The Magic Roundabout
19642 Seasons5m episodes6.4
Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Runtime
- 5m episodes
- Genre
- Animation
- Origin
- FR
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in South Africa, Canada, Australia, Ireland.
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First aired
- Jan 12, 1964
- Network
- ORTF Télévision
- Studio
- ORTF
Time to finish
9 hrs
104 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.
Cast
If you like this
LEGO ONE PIECE
20267.8
Thunderbirds Are Go!
20156.2
Yin Yang Yo!
20067.6
Pucca
20068.2
Dragons: The Nine Realms
20217.7
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
20006.6
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
20027.4
The Marvel Super Heroes
19666.8
The Boss Baby: Back in Business
20187.1
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
20197.5
Harvey Beaks
20156.3
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark
20228.1
Danger Mouse
20156.3
Amphibia
20198.6
Space Ghost and Dino Boy
19667.5
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
20096.0
Darkwing Duck
19917.4
Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
19897.6
The Wild Thornberrys
19987.0
Disney's House of Mouse
20017.7