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books by

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, and produced simultaneously in English and Gaelic versions. The series is about a young cat named Maisie Mac who lives with her grandmother in Morningside in

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as her explorer father is always away.

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in association with

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, decided to make the book into a cartoon series, with

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doing the animation. The stories were narrated by Scottish comedian

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(English version) and by actor Tony Kearney (Gaelic), and the theme music (both versions) was produced by

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. Its first run was featured on ITV children's block,

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. The programme was re-aired in 2009 on ''

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'' - a children's television strand on Scottish television channel,

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. The Gaelic version used to air on

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. From March 2015, the series airs as part of the "''Weans' World''" block on

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and

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. The rights of the show was owned by The Sleepy Kids Company Ltd (who also produced '' Potsworth & Co.'' and ''

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'') which was later changed to SKD Media and

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, then dissolved into

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, in turn owned by DreamWorks Animation, a subsidiary of

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) and later became the property of

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in 2016.

Characters

*Maisie "Maisie Mac" MacKenzie - A young Scottish cat who wishes to be an explorer like her father. *Granny/Isabella MacKenzie - Maisie's grandmother. She looks after Maisie whilst Daddy is away. *Mrs. Marjorie McKitty - Maisie and Granny's neighbour. *Archie - Maisie's best friend. *Lydia McSporran - Mrs McKitty's niece. *Daddy - Maisie's father who travels the world as part of his job as a professor at the

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. *Maureen and Doreen Purrdy - Maisie's

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friends from her

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class. *Tommy and Morag McTwirl - two snooty senior dancers from Maisie's ballet class.

Episodes

References

External links

* http://www.toonhound.com/meeow.htm
''Meeow!''
on

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