Muffin the Mule is back - and you can join him!

Those of you of a certain age might remember Muffin the Mule - and this theme tune will probably take you right back to your childhood:

The much loved Muffin was the first children's TV character ever to appear on screens in this country.

And now he's come out of retirement at his Devon home and is preparing to go on tour - but needs someone to accompany him on stage.

The quest is on to make sure that Britain's first children's TV character has a cracking 70th birthday this year in June. Will McNally, the grandson of the original puppeteer and script writer Ann Hogarth, is now looking for a new accompanist, and wants people to post a video audition on his official Muffin the Mule channel.

Musicians are invited to audition by uploading a video of themselves playing the Muffin theme tune and sending the link to Muffin's very own youtube page.

The successful applicant will not join Muffin on tour but will also take part in the anniversary celebrations which are taking place at Pennywell Farm near Buckfastleigh.

If you still haven't had your appetite for nostalgia satisfied, here's another clip of Muffin making a bit of a racket on a drum: