The Magic Roundabout
The Magic Roundabout featured a host of eccentric
characters including Dougal, a shaggy dog who lived on a
strict diet of sugar lumps, Zebedee, a bizarre bouncing
character, who announced his arrival with a 'boing', a laid
back rabbit called Dylan, Ermintrude - the pink cow,
Florence and Brian the snail.
The Magic Roundabout was created by a Frenchman,
Serge Danot in 1965 for French television and has since
become a TV legend.
The programmes were filmed in a derelict house in Paris
where the fuses kept blowing because of the amount of
electricity used by the light on the set.
The Magic Roundabout was shown in the five minute slot
before the early evening news and had viewing figures of over eight million.
Eric Thompson who was at the time working as a
presenter of Play School, was chosen to do the
voices and narration of the programmes. He did
not work from the translations of the French scripts
but made up stories to fit the pictures as he went
along.
In 1992, Nigel Planer was asked to do the voices and
narration for some old, overlooked episodes which
had never been translated. They were shown on
Channel Four.
The Magic Roundabout
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Flashback
Episodes
Series 1 (1965)
The first 20 episode names were taken from
the Radio Times (supplied by John
Archbold).
We are unsure if they are the exact names
of the episodes
1. Mr Rusty Meets Zebedee
2. Zebedee Starts The Roundabout
3. The Children Try To Win A Surprise
4. Florence Gets A Surprise
5. Florence Goes To Zebedee’s Magic
Garden
6. Florence Gets Another Surprise
7. Florence Meets Some Strange Acrobats
8. Florence Meets Some Unusual Birds
9. Mr Rusty’s Barrel Organ Breaks Down
10. Florence Is Invited To Zebedee's House
11. Florence Gets To Zebedee’s House
And Has A Surprise
12. All The Children Visit Zebedee
13. The Children Go To The Theatre
14. Mr Rusty’s Kitchen
15. The Children Make A Plan
16. The Children Build Their House
17. The Children Decorate Their House
18. A Very Special Ride
19. Dougal Turns Detective
20. Dougal And Florence Meet The
Monster
??. Bubbles
??. Piano Moving
??. Let's Play At Cats
??. Watch the Birdie
??. Sculptor
??. The Orchestra
??. Pack Of Cards
??. Toffee River
??. Oil Wells
??. Banana Skin
??. Spaghetti Party
??. Rain
??. Baking A Pie
??. Alarm Clock
??. Brian and the Train Race
??. The Chimney Sweep
??. Road Signs
??. Dylan Plays the Bagpipes
??. Dougals Glasses
??. Hide And Seek
??. The Lost Boing
??. Windy
??. The Scarecrow
??. Musical Box
??. The Oyster
??. The Hairdresser
??. TV Announcer
??. Magic Pot
??. The Picnic
??. Ermintrude's Folly
??. The Exhibition
??. Holidays
??. Relay Race
??. Soul of the Violin
??. The Tombola
??. Pancakes
??. Flying Saucer
??. The Sleepwalker
??. A Starry Night
??. Film Director
??. Dougal Rustlers
??. Magic Carpet
??. The Experiment
Movies
Dougal and the Blue Cat (1972)
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