1966: SERGE DANOT on THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT | Late Night Line-Up | Classic Interview | BBC Archive
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- The Magic Roundabout has been phenomenally popular on British Television, enchanting children and adults alike with its surreal, whimsical atmosphere.
The extent of its extraordinary appeal among older viewers was brought to light recently. When the show was moved from a 5:45 time slot to 4:55, the BBC was inundated with letters from disgruntled adults, pleading for the show to be returned to its original time slot - so they could watch it when they got home from work.
The Magic Roundabout is actually an English-language adaptation of the French animation, Le Manège Enchanté. Eric Thompson writes and narrates the English-language version, but the creator of the original show is Serge Danot.
Late Night Line-Up's Joan Bakewell speaks to Monsieur Danot and his associate Jean Biard - who acts as his interpreter - about the incredible success of his show. How different are the two versions? Does Le Manège Enchanté enjoy an adult following in France, like its English counterpart? Did Monsieur Danot set out to make a programme with cross-generational appeal? What does he think of the English version of the show?
Clip taken from Late Night Line-Up, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 13 December, 1966.
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Nice to see the legendary Dougal, Florence and Zebedee in person as it were and I love the Dougal/de Gaulle mixup. Thanks for these Late Night Line Up clips, I always find them very stylish and very 60s. Joan Bakewell still going strong at 90.
Joan bakewell ...the thinking man's crumpet ❤
She was dishy. Still good-looking now!
She would get up, make her family's breakfast and send them off in the morning. Then she'd go to Heathrow, fly to to Paris for sex with Harold Pinter, fly back and get home in time to welcome her family home.
I'm thick as a plank and I think she's a right sort too!
Thank goodness we no longer label women based on their attractiveness
@marknewbold2583 oh be quiet something a little snowflake would say and I'm a woman, wouldn't bother me in the slightest
Born in 75 and got a toy Dougal...still with me now! Memories 😊😊😊x
The best Eric Thompson quote was about Bert Ford (the BBC weatherman who had a habit of smiling at the end of a particular stormy forecast) . On a windy day by the roundabout Dougal rushes in and says "I have never seen Bert Ford look so happy !". My father roared with laughter !
What I would like them to do is release and remaster the Eric Thompson narrated versions of Serge Danot and Ivor Wood's The Magic Roundabout on DVD and Blu Ray. That way we could have all the classic episodes that aired on the BBC back in 1965 to 1977.
I really wish the BBC would do this, they must surely have all the Eric Thompson versions sitting around somewhere gathering dust.
I agree...love that to be released...never got why its not been done? @@Feakre
@@Feakre Well, they did release the majority of the series on VHS and only five episodes on DVD, so a remastered complete series should be inevitable. I mean, look at what they're doing to Roobarb And Custard!
I loved magic roundabout as a child ❤
I was a 70’s kid but loved The Magic Roundabout and Ermintrude the cow 🐂😆
Those were the good old days! 🧡☀️
This is a classic interview from the Late Night Line-Up. Love to know the history of the show and the puppets. Though I wish the original series would be remastered and released on DVD/Blu-ray. It would've be fitting for its 60th Anniversary.
Visited his grave in Nantes. Very fitting tribute.
I am 60 years old and I remember magic roundabout and still like great tv shows 😊
As a Pub DJ at the end of the 1970s it was common to play Jasper Carrott's version of 'The Magic Roundabout' if it looked like 'Kicking-off', as within 30-seconds everyone was in fits of laughter and the 'aggro' was invariably diffused!
Remember it well, the B side of Funky Moped! When I get me moped out on the road I'm gonna ride ride ride ride ride Funky Moped!
Before the six o’clock news, magic happened.
When I was a kid I always got Dougal and the newsreader Robert Dougal mixed up.
Silly sausage so I was.
(0:30 - 1:39) It's funny recalling that years before the internet itself, let alone CZcams, grumpy old people, amateur comedians and the like had to sit down and take the time to write letters to the editor of the newspaper, or to someone at the television station.
Nowadays.. Well,
People like me do this.
i wrote a letter to mr. healey c. '76 age 6, offering to call him and someone a "big nose" and a "long nose" if they didn't stop putting the political programming in my time slot. your better than me im still doing that.
Still got the original toy set with the roundabout and open board and characters
I never missed a program of the Magic Roundabout when I was child especially when we got our first colour TV in the early 70's then the colours on the program were very vibrant.. A truly great combination of Eric Thomson narrating and French animation on behalf of our dear old BBC..😁
Kids of today will have no idea about the pain of missing your favourite program. I didn’t realise it was French, somehow it makes sense.
Hector's House too.
Three uncheers! I'm stealing that
Interesting to hear them taking credit for Eric Thompson's scripts
The humour of this is down to Emma and Sophie Thomson’s Dad who I think wrote the stories watching the films on a small black and white screen but his books were even better!
I was looking forward to seeing a clip from the French version at the end, but it seems it was cut out 😢
Eric Thompson translated and rewrote the French scripts in order for the stories to make sense and humorous to British audiences.
He didn't translate them
Wow, look at this cranium! No wonder he made such a fantastic show.
Used to watch the VHS released of The Magic Roundabout when I was wee. Didn't get the references of course but I thought it was brilliant. We need more family friendly stuff on the internet - making that sort of content is a worthwhile challenge, but children seem to want to grow up as quickly as possible (at least that's what it was like when I was young)
Eric Norman Thompson 9 November 1929 - 30 November 1982
I wish they would have shildrens TV from 5pm to 6pm on BBC1, much better than the pointless TV they have on at the moment.
That’s why we got rid of our telly years ago, nothing but rubbish on.
But we still get the odd threatening letter, they can’t believe anyone can live without tv. 🤪😆
The mystery of the Magic Roundabout is that none of the other kids shown on the roundabout in the title sequence ever appeared in the show.
Rosalie, Paul and Basil were their names; they were invited by Mr. Rusty to ride the roundabout in the second short produced, which was called “Zebedee Starts the Roundabout”. After that they all had significant roles in the various books and “annuals” filled with stories which featured all of the characters. The kids definitely appeared again considering there were almost 500 animated short films produced. 🎠🎪
Update to my previous reply: the other kids actually appeared in several of the black and white-aired shorts of the first season. Two of the kids also are shown in the 2005 cgi film “Le Manege Enchante” translated in English as “The Magic Roundabout” (with a celebrity British cast) and the somewhat inferior version “Doogal”, slightly abridged and with a mostly American cast. One of the children has Paul’s design but he’s named Basil instead, and the girl who now wears glasses is named Coralie instead of the alternate “pink” name of Rosalie. As I mentioned before, the kids all have larger roles in the many annuals and storybooks. 🎠🎪
Serge Danot English was very good. He did not need to apologise 😂 I grew up in France and they were still showing re-runs of it when I was little in the early 90s. I used to like it, although sometimes it all looked a bit creepy to me, haha
According to Wikipedia there's a brand new version coming to TV screens sometime this year.
The year I was born.
Doctor who muito bom canal
Me too. A great year to enter this world. I still have the vibe of those good days with me and remember the program well. A golden age of kids tv was upon us.
Wonderful the magic roundabout characters from a great imagination majestic story lines and zebedee time for bed to spring the imagination
Love this old skool
I had to go check, in French they relay do talk!
Hector's House was another wonderful import from France.
La Maison de Toutou
Really I didn’t know that , brilliant characters by the French folk.
Le manège enchanté est un dessin animé français créé près de chez moi à Clisson
Boing!
30 somethings apparently have always loved kids shows. Now they watch bluey and stuff. I wonder if they were just as weird as the My little Pony fans got. Just imagine a The Magic Roundabout convention in the 60s
Question: was Dougal the inspiration for shredded wheat cereal?
Dougal was much drier!
Booiinng! and there is Zebedee!
i can't believe i finally get to find out about real serge danot instead of name on a screen serge danot. nurse.
Time for bed.
Not before I've had my warm milk
... and a hot water bottle
I preferred a cup of ovaltine or bournville .....@@clavichord
A children’s programme with a large… _adult_ following!? Absolutely scandalous, it would never happen today!
The power of changing one's accent to hide any northerness
Time for bed!
You can tell this is old. People were still working in offices and factories.
Alot of ppl still work in offices and factories haha in fact MOST ppl work in a office lool
It's hilarious that she is worried about the Americans getting it all wrong when the English just made up random dialogue to match the show.
I love how this programme is being treated like it's a French Auteur film by Truffaut or Godard. On a side note, the man in the middle has adorable hair. Cute guy. Managed to watch this despite the fact that they're being interviewed by a proud adulterer.
ffs! This channel certainly dredges up some utter r.soles.
Awwww so glad you managed poor lamb, are you sure you don't need some form of counselling or support?
Another r.sole.@@Ridersonthestorm8899
@@heraldeventsandfilms5970 like yourself? i don't like adultery, so i can comment about it. you're not controlling what other people can say. imagine supporting it.
@@biegebythesea6775 Says a sad sack of schitt. People like you don't matter.
As a kid who lapped up much of the BBC's children's programming, I actively disliked The Magic Roundabout. It seemed wry and philosophical, and carrying messages I could only guess at. The only other programme I reserved similar opprobrium for was Vision On. Even though I loved art, the presenters seemed like people who were pushing an agenda.
You got the measure of the BBC early on
when children of lodge brethren households try to reach out
Plus ca change, it seems. If something appears to clever to understand it must be part of a conspiracy. God help us.
@@algrant5293 You think?
You've gone down a rabbit hole of nonsense
I could look at Joan all day. 🥸
I believe Eric Thompson based Dougal's character on Tony Hancock.
And Brian was probably based on Bill Kerr. Ermintrude was likely based on Dame Edith Evans.
And we know who Dylan, the seemingly stoned rabbit, was based on!