Mike and Angelo
| Mike and Angelo | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Lee Pressman Grant Cathro |
| Starring | Tyler Butterworth Matt Wright Tim Whitnall Shelley Thompson Michael Benz Jade Magri Alexandra Millman Kate Murphy Gemma Gregory Stephen Geller |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 123 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1989 – 2000 |
Mike and Angelo was a sci-fi TV sitcom series that ran on CITV between 1989 and 2000. It centred on Angelo (played initially by Tyler Butterworth, and from series 3 onwards by Tim Whitnall), 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 lived with Mike (played for most of the show's run by Michael Benz), a young boy who lived with his mother called Rita. Later series' had a new actor playing Mike's aunt Katy Murphy who was called Katy. Together, Mike and Angelo would get up to all kinds of crazy adventures - all within the vicinity of the house that they lived in. Angelo would always be inventing something crazy, or walking on the ceiling (due to him being an alien), or summoning up historical figures from the past. They would always wreak havoc together (much to Katy's annoyance, crying "ANGELO!!" in her Scottish accent constantly). Their neighbours were the posh Fawkes-Bentleys, in whose house some of the show's scenes were occasionally based.
The 1999 series began with Angelo and Katie reading a postcard explaining that Mike was having a good time in America. In his place, Aunt Daphne's niece Michaela (portrayed by Gemma Gregory) became Angelo's sidekick. For the final series, a new character also called Mike (but with no apparent link to the previous character of the same name) joined. The final series was shown in 2000.
Production
The series was originally produced by Thames Television from 1989 to 1991, who at the time had many American interests and hoped to sell the series on both sides of the Atlantic. After losing their franchise, the series was picked up Tetra Films and Carlton Television. They both produced it from 1993 until 2000.
Cast
- Mike King - Matt Wright (1989-91) & Michael Benz (1993-98)
- Angelo - Tyler Butterworth (1989) & Tim Whitnall (1990-2000)
- Rita King - Shelley Thompson (1989-94)
- Katy Andrews - Katy Murphy (1995-00)
- Ellie - Jade Magri (1991)
- Melanie - Alexandra Milman (1994)
- Sam - Katie Pearson (1995)
- Uncle Bob - Ron Berglas (1995)
- Zoe - Candace Hallinan (1998)
- Aunt Daphne - Elizabeth Estensen (1999)
- Michaela "Mickey" Fawkes-Bentley - Gemma Gregory (1999)
- Mike - Steven Geller (2000)
with
- Philippa Fraser - Alessia Gwyther
- Cyril Pinner - John Levitt
- Nancy Mancini - Libby Morris
- Brett Douglas - Gavin Richards
Written by Alex Bartlette