Danger Mouse, CBBC: TV review - Absurdist sight gags, ludicrous adventures and fantastically bad puns
“Crumbs, chief, what'll we do now?”
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Your support makes all the difference.Yes, that classic hero of Eighties children's television Danger Mouse returned to TV screens last night after a 23-year absence. So was our man with the dashing plans still the strongest, the quickest, the best? With Alexander Armstrong and Kevin Eldon taking over from David Jason and the late Terry Scott as DM and his less-than-helpful sidekick Penfold and a supporting cast that included everyone from Stephen Fry to Game of Thrones' Lena Headey the answer was pretty much yes.
It may lack the slightly ramshackle charm of the original but the new version hewed closely enough to its roots to win a new generation of children over to absurdist sight gags, ludicrous adventures and fantastically bad puns. “Thank goodness for that, eh, Chief? Chief? CHHHIIIEEFF….”
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