such as "Muffin meets the Rear Light" in 1953; others did not state who the illustrator was, such as in 1953 "Muffin's Good Deed" by Mills, and many stories were written and illustrated only by Blake such as "Willie Disappears" (a Muffin story) on 20 August 1955. Bussell and Hogarth, and later their daughter Sally McNally (1936–2004), continued to use Muffin the Mule in their own shows. Surviving original episodes of Muffin the Mule remain available on DVD in the United Kingdom. Archive footage of the original 1946 series was shown on a television set in the 2006 Doctor Who story "The Idiot's Lantern". Muffin was invited to take part in 2021's Children in Need night. Book A book containing a selection of the stories was published in the Soviet Union in 1958. At least three cartoons based on it were made in 1974 and 1975. These cartoons and the book make Muffin a donkey rather than a mule. 2005 TV series The rights to Muffin the Mule were bought by Maverick Entertainment in 2003, and a new 25-part animated version of Muffin the Mule was shown on the British CBeebies TV channel. First aired in September 2005 and repeated until August 2008. The new television series was also translated into Welsh as "Myffin y Mul" and broadcast in Wales on the S4C channel. Characters and voice cast Muffin the Mule (voiced by David Holt) - The title character who lives in a caravan and often acts like a big brother to all his friends in Muffinham village who he loves dearly. Muffin enjoys trying to help all his friends, but he does still tend to sulk or get cross if things do not go his way. He is, however, easily "jollied" out of these moods and is with masses of enthusiasm for life. He is also rather partial to a cup of tea and a slice of carrot cake. His friends all look to Muffin for guidance and despite his little "mischievous" nature, they would do anything for him too. Although Muffin can be quite cheeky, he puts on his red and yellow thinking cap whenever a problem occurs and always does his best to think of a possible solution. Peregrine the Penguin (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) - Muffinham's inventor who lives in an igloo and is one of Muffin's closest friends and has appeared in virtually all the