Maisy is a preschool animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name by Lucy Cousins. The series aired from 11 February 1999 to 2 November 2000 on CITV and consisted of 26 episodes, with each episode being made up of four segments. It won the British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation in 2000.

Plot The show focuses on the lives of Maisy Mouse and all her friends. A mellow-voiced narrator narrates the action and communicates with the characters while the animals go through their paces communicating through unusual noises rather than traditional language. The characters are all meant to be between four and nine years old. The male narrator, however, can understand them easily because he is the only one who actually speaks. The animated series keeps the two-dimensional visual style of the books.

Characters Maisy is a white mouse who lives in an orange house with a red roof and green door. She wears different clothes. She loves to paint and play with all her friends. Charley is a green crocodile who loves to eat food. Cyril is a brown squirrel who wears a yellow or green shirt. Tallulah is a yellow chick who is almost always seen wearing a dress and a bow. Eddie is an elephant who is often in settings where he is much too big to participate as he is often depicted as being almost animalistic rather than anthropomorphic in appearance.

All the characters had their vocal effects provided by The Umbilical Brothers

Episodes The show ran for one series of 26 episodes, with each episode consisting of four segments.

Song shorts Maisy Mouse Theme Song Drip Drip Drop (The Rain Song) Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush I Look Out of My Window I'm Going to Write a Letter The Wheels on the Bus Go Round & Round What Should We Do When We All Come In? Maisy, Maisy Had a Farm Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Broadcast Maisy first aired on CITV in the United Kingdom from 11 February 1999 to 2 November 2000, with repeats airing until the mid-2000s.

In the United States, the series aired on the Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000, with repeats airing on Noggin from 2001 to 2007 and on Qubo from 2008 to 2012.

Accolades Maisy won the British Academy Children's Award for Pre-School Animation in 2000.

My Friend Maisy In January 2024, it was announced that a new Maisy series, entitled My Friend Maisy, was put into development at Trustbridge Entertainment, with 52 five-minute episodes planned for the series. No date or broadcaster was announced for the project. In September, it was announced that the company would co-produce the series with BBC Studios Kids & Family and that A Productions and Karrot would handle animation production. It was also said that the series would take a more surreal approach than the slice-of-life nature of the 1999 series. On 10 June 2025, Sky Kids was announced to be the series' commissioner, and the series premiered on 16 February 2026. For the first time, children can hear Maisy speak as she and the other characters talk to each other, unlike the original series which had an adult voiceover narrative. Maisy has a Northern accent, in keeping with author and illustrator Lucy Cousins’ vision.

On 19 May 2026, A second series was greenlit. It was also announced that BBC Studios would distribute and handle consumer product rights globally except in China, where Trustbridge Entertainment would retain the rights.

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