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CTV News
4 days ago
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- CTV News
Vandals set fire to a mouse statue that's a TV star and mascot for a German broadcaster
A mouse statue that has been set on fire stands in front of the WDR (West German Broadcasting Corporation) building in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Sascha Thelen/dpa via AP) BERLIN — Vandals set fire to a mouse statue that's a TV star and mascot for children's programming at German broadcaster WDR, the television station said Saturday. The cartoon mouse, known only as 'Die Maus,' is the eponymous star of 'Die Sendung mit der Maus' (The Show with the Mouse) since it first aired in West Germany in 1971. Each short episode features other languages and educational segments. The statue - featuring the character's famous orange body with brown ears, arms and legs - greets families and children outside a media building in Cologne, Germany. A receptionist for WDR saw several young people standing around the statue in Cologne on a camera feed overnight Friday into Saturday. She then noticed flames and called the fire department, WDR said. The fire blackened parts of the mouse's face and arm, images show. The station said a police complaint had been filed against an unidentified person. Matthias Kornich, head of children's programming for WDR, said it's not just a figurine that was damaged. 'A piece of childhood, a symbol of joy and togetherness has been attacked,' he said. 'The mouse belongs to Cologne.' The mouse statue isn't the first German TV character to be attacked. In 2009, the statue of a depressed German loaf of bread named Bernd das Brot (Bernd the Bread) was stolen from his traditional place outside the town hall in Erfurt, where German children's public television channel KiKA is based. Bernd, a cult classic in Germany, was held hostage for nearly two weeks before being discovered unharmed in an abandoned barracks. By Stefanie Dazio.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Cartoon Cavalcade presenter Glen Michael dies aged 99
Children's TV presenter Glen Michael has died aged family said he passed away peacefully at his home in South Ayrshire after a short hosted Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade for nearly three decades on STV, beginning in 1966 and running until December described him as a "legend" and said he would be remembered as a "wonderful performer and personality." Before the programme launched in 1966, Michael believed he had messed up his audition after smiling constantly due to his approach was liked by programme bosses, who offered him a five-week contract at £14 a the decades the show became a hit as Michael introduced cartoons, read birthday greetings and chatted to on-screen companions - including Paladin the lamp and his dogs Rudi and Rusti. In 1975 Cavalcade won the Scottish ITV programme of the year award from the Radio Industries Club of Hain, STV's managing director for audiences, said: "We are deeply saddened to hear that Glen Michael has passed away. "Glen was a wonderful performer and personality and we know that many viewers will have very fond memories of him. "He was an STV legend, with Glen Michael's Cavalcade a particular favourite for children across Scotland during its 26 year run. "Our thoughts are with his family at this time and we send them our deepest condolences." Glen Michael's career Michael was also one of the original DJs when Radio Clyde launched in the 1970s. He was born in Devon and named Cecil Edward Buckland, later changing his name to Glen Michael when he decided to try for a career in a teenager he went to London to try his luck as an entertainer, and later served in the RAF during World War this time he met his wife Beryl, who he married in 1947 and who he also worked with in an onstage double act - Michael and Raye. His life changed when he moved to the Scotland in the early 1950s for a six week run with Scottish comedian Jack six week run stretched into 13 years of touring and performing in theatres across the country, along with TV appearances alongside Milroy and Rikki Fulton's famed double act Francie and Josie. When Milroy moved to London, Michael, who had settled in Prestwick, was asked to audition for Cartoon continued to be busy until his death, recently recording a video as an ambassador for service veterans charity also supported Age UK with their charitable wife died several years ago but he is survived by his children children Yonnie and Christopher and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His family said they were thankful to all the medical professionals and at home carers who helped look after him.
