What-a-Mess

What-a-Mess is a series of children's books written by British comedy writer Frank Muir and illustrated by Joseph Wright. The title character is a dishevelled, accident-prone Afghan Hound puppy, whose real name is Prince Amir of Kinjan. The book series was later made into two animated series, both narrated by Muir.

What-a-Mess
Created byFrank Muir
Written by
  • Frank Muir
  • Timothy Forder (Version 1)
  • Cliff Ruby
  • Elana Lesser (Version 2)
Directed by
  • Timothy Forder (Version 1)
  • Kent Butterworth (Version 2)
Voices of
Theme music composer
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom (Version 1)
  • United States (Version 2)
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes45
Production
Executive producers
  • Claire Derry
  • David Hamilton (Version 1)
  • Andy Heyward
  • Robby London
  • Mike Maliani (Version 2)
Producers
  • Mary Swindale (Version 1)
  • Cliff Ruby
  • Elana Lesser
  • Kent Butterworth (Version 2)
Running time
  • 5 minutes (Version 1)
  • 10 minutes (Version 1, later episodes)
  • 30 minutes (Version 2)
Production companies
Original release
Network
  • BBC (Version 1)
  • ITV (Version 1, later episodes)
  • ABC (Version 2)
Release24 December 1979 (1979-12-24) 
4 April 1996 (1996-04-04)
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