7.2 /10 1 Votes
7.1/10 TV Country of origin France Running time 5 minutes First episode date 1964 Program creators Serge Danot, Ivor Wood | 7.2/10 IMDb Created by Serge Danot No. of episodes 750 Original release 1963 – 2000 Final episode date 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original network ORTF (France, 1963–1973) Cast Eric Thompson, Nigel Planer Networks BBC, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, Nickelodeon Similar Hector's House, Aglaé et Sidonie, The Herbs, Clangers, Bagpuss Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The magic roundabout pollux le man ge enchant 2009 trailer
Le Manège enchanté (English: The Magic Roundabout) is a French animated television series of 750 episodes each five minutes long (including thirteen in black and white), created by Serge Danot and broadcast from 5 October 1963 on the first channel of the ORTF.
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After Danot's departure in 1967, a second series of 100 episodes was broadcast in 1971. In 1990 another 250 episodes were produced by AB Groupe for the La Cinq channel.
A new computer-animated series of 52 episodes aired from September 2007 on Disney Junior and from 2 April 2008 on M6.
Synopsis
The series, aimed at children, features characters in the land of Bois-Joli: Father Pivoine, Zébulon a jack-in-the-box; Pollux the British dog, Azalée the cow, Ambroise the snail, Flappy the Spanish rabbit, Margote a girl, and Jouvence Pio, a gardener who starts every sentence with "Hep Hep Hep".
Voices
Film versions
