Metal Mickey (1980-1983)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast:
Number of Seasons:
Total Number of Episodes: 40
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: London Weekend Television
Producer: Michael Dolenz

SCRIPT
Scripts: Colin Bostock-Smith

DIRECTION
Directors: David Crossman, Michael Dolenz, Nic Phillips

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Paul Faraday

REGULAR CAST
Michael Stainton (Father)
Georgina Melville (Mother)
Gary Shail (Steve)
Ashley Knight (Ken)
Lucinda Bateson (Haley)
Lola Young (Janey)
Irene Handl (Granny)

PLOT SUMMARY

Metal Mickey is a robot built by youngster Ken Wilburforce to act as a simple domestic labour-saving device for the rest of his large family. But Mickey has magical control over electrical appliances and his catchphrase of “Boogie Boogie!” has the rest of the family dancing, leading to all kinds of unpredictable adventures.

CAPSULE REVIEW

A painfully bad sitcom aimed at children whose “leading man” had debuted on the Saturday morning show The Saturday Banana (1978). He was irritating enough there but in his own show, he was plain unbearable. It seemed popular enough at the time (40 episodes were made) but now it's simply too embarrassing to endure.

UK
Television Distributor: ITV

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SEE ALSO
The Saturday Banana (1978)

KEYWORDS

children; magic; robots; teenagers

Last Updated: 6 February, 2010