Mr. Men in French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Icelandic, Hebrew, Mandarin, Korean, Irish and others. These stories were published as Little Owl Storytime – "The Children's Choice". The Mr. Men characters were adapted into two animated television series in 1974 that consisted a total of 28 episodes. They were produced by Terry Ward's company, Flicks Films (formerly known as 101 Film Productions) in partnership with Trevor Bond and broadcast by the BBC. The voices and narration were provided by Arthur Lowe, best known from his role as Captain Mainwaring in the sitcom "Dad's Army," who used regional accents for some of
Mr. Men has created several commercial characters such as Mr. Glug for Evian water and Mr. First for money transfer company World First. In 2017, Adam Hargreaves launched a new series of books featuring characters from the BBC science fiction series, "Doctor Who", with each book focusing on a different incarnation of the show's titular character. Each book contains a title page, 16 to 18 text pages and 15 to 17 colour illustrations drawn with a Magic Marker. Where the name of the title Mr. Men character is too long to fit on the cover horizontally, instead of being in a reduced