The Magic Roundabout (1964)★ 7.2/10
- Adventure
- Animation
- Comedy
- Family
- Fantasy
Written by: Serge Danot, Eric Thompson
Various characters - a girl called Florence, Dougal the dog, Brian the snail, Ermintrude the cow and Dylan the rabbit - congregate around Zebedee's magic roundabout.
- Original title
- The Magic Roundabout
- Storyline
- A stop-motion animated television series, set in a brightly colored and stylized park containing the eponymous roundabout (a fairground carousel). Although the characters are common to the French and English versions, they were given different names and personalities in each language. The main character is Dougal (Pollux in the French version), a temperamental Skye Terrier with a snarky sense of humor. His owner is Florence (Margote in the French version), a level-head young girl. The other major characters include Zebedee (Zébulon), the benevolent wizard who rules the Magic Garden, the happy-go-lucky snail Brian (Ambroise), the aspiring opera singer Ermintrude (Azalée), and the laid-back guitarist Dylan (Flappy).
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 533
- Companies
- Danot Films, France 3, 1ère chaîne ORTF, TF1, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Cartoon Network, National Educational Television (NET), Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS), Nickelodeon Network, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Seven Network, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT), Thirteen / WNET
- Release dates
- FR October 5, 1964
- GB October 18, 1965
- JP July 10, 1967
- NL February 2, 1968
- US September 9, 1968
- AU June 13, 1969
- BR February 15, 1970