He’s the greatest, he’s fantastic and now he has a blue plaque to commemorate his home. Despite being designed, animated and brought to life in Chorlton, Danger Mouse’s pad was famously elsewhere.
The show was created at the Chorlton-based Cosgrove Hall animation studios and ran from 28 September 1981 to 19 March 1992 on ITV. But in the show, the mouse and his companion Penfold lived on the street famed for its other residents’ prowess with detection - Baker Street, London, W1.
An English Heritage blue plaque for Sherlock Holmes is an obvious tourist destination on the street, signifying the detective’s address at 221B. However, a more hidden blue plaque has recently been added to the street and has gone viral on Twitter.
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A commuter in London, @Ianrosenthal, recently tweet a photograph of the post-box, writing: “Amazing what you spot on the way to work.”
The tweet soon blew up and has received over 76,000 likes and more than 7,000 retweets. Many fans were excited to see the blue plaque for Danger Mouse, but one noticed the lack of support for his companion, Penfold.
One replied: “Poor Penfold… always getting the short straw. Hamsters are so under-appreciated…”
Meanwhile, joegrey1 replied: “That sign is the greatest, it’s fantastic..”
The tweet was also shared to the Facebook group, Chorlton M21, where it received over 240 likes and a barrage of positive comments reminiscing about Danger Mouse.
One commenter said: “I used to live on this road and would be allowed in every day after school to watch them sketch out the episodes.”
Last year celebrated the 40th anniversary of Danger Mouse and in April this year, a YouTube channel called Blast Process marked the occasion b y placing the blue plaque on a Baker Street post-box, reading: ‘Danger Mouse the greatest secret agent in the world lived here’.
Officially, Danger Mouse’s anniversary was celebrated with a new ‘bookazine’ released featuring classic cartoons and a new Danger Mouse adventure: Danger Mouse 'The Wilderness Years' where Danger Mouse finds himself putting his spy skills to work in some of the most pivotal political events of the time.
However, the plaque has added a new attraction to Baker Street and many commuters and fans of the show now wish to visit.
While the animation studios does not have an English Heritage blue plaque, another one does stand on what is now Cosgrove Hall Court retirement flats, to commemorate Danger Mouse’s birth place and the work of the show's creators Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall.
The show ran for more than 10 years and in 1983 raked in 21 million viewers, beating Coronation Street. It also set a record for the highest viewings of a children’s show.
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