Mumphy?

[Szymanski]

Does anyone remember a kids TV character in the 70s/80s called Mumphy (I think)? He was a little elephant that wore blue dungeries with a red M on, if my memory serves me. The programme was one of those stop/motion animation series, a bit like Trumpton/Camberwick Green etc. Can anyone confirm that this was a character and that there was a show with it in? 

[willow74]

Yes it was Mumfy the elephant

[tonymclark]

Mumfie was a marionette ( string puppet ) series, from Mary Turner and John Read, who set up their own company after Gerry Anderson ( whom they had been working for ) closed down his puppet studios when he turned to live action.

They also made the marionette version od Rupert the Bear, Cloppa Castle and the Munch Bunch.

Read more about Mumfie at www.toonhound.co.uk

[kaz35]

Hello. guess who??!!   I still say it was Ba-Ba (?Bar-Bar) the elepahant - speak soon  xx