Le Manège enchanté
| Le Menège enchanté | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Serge Danot |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of episodes | 750[1] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ORTF (France, 1963–1973) |
| Original release | 1963 – 2000 |
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[2] on the first channel of the ORTF.
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.[3]
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
- Jacques Bodoin (French): Pollux / Flappy / Ambroise / Zébulon (1963-1966)
- Bernard Haller (French): Pollux (1966)
- Christian Riehl: Pollux (1966-1990)
- Micheline Dax: Azalée (1963-1966)
- Pascaline Priou: Azalée (1966-?)
- Patricia Danot: Margote (1963-1990)
- Serge Danot: Ambroise (1966-?)
Film versions
- Dougal and the Blue Cat, French animated film directed by Serge Danot in 1972
- The Magic Roundabout, Franco-British animated film, released in 2005
See also
References
- ↑ 350 (1963-1967) + 100 (1971-1973) + 250 (1990-1992)
- ↑ "Le Manège enchanté" (in French). Toutelatele.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ↑ Agnès Moreau, De Nounours à Casimir, du petit écran au coffre à jouets, éditions Massin, 1997, p. 48-59
External links
- Le Manège enchanté (1963) at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Le Manège enchanté (1963) (French) on AlloCiné
- Le Manège enchanté (2007) (French) on AlloCiné
- Le Manège enchanté (French) on Planète Jeunesse