Nigel Planer
The Magic Roundabout (1965)
Season 1
The Magic Roundabout is a French-British children's television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot, with the help of Ivor Wood and Wood's French wife, Josiane. The series was originally broadcast between 1964 and 1971 on ORTF, originally in black-and-white. Having originally rejected the series as "charming... but difficult to dub into English", the BBC later produced a version of the series using the original stop motion animation footage with new English-language scripts, written and performed by Eric Thompson, which bore little relation to the original storylines. This version, broadcast in 441 five-minute-long episodes from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977, was a great success and attained cult status, and when in 1967 it was moved from the slot just before the evening news to an earlier children's viewing time, adult viewers complained to the BBC.
Released Oct. 18, 1965
Episode 5 min
2+
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Kids
Keywords: imdb.carousel, imdb.park, imdb.anthropomorphic-animal, imdb.talking-animal, imdb.stop-motion-animation, imdb.jack-in-the-box, imdb.cow + 15 more, imdb.snail, imdb.rabbit, imdb.gardener, imdb.spanish, imdb.narrator, imdb.pun, imdb.talking-train, imdb.inanimate-object-comes-to-life, imdb.cult-favorite, imdb.dog, imdb.magical-carousel, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.puppet, imdb.surrealism, imdb.girl
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
French
S1E1 - Bubbles
Jan. 12, 1964, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Jan. 19, 1964, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Jan. 26, 1964, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
Feb. 2, 1964, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Feb. 9, 1964, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Feb. 16, 1964, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Feb. 23, 1964, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
March 1, 1964, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
March 8, 1964, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
March 15, 1964, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
March 22, 1964, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
March 29, 1964, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
April 5, 1964, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
April 12, 1964, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15
April 19, 1964, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
April 26, 1964, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17
May 3, 1964, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18
May 10, 1964, midnight
S1E19 - Episode 19
May 17, 1964, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
May 24, 1964, midnight
S1E21 - Episode 21
May 31, 1964, midnight
S1E22 - Episode 22
June 7, 1964, midnight
S1E23 - Episode 23
June 14, 1964, midnight
S1E24 - Episode 24
June 21, 1964, midnight
S1E25 - Episode 25
June 28, 1964, midnight
S1E26 - Episode 26
July 5, 1964, midnight
S1E27 - Episode 27
July 12, 1964, midnight
S1E28 - Episode 28
S1E29 - Episode 29
S1E30 - Episode 30
S1E31 - Episode 31
S1E32 - Episode 32
S1E33 - Episode 33
S1E34 - Episode 34
S1E35 - Episode 35
S1E36 - Episode 36
S1E37 - Episode 37
S1E38 - Episode 38
S1E39 - Episode 39
S1E40 - Episode 40
S1E41 - Episode 41
S1E42 - Episode 42
S1E43 - Episode 43
S1E44 - Episode 44
S1E45 - Episode 45
S1E46 - Episode 46
S1E47 - Episode 47
S1E48 - Episode 48
S1E49 - Episode 49
S1E50 - Episode 50
S1E51 - Episode 51
S1E52 - Episode 52
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 5 min.
Season Runtime: 5 min.
Released: Oct. 18, 1965
Last Air Date: July 12, 1964, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-Y / 2+
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