richard Coombs); Marion, a "borderline-retarded" cat (voiced by Dan Tetsell, performed by Warrick Brownlow-Pike); Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon (voiced by Katy Brand, performed by Iestyn Evans); and Vince, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox (voiced by Paul Kaye, performed by various puppeteers).

Mongrels originally began as an unbroadcast pilot when it was known as We Are Mongrels. Differences between the pilot and the series included a different voice actor and puppet to portray Marion (Ray Panthaki), Destiny and Kali are also portrayed by different puppets, Vince doesn't swear constantly and the appearance of a sixth character, Debbie the suicidal chicken, who was eventually dropped from the show. Following from this pilot a full series was commissioned. The first series consisted of eight episodes and the making-of special. A second series has since been commissioned. The series was created and directed by Adam Miller. The producer for the series is Stephen McCrum.

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Original broadcast		DVD and Blu-ray Release
			Series premiere	Series finale
	Pilot	1 (unaired)	Unaired	Unaired	16 August 2010
	Series 1	8 (+ 1 Documentary)	22 June 2010	11 August 2010	16 August 2010
	Series 2	TBA	2011	TBA	TBA

Episode list

Pilot

#	Title	Celebrity guest(s)	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1 (0)	"We Are Mongrels" "Pilot"	Chico Slimani Abi Titmuss Alex Zane	Adam Miller	Daniel Peak Jon Brown	N/A
Destiny gives birth to a litter of puppies, but because they are ugly and extremely badly-behaved she does not want to look after them. Nelson however, wants to keep them as he sees it as a way of winning Destiny's heart. If only she felt the same way. Nelson's old friend Vince turns up and urges him to break-up his friendship with Marion and go on a boys night out. During the night, Nelson takes drugs and suggests the idea of eating Destiny's pups. When he discovers what he has said, he does his best to save them. After Marion is spurned by Nelson, he feels as if his life cannot get worst, until he goes away to be neutered a bunch of celebrities. please Note that several lines and Ideas (like Marion getting Neutered) made it into the Actual show.

Series 1

#	Title	Celebrity guest(s)	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1 (1)	"Nelson the Online Predator" "Chicken"	Toby Anstis	Adam Miller	Daniel Peak Jon Brown	22 June 2010
Nelson uses Toby Anstis's social networking login to set up a blind date with a human. However, he gets a shock when he discovers the Wendy he was planning to meet is not a human being after all, but a chicken named Wendy.The two date but like with every strange love lies and Deception wait around the corner! Destiny joins owner Gary for the canine horror show that is Strictly Dog Dancing and falls for bad boy Rivers from the dog disobedience class. If she is to see Rivers again, Destiny has to start behaving really badly. When Marion's owner dies, Kali sees an opportunity for Marion to pose as a missing cat called Chopsticks in order to rob his owner for all she's worth. Marion finds his new life most comfortable, until his new owner takes him to be neutered. It gets worse when Chopsticks returns...
2 (2)	"Destiny the Reluctant Sniffer Dog" "Runt"	Gemma Bissix Stuart Manning Paul Ross	Adam Miller	Jon Brown	29 June 2010
When his neighbour Vince has a litter of fox cubs Nelson is thrilled to be an uncle at last, until he finds that Vince has eaten all of his cubs (despite having Müller Rice which he couldn't find a spoon for. It was Rhubarb flavour anyway) except one – the runt of the litter. Nelson decides to save the runt, only to discover that he's the sickliest, saddest, wimpiest, most difficult animal you could ever wish to meet. Destiny meets a handsome dog called James who teaches her the art of the bottom sniff. Soon she is out trying to sniff out any handsome dog she finds. Destiny is then horrified to discover that according to her sniffing her ideal lover is Nelson. Marion gets addicted to catnip and goes crazy. Nelson steps in with some aversion therapy in a bid to save his friend. Kali is reunited with an old partner in crime, the dove Dean. She is irritated to discover that Dean has no interest in helping her terrorise the neighbourhood since he has now found God and seen the error of his ways. Annoyed, Kali plots to tempt Dean back to the dark side.
3 (3)	"Marion the Young Lover" "Springwatch"	Terry Nutkins Chris Packham	Adam Miller	Jon Brown	6 July 2010
Marion falls for the beautiful Lollipop. The trouble is, Lollipop is only three weeks and six days old and, as everyone but Marion knows, the legal age for dating is not three weeks – it's four weeks. All Marion has to do is stay alive for one more day so that Lollipop can be his soulmate. Which should be easy, a cat having nine lives. Out on a walk in the park, Destiny meets a guide dog and decides that guiding is for her, purely because she likes the idea of being in control. However, she quickly discovers that guiding has its downside. It's time for her to find someone else to do her work for her – Nelson. Kali reveals that she used to nest in Amy Winehouse's hair. Also Nelson goes on Spingwatch where he learns that the animals there are posh actors.
4 (4)	"Nelson the Stroke Virgin" "Never Been Stroked"	Clive Anderson Jeff Brazier	Adam Miller	Jon Brown	13 July 2010
Nelson realises that he is the only one in the gang who has never been stroked by a human making him a "Stroke virgin" (Even Vince has been stroked)! He visits a petting zoo, where he quickly discovers that getting a stroke is not always a pleasant experience. Marion courageously saves a child from drowning, but Destiny dupes him out of his chance to win an Animal of Courage award by taking all the credit for his bravery. Only when Destiny is faced with doing something brave for real does she truly reveal to the world that she is nothing more than a liar, a coward and the daughter of a thousand godless akney-ribben whores. Kali falls for a muscular crow and decides to go for it with a passionate kiss, only to discover that the crow is a girl and that she is now an accidental lesbian.
5 (5)	"Kali the Genetic Engineer" "Rabies"	Scott Mills	Adam Miller	Jon Brown	20 July 2010
Nelson's effete French pen-friend Christian arrives for a visit and starts behaving uncharacteristically badly, exhibiting mood swings and frothing at the mouth. Yes, it seems Christian has rabies. Nelson and Marion must contain the disease and save their friends. However after using his Tooth brush after Christian had used it causes Neloson to think he's got Rabies. Destiny discovers that her gorgeous new boyfriend Archie is in fact a pimp/Man-whore/Stud-dog organised by her owner Gary to get Destiny to produce some pedigree pups. Destiny decides to teach Gary a lesson. Hooking Gary up with a Prostitute (as suggested by Kali) doesn't help though. When Kali is caught up in a pigeon cull, she resolves to take over the world and take revenge on humankind by creating an animal half pigeon and half fox – the pigeox. All she needs to bring her Hybrid to life is a bit of help from a passing fox, like Nelson, or, failing that, his vicious friend Vince.
6 (6)	"Destiny the Infection Risk" "Bin Day"	Christopher Hughes	Adam Miller	Daniel Peak	27 July 2010
Nelson goes to the rubbish dump to save Marion – and falls for disgusting,foul-mouthed vixen Sandra. Sandra is truly revolting but because she is on heat Nelson thinks she is the most beautiful fox he has ever laid eyes on. Thankfully, Marion has still got his senses and so tries to save Nelson from mating with the wrong woman. Destiny persuades her owner Gary to enter her into the local dog show, at last. But when she gets infected with boorish fleas who delight in quoting comedy catchphrases, she struggles with her preparations for the canine intelligence round. Destiny decides to pull out until the fleas persuade her that they have the brains to help her win. Kali decides to protest against the new anti-pigeon spikes that Gary has put down to reduce vermin, by throwing herself upon them. Finding Kali impaled, Gary looks after her, and feeds her up to several times her normal size. naturally It'll all end in tears when she is set free.
7 (7)	"Marion the Superfluous Feed Character" "Beatrix Reloaded"	Vicki Butler-Henderson	Adam Miller	Jon Brown	3 August 2010
It is Vince's birthday, but things go badly when a party popper fired by Nelson puts him in a coma. Nelson must look after his territory for him while he gets better, and decides the best way to control Vince's law-breaking slaves is to make them middle-class. Just as she gets fed up with her latest controlling boyfriend Laddie the sheepdog, fate gives Destiny the chance to date her dream partner. He is unresponsive, will do anything she asks and he cannot even answer back – the comatose Vince. but how well will love go when Vince wakes up? When You've Been Framed broadcasts the tragic but Frankly, hilarious (coupled with the song "I'm on fire") death of her mother on nationwide TV, Kali decides to take revenge on the show's presenter Harry Hill, with the help of a Thai bride and some Genesis.
8 (8)	"Nelson the Naughty Arsonist" "Bonfire"	Eamonn Holmes	Adam Miller	Daniel Peak	10 August 2010
It is 5/11 (5 November) and Marion falls in with the wrong crowd of animals led by a demented Scottish hedgehog during Nelson's fire safety talk. They are determined to stop humans from celebrating bonfire night forever by blowing up the pub via lighting the alcohol in the cellar. It is up to Nelson to take heroic action to save Destiny from certain death when he remembers that Every Bonfire night Gary drugs her and puts her in the cellar. Whilst walking in the park, Destiny is chosen to become a photographer's model. The trouble is that the photographer's idea of glamour is quite different to Destiny's. When Kali has her wings clipped by the over-zealous fire warden Nelson to avoid her from flying into fireworks, nasty neighbour Vince decides to eat her. Kali must keep Vince fed, or she will be appearing in her own version of Come Dine with Me. the difference is that she's the host and main-course.
9	"Mongrels Uncovered"	N/A	Samantha Peters	N/A	11 August 2010
A look behind the scenes of the making of Mongrels narrated by Rufus Jones, the voice of Nelson. Includes interviews with creator Adam Miller, producer Stephen McCrum, composer Richie Webb, puppeteer Iestyn Evans and celebrity guest Eamonn Holmes.

Series 2

A second series of Mongrels has been commissioned and is currently in development.

References

General

• "Episodes of Mongrels: broadcast in 2010". BBC. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
• "Mongrels". epguides. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
• Wolf, Ian. "Mongrels: Episode Guides". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 September 2010.

Specific