Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams | |
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Genre | Children |
Starring | Sophie Aldred Matthew Devitt |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Production location | UK |
Running time | 15 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC |
Release | 9 January 1992 (1992-01-09) – 1 April 1993 (1993-04-01) |
Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-Grams is an educational CBBC show about music which ran from 1992 to 1993 (with repeat transmissions continuing until 1997), starring Sophie Aldred and Matthew Devitt. The show was rerun on CBeebies in 2007.[1]
Melvin and Maureen ran a music shop which sold "Music-A-Grams"- a recording of music for a certain purpose. Sometimes customers came asking for a particular music-a-gram. Melvin and Maureen also sang songs, and told stories to illustrate how musical instruments could be used to create different effects, or on a particular theme. There was also a trio of stuffed toys, who resided in an odds-and-ends cupboard, and were on a constant quest for musical stardom. They appeared in every episode, but only their leader, Groovy Ted, spoke.
Apart from a few one-off characters, like the evil landlady in the third episode, and a spoof superhero character in a later episode, Matthew Dewitt and Sophie Aldred were the only actors in the show. When Melvin or Maureen spoke to a customer on the phone, the customer was always played by the other actor. In the final episode, Matthew Dewitt appeared as a talent scout, and a recording studio manager, and Sophie Aldred appeared in three roles- a bored receptionist at a recording studio, the receptionist at a record factory, and as a Top of The Pops presenter.
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