Mio Mao

Mio Mao is an Italian stop-motion animated comedy educational children's television series created by Francesco Misseri, which rans from 6 January 1974 (hiatus shown from 30 June 1974 to 5 September 2005) to 26 February 2007 aired on Programma Nazionale strand and later Rai Yoyo after the third series in Italy and Milkshake! in the United Kingdom (serieses 2―3). The episodes are narrated and the characters are voiced by Derek Griffths through second to third series in the UK dub.

Mio Mao
Genre	Comedy Educational Preschool Slapstick Stop motion
Created by	Francesco Misseri
Written by	Francesco Misseri
Directed by	Ianfranco Baldi (series 1)
Narrated by	Derek Griffins (Milkshake!)
Opening theme	"Mio Mao Lalla Lalla Là" by Francesco Misseri and Piero Barbetti
Ending theme	"Mio Mao Lalla Lalla Là" (instrumental)
Composer	Piero Barbetti
Country of origin	Italy United Kingdom
Original languages	English (narrating) Italian (gibberish Grammelot)
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18 (78 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Augusti Righi (series 1)
Running time	28 minutes (four to five 5-minute segments)
Production companies	1974 series: PMBB 2005 series: Misseri Studio and Associati Audiovisvi
Original release
Network	Programma Nazionale and Rai Yoyo (Italy) Milkshake! (UK)
Release	6 January 1974 (1974-01-06) – 26 February 2007 (2007-02-26)
Related
The Red and the Blue

The programme aimed at babies and toddlers, it is featured stars an anthropomorphic kittens named Mio (Francesco Misseri, male red side) and Mao (Piero Barbetti, female white side), they set involve of curiosity to reflect the objects and solutions.

Series overview

Main article: List of Mio Mao episodes

Series	Subtitle	Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
					First aired	Last aired	Network
1	Classic	26	6		6 January 1974 (1974-01-06)	30 June 1974 (1974-06-30)	Rai 1
2	Original		6		6 September 2005 (2005-09-06)	1 March 2006 (2006-03-01)	Milkshake!
3			6		4 September 2006 (2006-09-04)	26 February 2007 (2007-02-26)

Broadcast

Mio Mao aired on Programma Nazionale strand in Italy and later Milkshake! in the United Kingdom. On 10 November 2006, it was internationally aired on Rai Yoyo. On 15 October 2007, BabyFirst airs the first two seasons in the US as a part of flower colour Imagination Lane until 30 June 2025.