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The Magic Roundabout

The Magic Roundabout is an English-language children's programme that ran on BBC Television from 1965 to 1977.

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Genre
Children's television series
Animator
Ivor Wood
Based on
Le Manège enchanté by Serge Danot
Countries of origin
France (original footage) · United Kingdom (audio content)
Created by
Serge Danot
Executive producers
Robert Réa (2007–2010) · Pascal Roden (2007–2010) · Laurent Roden (2007–2010) · Claude Gorsky (2007–2010)

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English-language version

Foreign-language versions

Film versions

Theatre

Revival

In popular culture

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The Magic Roundabout

Nodes87
Edges86
Triples169
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022989
Components1

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The Magic Roundabout

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related to 2005 CGI film · 42
The Magic Roundabout → American, As, Bill Nighy, Brian, British, CGI, Chevy Chase, Doogal, Dougal, Dylan, English, Entertainment Weekly, Ermintrude, French, Ian McKellen, In, It, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Kylie Minogue
related to Records · 29
The Magic Roundabout → Banana Skin, BBC, BBC Audio, BBC Records, C'est, CD, Children's, Dougal's Adventure, Dougal's Experiment, EPs, Eric Thompson, France, French, In, LP, LP Pollux, Pollux, RBT, Starry Night, The
related to Theatre · 21
The Magic Roundabout → Anne Fawcett, August, Brian, David Graham, David Moran, DGM Production, Don Cotter, Dougal, Dylan, Ermintrude, Florence, Gordon Craig Theatre, Jack Randle, Kim Joyce, Magic Roundabout, Meg Dixon, Mr Rusty, Palace Theatre, The, The World Premiere
related to In popular culture · 19
The Magic Roundabout → Avro Shackleton, Bonnie, Dougal, Giant, Goodies, In Playhour Gordon Hutchings, It Might, No, Playgroup, Playhour, See-Saw, Squadron RAF, The, The Goodies, The Goodies Rule, The Herbs, TV Toyland, Well Be String, Zebedee
related to English-language version · 18
The Magic Roundabout → Although, BBC, BBC1, British, British BBC, Chocolate Soldiers, Eric Thompson, French, From, It, Narration, November, October, Serge Danot, The, This, Thompson, UK
Production companies · 6
The Magic Roundabout → AB Productions (1971–1993), Action Synthese (2007–2010), Danot Production (1965–1992), Ellipsanime (2007–2010), Les Film Action (2007–2010), Play Production (2007–2010)
Executive producers · 4
The Magic Roundabout → Claude Gorsky (2007–2010), Laurent Roden (2007–2010), Pascal Roden (2007–2010), Robert Réa (2007–2010)
Narrated by · 3
The Magic Roundabout → Eric Thompson, Jimmy Hibbert, Nigel Planer
Network · 3
The Magic Roundabout → BBC1, Channel 4, Nick Jr.
Release · 3
The Magic Roundabout → 18 October 1965 (1965-10-18) – 25 January 1977 (1977-01-25), March 1992 (1992-03) – September 1993 (1993-09), October 22, 2007 (2007-10-22) – November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)

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series original version dougal french characters magic film episodes roundabout time also children's thompson broadcast scripts mr bbc zebedee called

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Magic RoundaboutAnimatorIvor Wood1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutBased onLe Manège enchanté by Serge Danot1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutCountries of originFrance (original footage)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutCountries of originUnited Kingdom (audio content)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutCreated bySerge Danot1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutExecutive producersRobert Réa (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutExecutive producersPascal Roden (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutExecutive producersLaurent Roden (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutExecutive producersClaude Gorsky (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutGenreChildren's television series1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNarrated byEric Thompson1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNarrated byNigel Planer1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNarrated byJimmy Hibbert1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNetworkBBC11.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNetworkChannel 41.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNetworkNick Jr.1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutNo. of episodes4411.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutProduction companiesDanot Production (1965–1992)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutProduction companiesAB Productions (1971–1993)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutProduction companiesEllipsanime (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutProduction companiesAction Synthese (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutProduction companiesLes Film Action (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutProduction companiesPlay Production (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutRelease18 October 1965 (1965-10-18) – 25 January 1977 (1977-01-25)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutReleaseMarch 1992 (1992-03) – September 1993 (1993-09)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutReleaseOctober 22, 2007 (2007-10-22) – November 23, 2010 (2010-11-23)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutRunning time450 × 5 minutes (1965–1992)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutRunning time104 × 11 minutes (2007–2010)1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutTheme music composerAlain Legrand1.00infobox
The Magic RoundaboutWritten byEric Thompson1.00infobox

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