Danger Mouse

***Danger Mouse*** is a British children’s animated television series. The main character is Danger Mouse who worked as a secret agent.

The show was originally on television in the United Kingdom from 28 September 1981 to 19 March 1992. It was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. The series also had a spin-off show, _Count Duckula_.

_Danger Mouse_ was a parody of British spy fiction, particularly the _Danger Man_ series and James Bond.

A continuation of the original series, under the same name, began airing in September 2015 on CBBC.

## History

In 1983, _Danger Mouse_ had an all-time high of 21 million viewers.This is still a record number of viewers for a children's programme.

On 4 June 1984, _Danger Mouse_ was the first British cartoon to appear on Nickelodeon. This made it one of the earliest British cartoons to be in syndication in America.

_Danger Mouse_ took third place in the _100 Greatest Kids' TV Shows_ by Channel 4 in the UK. It was only beaten by _The Muppet Show_ and _The Simpsons_.

## Characters

- Danger Mouse (voiced by David Jason) the world's greatest secret agent.
- Penfold (voiced by Terry Scott) Danger Mouse's sidekicks who is reluctant to do any missions.
- Colonel K (voiced by Edward Kelsey) The boss of Danger Mouse who sends him on missions.
- Baron Greenback (voiced by Edward Kelsey) The main antagonist who hates Danger Mouse and wants to rule the world.
- Stiletto (voiced by Brian Trueman) Greenbacks henchman who used to be loyal but is now stupid.
- Leatherhead (voiced by Terry Scott) Another one of Greenbacks henchman who likes to read comics.
- Narrator (voiced by David Jason) The narrator of the show who hates his job and wants to quit.

### Pilot (1979-1980)

|No.|Title|Airdate|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Episode 1|N/A|001|
|2|Mystery of the Lost Chord|2001|002|

### Season 1 (1981)

|No. Overall|No. In season|Title|Air date|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|1|Rouge Robots|September 28, 1981|101|
|2|2|Who Stole the Bagpipes|September 30, 1981|102|
|3|3|Trouble With Ghosts|October 5, 1981|103|
|4|4|Chicken Run|October 7, 1981|104|
|5|5|The Martian Misfit|October 12, 1981|105|
|6|6|Dream Machine|October 14, 1981|106|
|7|7|Lord of the Bungle|October 19, 1981|107|
|8|8|Die Laughing|October 21, 1981|108|
|9|9|The World of Machines|October 26, 1981|109|
|10|10|Ice Station Camel|October 28, 1981|110|
|11|11|A Plague of Pyramids|November 2, 1981|111|

### Season 2 (1982)

|No. Overall|No. In season|Title|Air date|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|12|1|Custard|January 4, 1982|201|
|13|2|Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind|January 11, 1982|202|
|14|3|The Duel|January 18, 1982|203|
|15|4|The Day of the Suds|January 25, 1982|204|
|16|5|The Bad Luck Eye of the Yellow God|February 1 1982|205|
|17|6|Four Tasks of Danger Mouse|February 8 1982|206|

### Season 3 (1982)

|No. Overall|No. In Season|Title|Air date|Prod code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18|1|The Invasion of Colonel K|October 4, 1982|301|
|19|2|Danger Mouse Saves The World Again|October 11, 1982|302|
|20|3|The Oddball Runaround|October 18, 1982|303|
|21|4|Strange Case of the Ghost Bus|October 25, 1982|112|
|22|5|The Trip to America|November 1, 1982|113|

### Season 4 (1983)

|No. Overall|No. In season|Title|Air date|Prod code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23|1|The Wild, Wild Goose Chase|January 3, 1983|401|
|24|2|The Return of Count Duckula|January 10, 1983|402|
|25|3|Demons Aren’t Dull?|January 17, 1983|403|
|26|4|150 Million Years Lost|April 11, 1983|404|
|27|5|Planet of the Cats|April 18, 1983|405|
|28|6|Four Heads Are Better Than Two|April 25, 1983|406|
|29|7|Tower of Terror|May 9, 1983|407|
|30|8|The Great Bone Idol|May 16, 1983|408|
|31|9|Public Enemy Number One|May 23, 1983|409|

### Season 5 (1984)

|No. overall|No. In Season|Title|Air date|Prod code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|32|1|The Long Lost Crown Affair|February 20, 1984|501|
|33|2|By George, It’s a Dragon!|February 27, 1984|502|
|34|3|Tiptoe Through the Penfolds|March 5, 1984|503|
|35|4|Project Moon|March 12, 1984|504|
|36|5|The Next Ice Age Begins At Midnight|March 19, 1984|505|
|37|6|The Aliens Are Coming|March 26, 1984|506|
|38|7|Remote Controlled Chaos|April 2, 1984|507|
|39|8|The Man From Gadget|April 9, 1984|508|
|40|9|Tampering With Time Tickles|April 16, 1984|509|
|41|10|Nero Power|April 30, 1984|510|

### Season 6 (1984-85)

|No. overall|No. in series|Title|Date|Prod code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|42|1|Once Upon A Timeslip|December 25, 1984|611|
|43|2|Viva Danger Mouse|January 3, 1985|601|
|44|3|Play It Again Wufgang|January 10, 1985|612|
|45|4|Hear Hear|January 17, 1985|602|
|46|5|Multiplication Fable|January 24, 1985|603|
|47|6|The Spy Who Stayed In With A Cold|January 31, 1985|604|
|48|7|It’s All White, White Wonder|February 7, 1985|613|
|49|8|The Hickory Dickory Dock Dilemma|February 14, 1985|614|
|50|9|What A 3 Point Turn Up For The Book|February 21, 1985|615|
|51|10|Quark! Quark!|February 28, 1985|616|
|52|11|Alping is Snow Easy Matter|March 7, 1985|605|
|53|12|AAAAGH! Spiders!|March 14, 1985|617|
|54|13|One Of Our Stately Homes Is Missing|March 21, 1985|606|
|55|14|Afternoon Off With The Fangboner|March 28, 1985|618|
|56|15|Beware of Mexicans Delivering Milk|April 4, 1985|620|
|57|16|CATastrophe|April 11, 1985|621|
|58|17|The Good, The Bad, And The Motionless|April 18, 1985|622|
|59|18|Statues|April 25, 1985|623|
|60|19|The Clock Strikes Back|May 2, 1985|624|
|61|20|Ee-Tea|May 9, 1985|607|
|62|21|Bandits, Beans, and Ballyhoo!|May 23, 1985|619|
|63|22|Have You Fled From Any Good Books Lately|May 30, 1985|625|
|64|23|Tut, Tut, It’s Not Pharaoh|June 6, 1985|608|
|65|24|Lost, Found, and Spellbound|June 13, 1985|626|
|66|25|Penfold BF|June 20, 1985|627|
|67|26|Mechanized Mayhem|June 27, 1985|628|
|68|27|Journey To The Earths Cor|December 25, 1985|629|

### Season 7 (1986)

|No. overall|No. in season|Title|Date|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|69|1|DM on the Orient Express|November 13, 1986|701|
|70|2|The Ultra Secret Secret|November 20, 1986|702|
|71|3|Duckula Meets Frankenstoat|November 27, 1986|703|
|72|4|Where There’s a Well, There’s A Way|December 4, 1986|704|
|73|5|All Fall Down|December 11, 1986|705|
|74|6|Turn of the Tide|December 18, 1986|706|

### Season 8 (1987)

|No. Overall|No. in season|Title|Date|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|75|1|Gremlin Alert|February 20, 1987|609 (UK) 801 (US)|
|76|2|Cor What A Picture|February 27, 1987|610 (UK) 802 (US)|

### Season 9 (1991)

|No. Overall|No. in season|Title|Date|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|77|1|I Spy With My Little Eye|January 3, 1991|901|
|78|2|Bigfoot Falls|January 10, 1991|902|
|79|3|The Statue of Liberty Caper|January 17, 1991|903|
|80|4|Penfold Transformed|January 24, 1991|904|
|81|5|A Dune With A View|January 31, 1991|905|
|82|6|Don Coyote and Sancho Penfold|February 7, 1991|906|

### Season 10 (1992)

|No. overall|No. in season|Title|Date|Prod. Code|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|83|1|Crumhorn Strikes Back|February 6, 1992|1001|
|84|2|Ants, Trees, And Whoops-A-Daisy|February 13, 1992|1002|
|85|3|Theres A Penfold in My Suit|February 20, 1992|1003|
|86|4|Rhyme And Punishment|February 27, 1992|1004|
|87|5|Pillow Fright|March 5, 1992|1005|
|88|6|Heavy Duty|March 12, 1992|1006|
|89|7|The Intergalactic 147|March 19, 1992|1007|

## Other websites

- Dangermouse.com