What-a-Mess and Cynthia the Hedgehog (UK Series)

Full episode from the UK series of Frank Muir's What-a-Mess

I can't seem to find much... if any real interest in this series that was made for ITV, let alone Smallfilm's series by Oliver Postgate which has been 'lost' since the 1980s...

This series was so much better than what the Americans did to Frank Muir's stories - terrible!

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• What-a-Mess
• What
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• Frank
• Muir
• CITV
• Children's
• ITV
• Animation
• 1990s
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• Stories

[RedFucktard]

3:26 That's now my favorite song. But why isn't that guy just sitting in front of them??

[slapavisionarchival]

@RedFucktard Frank Muir's style seems to go with bizarre and pointless. In any case it's comical. My other favourite is the little lady painting and What-a-Mess keeps walking over and ruining her work. She gets very cross but eventually an French artistic guy comes over, loves it and gives her lot's of cash, random.

[craven75645]

At the end of "Cynthia the Headhodge", after the credits roll, does either "A Central Production for ITV" or "A Central Programme for ITV" appear when you play the video or videotape?

[slapavisionarchival]

@craven75645 There's one more episode (which I won't be putting up because its heavily damaged and barely watch-able throughout), credits - then it's just the standard Video Collection animated logo.

[bigg34691]

Dic was the ones who "effed-uped" this fantastic show. I rather watch this than the "Americanized" piece of Fakata crappola!

[SidRulz100]

the little people marching around don't make much sense, but why should they? They're there for our entertainment! XD

[TheHaatspraak21]

aaah the best was the little ducky in his hair lol!

[BattleUnitVas]

Why is the frog tickeling the guy at 7:14?

PS: the band is awsome!

[dryfoot]

memories, that band cracks me up

[whitewingsrich]

I used to love these cartoons when i was younger!! I used to have an Afghan as a pet. it was a shame we had to have her put down due to old age, she was 16 years old. Which is old for afghans. My favourite episodes were What-A-Mess at the Seaside and What-A-Mess Goes to School. The seaside one because his mongral friend 'The Archbishop Of Cantabury' is in it and the school one because when we took our dog to school she was a real pain !!

[BoogsterSU2]

@UnicornsForKurt wrong. That's his paw...

[UnicornsForKurt]

YOU CAN SEE HIS BALLS AT 0.29! geez bit much for a kids cartoon