Mop and Smiff

Mop and Smiff is a children's pre-school television programme, the first episode "The Hang Glider" was broadcast on 4 April 1985 on BBC1, the final episode "The Snow" aired on 1 January 1986.

The show creator Mike Amatt also stars as himself with his dog Mop and cat Smiff.

The show starts with detailing a day of Mike, Mop or Smiff in real camera recording format.

When they return home later, Mike would use the day's events for artistic inspiration to draw a cartoon.

The show cuts into Mike's imagined animated sub-story with Mop and Smiff as talking friends who care for each other and go on their own adventure.