Danger Mouse. Copyright: FremantleMedia
Danger Mouse

Danger Mouse

  • TV sitcom
  • CBBC
  • 2015 - 2019
  • 97 episodes (2 series)

Reboot of the classic cartoon series, with Alexander Armstrong as the voice of Danger Mouse and Kevin Eldon as Penfold. Also features Dave Lamb, Stephen Fry, Shauna MacDonald, Ed Gaughan, Marc Silk and Morwenna Banks

Character guide

Danger Mouse. Danger Mouse. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Danger Mouse

Who is he? The world's greatest secret agent who wants to save the world.

Description: Small but perfectly formed white rodent with a debonair attitude.

Catchphrase: "Penfold, shush" or "Good grief".

Gadgets: This series, Danger Mouse has an i-patch.

Danger Mouse. Penfold. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Penfold

Played by: Kevin Eldon

Who is he? Danger Mouse's trusty sidekick.

Description: Hapless hamster.

Catchphrase: "Crumbs, DM" or "Coming, chief".

Danger Mouse. Colonel K. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Colonel K

Played by: Stephen Fry

Who is he? He's an unflappable rock who is the head of the British Secret Service, making him Danger Mouse and Penfold's boss.

Description: Elderly pompous secret agent chinchilla.

Catchphrase: "Ah, DM! Good show!" or "Over and out".

Did you know? Colonel K is also the Chairman of the Willesden Green Amateur Flower Arranging and Operatic Society.

Danger Mouse. Professor Squawkencluck. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Professor Squawkencluck

Played by: Shauna MacDonald

Who is she? She is the chicken niece of the professor in the previous Danger Mouse series.

Description: At work, she's a quintessential unflappable stiff, formal British lab scientist but on occasions she is totally flappable!

Catchphrase: "No, Danger Mouse!".

Danger Mouse. Baron Greenback. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Baron Greenback

Played by: Ed Gaughan

Who is he? Danger Mouse's arch enemy.

Description: A mountain of a toad who is determined to become 'king of the world'. Greenback is selfish, malicious and mean-spirited.

Catchphrase: "Mwah, ha ha" or "Pay me the sum of all the money in the world".

Stiletto

Played by: Dave Lamb

Who is he? Greenback's henchman.

Description: He's the Baron's crow lackey and is 100 percent loyal.

Catchphrase: "Si, Barone".

Professor Strontium Jellyfishowitz (Series )

Played by: Richard Osman

Who is he? Leader of Earth's scientists.

Description: A jellyfish in a motorized fishtank, Professor Strontium P Jellyfishowitz is the smartest scientist on Earth. He has no face, but there is a pair of half-eye glasses stuck to the front of his tank. Not only is he smart, but he can also give a hell of a sting.

Count Duckula

Played by: Rasmus Hardiker

Who is he? Fame-obsessed, vegetarian, Transylvanian, entertain-ian, vampire Duck!

Description: Fourth-wall-breaking villain determined to become the most famous person in the Danger Mouse universe.

Dr Augustus P Crumhorn III

Played by: John Oliver

Who is he? Evil head of Crumcorps.

Description: Tech-savvy, multi-trillionaire who owns 98 per cent of everything, and happily abuses his position to take what he wants.

Queen of Weevils

Who is she? Personification of ancient evil magic and big-time Diva.

Description: Previously trapped in a magical prison for thousands of years but now Danger Mouse, through his daftness, has released her and she's determined to turn the world into her evil magical realm once again.

Catchphrase: "The time of false magic is over!"

Pink Dawn (Series )

Played by: Morwenna Banks

Who is she? Spoilt supervillain, AKA 'The Princess'.

Description: Petulant spoilt girl Dawn was turned into the super arch-villain The Princess after an accident with personality-amplifying mind gel in Professor Squawkencluck's lab. Her superpower is to turn things pink, and to bring toys to life. We find out late in the series that she's the daughter of multi-trillionaire ultra-villain Augustus P Crumhorn IV.

Catchphrase: "Play with me OR ELSE!"

Danger Moth

Played by: Morwenna Banks

Who is she? The number two Danger Agent in the Agency.

Description: A highly trained flying Danger Agent whose skills are legendary. She is a great friend of Danger Mouse and Penfold and would drop anything to help them. Her skills and help are, however, often compromised by the fact that she is easily distracted by bright lights.

Catchphrase: Danger Moth ready for... ooo a light bulb!

Danger Mouse. Jeopardy Mouse. Copyright: FremantleMedia

Jeopardy Mouse

Played by: Lena Headey

Who is she? Super-smart, super-talented, no-nonsense UK counterpart to Danger Mouse.

Description: Operating out of a cool secret apartment in New York, Jeopardy is an uber-professional secret agent who, unlike DM, is actually secret. She gets the job done with minimum fuss. Unfortunately, DM brings out her competitive side, and their verbal and action sparring often spills out of control and leaves them both considerably off mission.

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