About Mongrels
- Released on June 22, 2010
Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second series of Mongrels began airing on 7 November 2011.
The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox; Destiny, an Afghan hound; Marion, a "borderline-retarded" cat; Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon; and Vince, Nelson's friend, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox.
The show is aimed at an adult audience, features "neutering, incontinence, cannibalism and catnip overdoses" and humour styles such as slapstick and farce. For example, the first episode begins with a scene in which Marion, portrayed as desperately trying to revive his deceased owner, learns she has actually been dead for four months, whereupon he casually gives his cat friends permission to eat her. Mongrels has attracted accusations of plagiarism, with claims that Mongrels stole ideas from a similar Channel 4 show called Pets.
Main Cast of Mongrels
Rufus Jones plays Nelson (voice) (17 episodes)
Tony Way plays Gary (17 episodes)
Paul Kaye plays Vince (voice) (17 episodes)
Lucy Montgomery plays Destiny (voice) (17 episodes)
Katy Brand plays Kali (voice) (17 episodes)
Warrick Brownlow-Pike plays Marion (puppetry) (17 episodes)
Dan Tetsell plays Marion (voice) (17 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Mongrels
Toby Anstis
Lewis Macleod plays Chopsticks (voice) (1 episode)
Christopher Biggins plays God (1 episode)
Gemma Bissix
Stuart Manning
Paul Ross
Chris Packham
Terry Nutkins
Jeff Brazier
Clive Anderson
Chris Hughes
Vicki Butler-Henderson
Ruth Bratt plays Eileen (voice) (1 episode) , Kieran (voice) (1 episode) , Kate Thornton's Dog (voice) (1 episode) , Koon-Yi (voice) (1 episode) , Wendy (voice) (1 episode) , Sandra (voice) (1 episode) , Yvonne (voice) (1 episode) , Leslie (voice) (1 episode) , Cassandra (voice) (1 episode)
Eamonn Holmes
Kevin Eldon plays Photographer (1 episode)
Richard O'Brien plays Zombie Dog (voice) (1 episode)
Ainsley Harriott
Felix Dexter plays Ochi (voice) (1 episode)
Zoë Ball
Danny Dyer
Dr Christian Jessen
Rich Fulcher plays Producer (1 episode)
Natasha Hamilton
Scott Mills plays Scott Mills (2 episodes)
Vanessa Feltz
Anthea Turner
Nina Wadia plays (voice) (1 episode)
Lembit Öpik
Crew of Mongrels
Writing
Directing
Creator
- Toby Anstis
- Lewis Macleod
- Christopher Biggins
- Gemma Bissix
- Stuart Manning
- Paul Ross
- Chris Packham
- Terry Nutkins
- Jeff Brazier
- Clive Anderson
- Chris Hughes
- Vicki Butler-Henderson
- Ruth Bratt
- Eamonn Holmes
- Kevin Eldon
- Richard O'Brien
- Ainsley Harriott
- Russell Tovey
- Felix Dexter
- Zoë Ball
- Danny Dyer
- Dr Christian Jessen
- Rich Fulcher
- Natasha Hamilton
- Scott Mills
- Vanessa Feltz
- Anthea Turner
- Nina Wadia
- Lembit Öpik