Mike & Angelo - March 1989 to March 2000
Mike and Angelo is one of Britain's longest running kids' sitcom/dramas, producing over 130 episodes in its run, and a classic of the 90's. The adventures of Angelo the Inventor Alien and Mike the American Kid have been enjoyed by so many British children since 1989.
Michael King is a level-headed American youth inhabiting England with his mum Rita. Rita has been a writer in America. They buy number 8 Larskwood Lane, Crickelwood, an old house. However, life is changed by the arrival of Angelo, a humanoid creature from another dimension in a desperate hurry to escape his planet about to self-destruct.
Angelo has good intentions, but wild ideas, and the ability to make a lot of surreal things happen such as bringing back Cleopatra, turning their house into a Victorian household and flying sheds above the town. Angelo also a bit of an inventor, decides to invent strange and surreal things like hopper boots and steam powered moustache strimmers! Over the years people have gone and came and in 1994, Katy Anderson, from Glasgow took over as Mike's permanent career. Along with Angelo!
