Muzzy Comes Back

Muzzy Comes Back is a sequel to the animated TV film Muzzy in Gondoland, created by the BBC in 1989 as a way of teaching English as a second language.

Plot

Muzzy the friendly green clock-eating monster from outer space returns for more adventures with his friends in Gondoland. Everyone expects him and King Nigel with Queen Ezra decide to make a ball for Amanda's christain. Meanwhile, Corvax invents an invisibility device and with the help of a servant named Thimbo, a thief on parole, plans to kidnap Amanda, Bob and Sylvia's daughter to avenge Bob for tricking him and taking Sylvia away from him.

Corvax and Thimbo succeed in kidnapping Amanda and they get away on Nigel's yacht. However, Amanda sinks the boat by pulling the plug out of the hull. The three manage to survive and they go to Corvax's hideout - a small hut which in fact turns out to be Corvax's operations centre. Meanwhile, Muzzy, Nigel, Ezra, Bob and Sylvia follow Corvax's trail, recover Nigel's yacht and track Corvax to his hideout.

At the same time Corvax and Thimbo have a problem: Amanda got hungry and wants to eat. While preparing the food, Thimbo lets the invisibility device loose and then it is picked up by Amanda, who activates it. Corvax and Thimbo try to find Amanda but they fail. Muzzy, Nigel, Bob, Ezra and Sylvia enter the hideout and confront Corvax. Thimbo commits treason and reveals to Nigel that this hut is an operations center. Meanwhile Amanda is found but she can't be seen. Muzzy constructs another invisibility device and uses it to make Amanda visible. All then go back to the palace. Corvax and his coward friend Thimbo ride with sheep, to receive the ultimate punishment, which is in Britain 250 years in prison.

Characters

• Muzzy - a furry greenish blue extraterrestrial - played by Jack May
• King Nigel - a lion, Sylvia's father, married to queen Ezra - played by Willie Rushton
• Queen Ezra - a rat, Sylvia's mother, married to king Nigel - played by Miriam Margolyes
• Princess Sylvia - a poodle, Bob's wife - played by Susan Sheridan
• Bob - a mouse, Sylvia's husband - played by Derek Griffiths
• Amanda - Bob and Sylvia's daughter - a rat - played by Susan Sheridan
• Corvax - a green goblin, a Villain, has a crush on Sylvia - played by Derek Griffiths
• Thimbo - a bulldog, he is Corvax's assistant - played by Peter Jones
• Norman - a human - played by Benjamin Whitrow
• Mary - a human, Norman's Wife - played by Miriam Margolyes
• The Lady Guest - a kangaroo - played by Susan Sheridan
• The Guest - a mouse - played by Peter Jones
• The Guest - a rat - played by Derek Griffiths
• The Guard - an old English sheepdog - played by Willie Rushton
• The Guard - a beagle - played by Derek Griffiths
• The Servant maid - a bulldog - played by Miriam Margolyes
• The Office boy - a rat - played by Susan Sheridan
• The Shepherd - a goblin - played by Peter Jones
• The Shopkeeper - a human - played by Derek Griffiths
• The Policeman, The Clock-maker and Norman's friend - humans - played by Willie Rushton
• The boy and The girl - human children - played by Susan Sheridan

Credits

• Directed by: Richard Taylor
• Executive Producer: Joe Hambrook
• Original English Scripts: Wendy Harris, Joe Hambrook, Richard Taylor
• Language Course Designer: Diana Webster
• Animation: Richard Taylor Cartoon Films Ltd.
• Additional Animation: Bob Godfrey Films Ltd.
• Music by: Peter Shade
• Produced by Richard Taylor Cartoon Films for BBC English by Television

External links

• Internet Movie Database
• BBC Muzzy — Demos
• Early Advantage – Muzzy Products