{{Short description|Australian television series with a preschool demographic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = Pre-school television | creator = | based_on = | developer = | writer = | director = Gary Juleff | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = Diana Kidd as Mulligrub<br>John Schumann<br>Mark Reedman<br>Nick Vall<br>Angela Smith<br>Gina Zoia<br>Sally Playford<br>Ray Wheeler<br>Megan Harris<br>Sue Harris<br>Coin Pyrlis<br>Jo England<br>Pip Burford<br>Nick Civetta | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Chris Harriott | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Australia | language = English | num_seasons = 9 | num_episodes = 550 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Ian Fairweather | producer = Elizabeth Mansutti | editor = | location = Adelaide, South Australia | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes (no ads) | company = | channel = Network Ten | first_aired = {{start date|1988|05|30|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1996|06|28|df=y}} | related = {{Plainlist| * ''The Music Shop'' (1996–1998) * ''In the Box'' (1998-2006) }} }}
'''''Mulligrubs''''' is an Australian children's television series that aired on Network Ten from 30 May 1988 to 28 June 1996. The series was made by affiliate ADS in Adelaide and was aimed at pre-schoolers.<ref name=nfsa>[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=mulligrubs;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Mulligrubs] entry at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.</ref>
About 550 episodes were made, with about 425 being stored intact at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.<ref name=nfsa/>
The show was best remembered for the face (made up of just eyes, eyebrows, nostrils and mouth) on a blue screen that appeared occasionally during the program. The actress who played the part of 'the face' was Diana Kidd (born circa. 1951–1952).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2319892/fullcredits | title=Mulligrubs (TV Series 1988–1996)| website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/who-was-behind-the-mulligrubs-mouth-and-where-is-she-now/story-fnprmvzr-1227096008007 Who was behind the Mulligrubs mouth and where is she now?], News.com.au, 20-Oct-2014</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kZcuAeaNk Portion of a Mulligrubs episode] on YouTube <!-- see talk page for justification for including this -->
Category:Australian children's television series Category:1980s preschool education television series Category:1990s preschool education television series Category:Australian preschool education television series Category:Australian television shows featuring puppetry Category:Network 10 original programming Category:1988 Australian television series debuts Category:1996 Australian television series endings Category:Television shows set in Adelaide
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