I lived in England for three years in the early 70's when I was a very little child, and I have very fond memories of the Magic Roundabout. I still have a wind-up Magic Roundabout which plays the theme song (which would probably be quite valuable now, particularly since it still works!) -- I also remember having a Magic Roundabout children's cookbook and eating Magic Roundabout biscuits (similar to animal crackers). I even had a big Zebedee sticker on my toybox!
Whenever this version of the show came on Cartoon Network or even Boomerang, I would change the channel or turn the TV off. The CGI series is WAY better.
I loved the Magic Roundabout when I was a kid- I seem to remember talking over the TV broadcast of the moon landing about it much to my parents annoyance!
You can buy dougal and the blue cat on dvd if thats any good,it was made in 1970 so should bring back a lot of old memories(as it did for me ha ha !!)
The French creators were offended by the English translation. They claimed that the stupid dog had deliberatley been named Dougal because it sounded exactly like De Gaulle to their ears.
Haha, as if the English would ever do that to the French......eh? oh
this takes me back, not that new version narated by neil of the young ones, now i know what smoking weed, eatin magic mushroom is all about, im off for a fat bob marley lol........now where did i put my skins!!!.
this takes me back, now i know what smoking weed, eatin magic mushroom is all about, im off for a fat bob marley lol........now where did i put my skins!!!
@arabelladream They chose Nigel Planer because he could do an Eric Thompson-like voice very well. The differences are subtle but Nigel's narration occasionally has those 'upper class twit' overtones that he uses with a character he plays in Blackadder III, whereas Eric's RP was much more natural. Listen to the classic black and white clips of Eric and compare them to this. e.g. the way he pronounces 'Dougal'.
@loaflord I own the Eric Thompson narrated episodes on VHS - BBC videos bought long before Nigel Planer started narrating the show. Nigel Planer narrated when it was on channel 4 in the early nineties. I watched my Magic Roundabout videos enough times as a child to be able to tell the difference, which is not at all subtle. The Fruit Party episode on YouTube is narrated by Nigel Planer. Very different voice.
The Beatles used to watch this while on breaks from recording at Abbey Road. They declared it 'trippy'. For me it was one of the touchstones of childhood.
my old man used to watch magic roundabout with me and would laugh his head off. same with sesame street. he used to love the kids programmes. i am the same now.
As a young child I remembered that there were four children on that merry go round: Florence, Basil, Rosalee and Paul. You never saw any of these children, except Florence in any of the magic roundabout programs. magic Roundabout was one of my favorite programs. Today our children and grandchildren are regularly exposed to ultra hardcore violence courtesy of our 300 channel flat screen cable TVs.
this is so much better than the one they've got on the air now... ruddy CGI puppets being treated like every other character on television... for some reason executives dont think this kind of television is going to entertain kids anymore - dvd's and vhs has got 'em dead wrong, though. just like old doctor who, kids are mesmerized.
Always made sure I was well stoned before I watched this, when I was about 17. Used to be on just as I got in from work. They put it on at that time cos they knew children didn't really watch it. It was mainly freaks & weekend hippies that watched it after work. Far out man.
I am 57 now and recall this show with great affection. BTW - The writer/narrator Eric Thompson was Emma Thompson's Father. Little wonder she grew up to be an amazing human being and actor
Yes, I'm the same age ~ all these shows bring back so many memories...it's almost like we were living in a different world. I remember racing home from school to watch "Picture Book", The Woodentops and Andy Pandy. So wonderful to see them again! I never realized Eric Thompson was Emma's dad, you're right no wonder she is so talented!
@MrShannonite dont have to have been british to have seen this show in your childhood... bertha for instance, was my favourite puppet show in the mid 80s. ruddy brilliant.. and i'm not british.. close enough, though.
@Tiwaking I love those Kiwi's. Know their tv and know how to serve a great British pind in any given London pub. Bless you New Zealand, you make me cry with pride.....Oh, I love the lamb as well, just try not to give into temptation.
Does anyone here know where to get 'Le Manège enchanté' theme tune mp3 download online? I really need it for my new Youtube videos. Reply as soon as possible, thank you french-people! ha ha Le Manège enchanté is the best show ever
@StinkingHobo I know what you mean, that Dougal frighten the s#@t out of me moving about and all with no bloody legs! Thank God we're all grown up eh? I mean, how daft would it be if you were a grown man and still dreadfully afraid of a stop motion wig with eyes after all these years? That just be silly yeah? I could watch this again and it wouldn't bother me a bit. God I hate bloody Eric bloody Thompson so bloody much! I mean, what sort of sick bastard comes up with this sort of thing? :o)o:
As Basssics rightly says...the English narration didn't match the original French script. It was a bit like pantomime where there are things which small children will find amusing and enough satirical humour to keep the parents engaged as well! It was a family ritual before the 6 o'clock news and no-one would miss it. I particularly loved Dylan the rabbit who always appeared as if he'd just smoked a joint...it was wonderful to have this gentle subversion enshrined as a National Institution..
As Basssics rightly says...the English narration didn't match the original French script. It was a bit like pantomime where there are things which small children will find amusing and enough satirical humour to keep the parents engaged as well! It was a family ritual before the 6 o'clock news and no-one would miss it. I particularly loved Dylan the rabbit who always appeared as if he'd just smoked a joint...it was wonderful to have this gentle subversion enshrined as a National Institution.
I adored Dougal, never realising this was French which now makes sense! I made a very reasonable Dougal dog out of a bit of foam rubber cut off, tan knitting wool and buttons.
As a young adult in the late 60s and early 70s, my mates and I would rush home to watch this iconic show.The English voice over of the French cartoon was what made it so successful. It was not quite the "South Park" of its day, but the adult messages were not lost on us.Thank you for sharing it.
I remember some years ago that Channel 4 used to show this at gone 5am. It can have both a wonderful and alarming affect upon the soul at that hour.
In the right (or wrong) frame of mind, simply pondering the significance of the (more than likely innocent) unoccupied horse on the roundabout during the opening sequence can lead you down a very deep rabbit hole.
@biggayal1992 It was "The Magic Roundabout". Tricky to work it out. Oh aside from the title of the video. And the title on screen. And the fact that it was The Magic Roundabout. Otherwise a very valid point you make.
@mrclassickids Originally in French, but a different story. Eric would watch them, silently, and make up a story as he watched the pictures (foot operated telecine machine!). He'd then refine his script and record them in Cont.1 at TV Centre. If you watch the original French eps and compare them to the English the stories are totally different. That's why it's entitled Original BBC episode I would assume.
This was on just before the 6pm BBC news in the UK. So as people tuned in for the news they got to see it, so it had one of the highest audiences on British TV in its day. Adults liked Eric Thompson's dry knowing humour when he rescripted these shows. The line I best remember is Dougal turning to the audience at the end of the show and saying "I'll give em Wombles".
Ah, happy memories! Maybe someone else will remember that the introduction music changed pace; originally it was slow and kind of melancholy, which contrasted nicely with the action and Eric Thompson's words. Anybody have the original music recorded?
@SplitBullets yes. it was taken from this show, but it was never broadcast in america. then when the movie was made it was called The Magic Roundabout, but the title was changed for america cause it was never broadcast there. plus it was originally made in france then rewritten in english. this is better than the movie though
Eric Thompson (Emma's dad) wrote the whole English script and the French just provided the pictures. We had French Students staying with us they could not believe what they were seeing.
Eric Thompson (Emma's dad) wrote the whole English script and the French just provided the pictures. We had French Students staying with us they could not beleive what they were seeing.
Love that opening music. Doesn't half bring back some memories :-) At the tender young age of 8 or 9, being sent to the Off Sales with 4 or 5 shillings and an empty pop bottle to have filled up with beer and to buy some fags for my mum and dad. Imagine..... Mum used to go Bingo with my Nan on Thursday night so Dad and I would watch TOTPs and then Star Trek. Brilliant.
Off Sales. Little side room in a pub for selling takeout booze. Before Bargain Booze shops etc.
Talk about retro. Have you checked out the RETRO-GUY website. You can also see a video on it on youtube. Just search for Bali Rakhra or BBC The One Show - RETRO GUY.
I was talking about the design style the other day, but couldn't remember the name, after 35 years. Having run across a reference to Dougal on a blog, found this.
I had a photo storybook and never saw the show. Thanks so much for posting this! Wouldn't I kill if I could go back to the 70's too!
I was born in 1965, i was 5 years old in 1970. I remember all of the 1970's. I remember this very well. I loved those times. I know it is impossible, but i would go back to being 5 years old again in 1970 in an instant if i could.
God bless LSD for making this!
Jellybagsjess 5 days ago
Im still convinced the one that plays Dillon was high at that point!!
lilmizchrissiejoy 1 week ago
I guess clockman isn't here. Ill keep looking. And ill find that sick fuck.
rickyross182 2 weeks ago
I lived in England for three years in the early 70's when I was a very little child, and I have very fond memories of the Magic Roundabout. I still have a wind-up Magic Roundabout which plays the theme song (which would probably be quite valuable now, particularly since it still works!) -- I also remember having a Magic Roundabout children's cookbook and eating Magic Roundabout biscuits (similar to animal crackers). I even had a big Zebedee sticker on my toybox!
OreadNYC 2 weeks ago
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE FTW
SystemCruntchsness 2 weeks ago
lol what's with the random wheelies that's hilarious :)
TerraVfied 1 month ago
I used to watch this when i was younger
Ms90sforever 1 month ago
'No wonder she was nationalised'. Can't believe they managed to slip that in there. Lol.
oneilean89 1 month ago
Haha it must be said it would be un-PC today... I mean one of the characters smoked weed!!
EADGBE1997 1 month ago
Whenever this version of the show came on Cartoon Network or even Boomerang, I would change the channel or turn the TV off. The CGI series is WAY better.
1happycats 2 months ago
I loved the Magic Roundabout when I was a kid- I seem to remember talking over the TV broadcast of the moon landing about it much to my parents annoyance!
alexoidztube 2 months ago
You can never bet the originals, I'm going to save all these programs to my favorites to remind me of my childhood. Thanks for posting.
Leowen2 2 months ago
You can buy dougal and the blue cat on dvd if thats any good,it was made in 1970 so should bring back a lot of old memories(as it did for me ha ha !!)
1973nish 2 months ago
It does make a lot of sense when you know they're on drugs: Dougal;crack, Dylan; weed and ermentrude; magic mushrooms
danAWESOMEcollier 2 months ago
The French creators were offended by the English translation. They claimed that the stupid dog had deliberatley been named Dougal because it sounded exactly like De Gaulle to their ears.
Haha, as if the English would ever do that to the French......eh? oh
solay78 2 months ago
love france and this is by far the best thing to come pout of it lol
tc030564 3 months ago
this takes me back, not that new version narated by neil of the young ones, now i know what smoking weed, eatin magic mushroom is all about, im off for a fat bob marley lol........now where did i put my skins!!!.
slimboy1927 3 months ago
this takes me back, now i know what smoking weed, eatin magic mushroom is all about, im off for a fat bob marley lol........now where did i put my skins!!!
slimboy1927 3 months ago
magic indeed. what a brilliant series!
LittleBabyBum 3 months ago
ah! this is the magic roundabout i remember! at thirteen now, i'm so happy to see this stuff again =D
thesilversupporter 3 months ago
Oh i so LOVE THIS
yorkiespoo 3 months ago
as a child of the 70s I demand a DVD release of the entire series NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
TheWaterfallprincess 3 months ago 14
this is banned cus it resembles taking drugs
klaatin 3 months ago
Sorry to break this to you but this is Nigel Planer narrating, not Eric Thompson.
loaflord 3 months ago
@loaflord no it's not...
arabelladream 2 months ago
@arabelladream They chose Nigel Planer because he could do an Eric Thompson-like voice very well. The differences are subtle but Nigel's narration occasionally has those 'upper class twit' overtones that he uses with a character he plays in Blackadder III, whereas Eric's RP was much more natural. Listen to the classic black and white clips of Eric and compare them to this. e.g. the way he pronounces 'Dougal'.
loaflord 2 months ago
@loaflord I own the Eric Thompson narrated episodes on VHS - BBC videos bought long before Nigel Planer started narrating the show. Nigel Planer narrated when it was on channel 4 in the early nineties. I watched my Magic Roundabout videos enough times as a child to be able to tell the difference, which is not at all subtle. The Fruit Party episode on YouTube is narrated by Nigel Planer. Very different voice.
arabelladream 2 months ago
@arabelladream I agree that The Fruit Party is narrated by Nigel Planer. Not the end of the world if we disagree about this episode, eh?
loaflord 2 months ago
@loaflord I suppose not.... -____- *plots ways to kill you*
arabelladream 2 months ago
this is a cute little thing my dad watched when he was young
GrimmerSith 3 months ago
No, of course they weren't on drugs...
eclectica1 4 months ago
thats nuts and bloody funny.
boleynali 4 months ago
The Beatles used to watch this while on breaks from recording at Abbey Road. They declared it 'trippy'. For me it was one of the touchstones of childhood.
adamkincaid1234 4 months ago
Why can't this be shown on BBC1 just before the news just like the 70s ?
Derryhillagh 4 months ago
whenever this came on cartoon network, i would fucking turn the TV off.
i hated this show so much when i was younger.
volound 4 months ago
"No wonder the countries going to the doggs" LMFAO!
misswatson2009 4 months ago
Wow, I never realised there was political commentary in The Magic Roundabout.
Guess it was something to give the adults something to laugh about while the kids watched the cow & train!
Jarren202 5 months ago
what r the names of the other children on the roundabout?
barbersb1 5 months ago
@barbersb1 one was paull one was sue one was flonance and i dont remember the rest
tomthewildcat 5 months ago
Does anybody have any idea what this story really is?
HyperWolfTiger 5 months ago
@HyperWolfTiger I believe it's a social commentary on just how nationalised rail is about as reliable as a cow on a skateboard.
Mannynub 5 months ago
@Mannynub Really? That's what the French version was trying to get across?
HyperWolfTiger 5 months ago
@HyperWolfTiger Apparently the original French narrative was purely for kids, but the English narrative added a political undertone to the dialogue.
Jarren202 5 months ago
@Jarren202 Hmm thanks :D
HyperWolfTiger 5 months ago
@HyperWolfTiger I honestly have no idea. That was my take on it haha
Mannynub 5 months ago
my old man used to watch magic roundabout with me and would laugh his head off. same with sesame street. he used to love the kids programmes. i am the same now.
4165mc 5 months ago
this is absolutely wonderful
kiyoshi85 5 months ago
I'm currently restoring these, Frame by frame.
Don't have this one though!
ade425mxy 5 months ago
LOL I love watch this as a child, and now its still being aired on TV YAH
madridboy86 5 months ago
why pay?
im a bus now get of
sandyclaus1905 5 months ago
The number 12 goes down Whitehall but not the strand .... had to say it!
nubient 6 months ago
Dillion looks so spaced out
nedster01 6 months ago
I use to love this as a kid wow brings back memories I wonder if they would put it out on DVD
moomoosmum 6 months ago
there's a new version of this out running on spanish children's TV it's actually not bad!
sumsi130 6 months ago
i would never of thought as a child that the rabbit was stoned lol
luvinyouluvinme 6 months ago
I'm King Buxton the blue cat !
fleadle34 6 months ago
As a young child I remembered that there were four children on that merry go round: Florence, Basil, Rosalee and Paul. You never saw any of these children, except Florence in any of the magic roundabout programs. magic Roundabout was one of my favorite programs. Today our children and grandchildren are regularly exposed to ultra hardcore violence courtesy of our 300 channel flat screen cable TVs.
PammyBileck 6 months ago
@PammyBileck So, Margotte became Florence in the English version...
alestane2 4 months ago
LOL! How camp was Ermentrude!
npe1 6 months ago
So this is what doogal is from
SpazFilmz 6 months ago
"No wonder the country's going to the dogs". It certainly did Dougal, it certainly did.
TheDjinn2 6 months ago
You can see where those old Tales of the Blode episodes from RatherGood got his influences.
ChristopherDone 6 months ago
I loved seeing Dougal again. Zeppedee is such a powerful memory too. Loved it as a 5 year old.
LiteracyLabyrinth 7 months ago
Takes me right back, enjoying this for 5 minutes knowing the news would be on straight after.
lillabethsmum 7 months ago
i had nightmares when this show was once on cartoon network a a kid, this show was scary as hell, looked scary
Shitmusket 7 months ago
Was this one of the first episodes because it looks really old
carnjig 7 months ago
Possibly one of my child hood favourite programs
000timebandit000 7 months ago
Wonderful!
Who needed drugs in the 70's?
Hold on time for the news now - miners on strike again....
Thanks for posting
mikeismad61 7 months ago
mad cow thinks shes a bus, LOL
videofan6629 7 months ago
we had mad cows 20 years on.oh the foresight.
mksav1 7 months ago
FACT: This was first a show in France. and the person who brought it over didn't know French so he just made up his own story of what he was seeing.
TheJamesAnimations 7 months ago
@TheJamesAnimations yeah I heard that as well. They used to watch the visuals and then make up a story and some dialogue to go with it.
I always thought it was a Dutch animation though (???)
Gary190tube 3 months ago
My mum says i used to bounce up and down in my pram whenever this came on.
mahler71 7 months ago
i always loved the way dougal runs
FanOfAll 7 months ago
I used to the Magic Roundabout on BBC1 at 5.35 before the National Evening News at 5.40.
michael196782 7 months ago
The hell's wrong with their heads?!
SEANTHEBEAVER 8 months ago
Classic stuff....pure memories.
ProperStuff 8 months ago
this is so much better than the one they've got on the air now... ruddy CGI puppets being treated like every other character on television... for some reason executives dont think this kind of television is going to entertain kids anymore - dvd's and vhs has got 'em dead wrong, though. just like old doctor who, kids are mesmerized.
hcvang 8 months ago
randomly epic :D
JamsterNoob98 8 months ago
i was born in 89, but this is fantastic!
i love seeing classics endure through time.
TheRealAtello 8 months ago
"I have right of way!"
"Oh, hoity-toity!"
Hahahahaha
ToomeyVonToomey 8 months ago
Oh, so this is what the Chemical Brothers were watching as kids...
osufan77 8 months ago
druggggs
chxstfamine 8 months ago
Always made sure I was well stoned before I watched this, when I was about 17. Used to be on just as I got in from work. They put it on at that time cos they knew children didn't really watch it. It was mainly freaks & weekend hippies that watched it after work. Far out man.
crimsonabsinthe 8 months ago
I grew up with this in the 90's man in the really early morning.
kandiisuicide 8 months ago
@kandiisuicide As far as I remember I used to watch it as a child, in mid 90s on ZDF or RTL(?). Never understood a word, loved it anyway.
cynargo 8 months ago
trippy
maas1974 8 months ago
The train went off in a huff.
"Oh dear. No wonder she was nationalised!"
:)
RachelBeckwith 8 months ago 16
Eric Thompson was the Magic Roundabout was never the same after he past away and Nigel Planer did it!
garynumanfanforever 9 months ago
I am 57 now and recall this show with great affection. BTW - The writer/narrator Eric Thompson was Emma Thompson's Father. Little wonder she grew up to be an amazing human being and actor
Tyson323232 9 months ago
Yes, I'm the same age ~ all these shows bring back so many memories...it's almost like we were living in a different world. I remember racing home from school to watch "Picture Book", The Woodentops and Andy Pandy. So wonderful to see them again! I never realized Eric Thompson was Emma's dad, you're right no wonder she is so talented!
BRITISHBEAT 9 months ago
36 people didn't have a wonderful 1970's British childhood. I feel so sorry for them :(
MrShannonite 9 months ago 46
@MrShannonite
Thank the Catholic priests for that.
aproctor1 8 months ago
@aproctor1 Oh, the real life Zebedee's that told the kids it was time for bed :(
MrShannonite 8 months ago
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@MrShannonite
Thank the Catholic priests for that.
aproctor1 8 months ago
@MrShannonite 36 is probably a little conservative
helminatorx 8 months ago
@MrShannonite dont have to have been british to have seen this show in your childhood... bertha for instance, was my favourite puppet show in the mid 80s. ruddy brilliant.. and i'm not british.. close enough, though.
hcvang 8 months ago
@MrShannonite 38 now, stupid people :)
yorkiespoo 7 months ago
@yorkiespoo Dude, 38 people went full retard, lol
MrShannonite 7 months ago
@MrShannonite i wish i was born in the old days but oh no i have to be born in 2001
TheJamesAnimations 7 months ago
@TheJamesAnimations You are very well educated for a 10 year old, hope you don't get the ban hammer for being under 13 years old on here, lol
MrShannonite 7 months ago
@MrShannonite They used to show this in New Zealand many many years ago!
Tiwaking 7 months ago
@Tiwaking I love those Kiwi's. Know their tv and know how to serve a great British pind in any given London pub. Bless you New Zealand, you make me cry with pride.....Oh, I love the lamb as well, just try not to give into temptation.
I was never confused.
MrShannonite 7 months ago
So this is what it's like to take drugs. O_O
lankygit101 9 months ago
Hello Le Manège enchanté fans.
Does anyone here know where to get 'Le Manège enchanté' theme tune mp3 download online? I really need it for my new Youtube videos. Reply as soon as possible, thank you french-people! ha ha Le Manège enchanté is the best show ever
ObviouslyUltraCool 9 months ago
the opening tune always creeped me out.
davmatroro 9 months ago 2
I used to hate this fcking shit so much I would cry when it came on :-/ I think it was just a little before my time...
TheMintyMuffin 9 months ago
@TheMintyMuffin pity your gutter mouth didnt stay young
endracismguy 9 months ago
@endracismguy
It is a goddamn fcking pity :(
TheMintyMuffin 9 months ago
Brilliant. They were all on drugs.
FafaTheBunny 9 months ago
oh wow oh wow. i remember watching this as a child. i grew up in the 80s though
idealsweetlove 9 months ago
Doogle?
RTH448 9 months ago
Compared to the original series the movie is rubbish!
cookie123456789012 9 months ago
the guy who made this is emma thompson the british movie actor's dad.
creativity at its best. have to say its better than shaun the sheep and thats saying something cuz shaun the sheep it quality tv!
themagicroundabout1 9 months ago
Ermintrude was such a cow sometimes.
rederic2004 9 months ago
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BabiiaKeikoua414 10 months ago
@StinkingHobo I felt the exact same as a child! This show was really disturbed me!
MyDarkMuse983 10 months ago
For some reason this show used to freak me out when i was a kid. I used to have nightmares!
MyDarkMuse983 10 months ago
@MyDarkMuse983 I was terrified of Dougal. He was a huge, hairy slug! Who was addicted to Sugar!! But, I still loved it - and still do.
nommycloggs18 9 months ago
Psycho S.I.S. !
The31415927 10 months ago
@StinkingHobo I know what you mean, that Dougal frighten the s#@t out of me moving about and all with no bloody legs! Thank God we're all grown up eh? I mean, how daft would it be if you were a grown man and still dreadfully afraid of a stop motion wig with eyes after all these years? That just be silly yeah? I could watch this again and it wouldn't bother me a bit. God I hate bloody Eric bloody Thompson so bloody much! I mean, what sort of sick bastard comes up with this sort of thing? :o)o:
crockyoshighty 10 months ago
@StinkingHobo
lol well it is French originally, so it was obviously a plot to mentally scar British youth :)
JelsT5 10 months ago
drug addicts!
minimguinness 11 months ago
gosh! That was so long time ago!!!! xD love this!
lordthevil 11 months ago
Its not even a roundabout its a carousel
tomhalling 11 months ago
classic
JammehProduction 11 months ago
As Basssics rightly says...the English narration didn't match the original French script. It was a bit like pantomime where there are things which small children will find amusing and enough satirical humour to keep the parents engaged as well! It was a family ritual before the 6 o'clock news and no-one would miss it. I particularly loved Dylan the rabbit who always appeared as if he'd just smoked a joint...it was wonderful to have this gentle subversion enshrined as a National Institution..
mamafunk38 11 months ago
@mamafunk38 in the new CGI version the rabbit also sounds like he's OD'ed on crack WAAY too many times...
erikals2 11 months ago
As Basssics rightly says...the English narration didn't match the original French script. It was a bit like pantomime where there are things which small children will find amusing and enough satirical humour to keep the parents engaged as well! It was a family ritual before the 6 o'clock news and no-one would miss it. I particularly loved Dylan the rabbit who always appeared as if he'd just smoked a joint...it was wonderful to have this gentle subversion enshrined as a National Institution.
mamafunk38 11 months ago
Love The Magic Roundabout, it's a classic! Discover and tweet about your favourite childhood tv shows @childhoodtv on twitter.
yourchildhoodtv 11 months ago
it's hilariously funny and classic
Dave76995 11 months ago
this reminds me of when i was a child :)
5p1d3rM4n2k9 11 months ago
I adored Dougal, never realising this was French which now makes sense! I made a very reasonable Dougal dog out of a bit of foam rubber cut off, tan knitting wool and buttons.
MsMesem 11 months ago 2
34 people are buses
MonkeyButtMovies1 11 months ago
As a young adult in the late 60s and early 70s, my mates and I would rush home to watch this iconic show.The English voice over of the French cartoon was what made it so successful. It was not quite the "South Park" of its day, but the adult messages were not lost on us.Thank you for sharing it.
fifer50 11 months ago
The Magic Roundabout is a true classic
sonicandknuxfan 1 year ago 2
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sonicandknuxfan 1 year ago
Funny
relaxmax2000 1 year ago
Absolutely FANTASTIC. We were weaned on this & did us no harm. Why can't it be reintroduced along with Willow the Whisp????
saltea1 1 year ago 2
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solay78 1 year ago
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Eric Thompson was an incredibly talented man.
Cool2BCeltic 1 year ago
Eric Thompson was an incredibly talented man.
Cool2BCeltic 1 year ago
"oh no man, why pay?"
"im a bus. now get off!" ahahahahahaha!
mishabruml 1 year ago 33
@mishabruml I loved this as a kid.Still do!;-)
cunningsophie 7 months ago
I remember some years ago that Channel 4 used to show this at gone 5am. It can have both a wonderful and alarming affect upon the soul at that hour.
In the right (or wrong) frame of mind, simply pondering the significance of the (more than likely innocent) unoccupied horse on the roundabout during the opening sequence can lead you down a very deep rabbit hole.
97channel 1 year ago
It would be interesting to compare the boring French original dialogue with the English improv dialogue.
I love this show!!!
death2utubenow 1 year ago
Ahhhh that theme tune. Brings back memories.
ltsaint911 1 year ago 2
@biggayal1992 It was "The Magic Roundabout". Tricky to work it out. Oh aside from the title of the video. And the title on screen. And the fact that it was The Magic Roundabout. Otherwise a very valid point you make.
livefrom3mileisland 1 year ago
@mrclassickids Originally in French, but a different story. Eric would watch them, silently, and make up a story as he watched the pictures (foot operated telecine machine!). He'd then refine his script and record them in Cont.1 at TV Centre. If you watch the original French eps and compare them to the English the stories are totally different. That's why it's entitled Original BBC episode I would assume.
livefrom3mileisland 1 year ago
@mrclassickids sure was mate 1960's French made as you said - there are loads of great french kids stuff - hectors house was and others
bootes33 1 year ago
Ermyntrude: the original mad cow! ;-)
brethynda123 1 year ago
i hate it
MegaAlynch 1 year ago
@MegaAlynch I hate you!!!!!!
kennedyskop 1 year ago
i loved this show when i was achild
fallbread 1 year ago
The Makers of this were CLEARLY stoned out of there heads to think of this
TheMizukiKidd 1 year ago
@TheMizukiKidd Nope. All a Myth!!!
kennedyskop 1 year ago
@kennedyskop Probably lol, i love it though, its very Creative, But i do Art and Animation and when im stoned i think of weird shizz like this XD
TheMizukiKidd 1 year ago
This was on just before the 6pm BBC news in the UK. So as people tuned in for the news they got to see it, so it had one of the highest audiences on British TV in its day. Adults liked Eric Thompson's dry knowing humour when he rescripted these shows. The line I best remember is Dougal turning to the audience at the end of the show and saying "I'll give em Wombles".
sheppertoon 1 year ago
That cow is so camp!
BadGirlOfAutism 1 year ago
good god, nostalgia
sjnugee 1 year ago
We british soldiers took it on as our street patrol amusement, much to the non perseverance of the British residents of Belfast & Londonderry....
AmorgosBoston1 1 year ago
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capetown99 1 year ago
Ah, happy memories! Maybe someone else will remember that the introduction music changed pace; originally it was slow and kind of melancholy, which contrasted nicely with the action and Eric Thompson's words. Anybody have the original music recorded?
5prevent8 1 year ago
Im 47 and still have all the figures I collected from rice krispies. Dylan was so cool, so high! Didnt know that back then!
imeck68 1 year ago
omg i remember watching this when i was 8 and i remembered really hating it back then.. but watching it now it seems not so bad.
SplitBullets 1 year ago
@SplitBullets yes. it was taken from this show, but it was never broadcast in america. then when the movie was made it was called The Magic Roundabout, but the title was changed for america cause it was never broadcast there. plus it was originally made in france then rewritten in english. this is better than the movie though
animationdude56 9 months ago
Hey wait!Was the Doogal movie taken from this show??
wingweaver84 1 year ago
i'm 13 and yet i still think this is awesome
i hated the film it was too modernised
I used to watch this when i was about 4 but it was really on late on the sky childrens channels.
thats another thing destroyed my modern childrens tv.
its criminal really
08alexg 1 year ago
i'm 13 and yet i still think this is awesome
i hated the film it was too modernised
08alexg 1 year ago
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Eric Thompson (Emma's dad) wrote the whole English script and the French just provided the pictures. We had French Students staying with us they could not believe what they were seeing.
ktmcmc 1 year ago
Eric Thompson (Emma's dad) wrote the whole English script and the French just provided the pictures. We had French Students staying with us they could not beleive what they were seeing.
ktmcmc 1 year ago
So, this is effectively a version of the plot of 'The Titfield Thunderbolt', just on drugs.
SerenissimaRepublica 1 year ago
Great stuff, Brian is genius
Razor61289 1 year ago
I wonder what the plot of the original french version was.
batmanofni 1 year ago
Love that opening music. Doesn't half bring back some memories :-) At the tender young age of 8 or 9, being sent to the Off Sales with 4 or 5 shillings and an empty pop bottle to have filled up with beer and to buy some fags for my mum and dad. Imagine..... Mum used to go Bingo with my Nan on Thursday night so Dad and I would watch TOTPs and then Star Trek. Brilliant.
Off Sales. Little side room in a pub for selling takeout booze. Before Bargain Booze shops etc.
Skenzed 1 year ago
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Talk about retro. Have you checked out the RETRO-GUY website. You can also see a video on it on youtube. Just search for Bali Rakhra or BBC The One Show - RETRO GUY.
bali501 1 year ago
train stopped talking after the movie!
TheGanstaben 1 year ago
I was talking about the design style the other day, but couldn't remember the name, after 35 years. Having run across a reference to Dougal on a blog, found this.
I had a photo storybook and never saw the show. Thanks so much for posting this! Wouldn't I kill if I could go back to the 70's too!
dosie451 1 year ago
Fabulous! I still say 'Time for bed, said Zebedee' to my daughter, and she's 18now!
MsPeachy3 1 year ago
I was born in 1965, i was 5 years old in 1970. I remember all of the 1970's. I remember this very well. I loved those times. I know it is impossible, but i would go back to being 5 years old again in 1970 in an instant if i could.
Davewise1965 1 year ago 2
@Davewise1965 So would I. And I was born in 1969.
TV programmes were made back then by people who really cared about their product and their audience.
DunlopDaytona 1 year ago