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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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!
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 !
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!
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..😁
(0:30 - 1:39) It's funny recalling that years before the internet itself, let alone RUclips, 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.
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!
1966: SERGE DANOT on THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT | Late Night Line-Up | Classic Interview | BBC Archive 1013am 21.8.24 you sure? this was a fine show - magic roundabout. and i like the fact the walloon... i thought it was a Belgian concern...? erm... anyway, i like the fact he hasn't bothered to learn english. just as i haven't bothered to learn french or flemish... not even brian learned to speak english.................. the revamp as narrated by nigel planer was also worthy watching and the continuity re: similar sounding narration in relation to the original series worked well. p.s it is wise for parents to allow their children to have comic books at a very young age, prior to them learning to read, so they can create their own narrative........................... as was done with this show, i am lead to believe...
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)
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
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. 🤪😆
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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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
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.
Born in 75 and got a toy Dougal...still with me now! Memories 😊😊😊x
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! 🧡☀️
I am 60 years old and I remember magic roundabout and still like great tv shows 😊
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 !
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!
Still got the original toy set with the roundabout and open board and characters
Visited his grave in Nantes. Very fitting tribute.
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..😁
Before the six o’clock news, magic happened.
(0:30 - 1:39) It's funny recalling that years before the internet itself, let alone RUclips, 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.
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 still have my 1971 Dougal Annual. Jean the translator particularly charming in this interview and Joan Bakewell asked excellent questions.
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.
Wow, look at this cranium! No wonder he made such a fantastic show.
When I was a kid I always got Dougal and the newsreader Robert Dougal mixed up.
Silly sausage so I was.
1966: SERGE DANOT on THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT | Late Night Line-Up | Classic Interview | BBC Archive 1013am 21.8.24 you sure? this was a fine show - magic roundabout. and i like the fact the walloon... i thought it was a Belgian concern...? erm... anyway, i like the fact he hasn't bothered to learn english. just as i haven't bothered to learn french or flemish... not even brian learned to speak english.................. the revamp as narrated by nigel planer was also worthy watching and the continuity re: similar sounding narration in relation to the original series worked well. p.s it is wise for parents to allow their children to have comic books at a very young age, prior to them learning to read, so they can create their own narrative........................... as was done with this show, i am lead to believe...
Interesting to hear them taking credit for Eric Thompson's scripts
Love this old skool
Three uncheers! I'm stealing that
Wonderful the magic roundabout characters from a great imagination majestic story lines and zebedee time for bed to spring the imagination
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
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)
According to Wikipedia there's a brand new version coming to TV screens sometime this year.
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. 🎠🎪
I was looking forward to seeing a clip from the French version at the end, but it seems it was cut out 😢
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
Thats not Serge speaking English! His interpreter Jean Briad is speaking English
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. 🤪😆
Le manège enchanté est un dessin animé français créé près de chez moi à Clisson
Oui c'est vrai sur les bords de la Sèvre.
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!
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.
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.
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
Boing!
Question: was Dougal the inspiration for shredded wheat cereal?
Dougal was much drier!
A children’s programme with a large… _adult_ following!? Absolutely scandalous, it would never happen today!
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
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
Booiinng! and there is Zebedee!
The power of changing one's accent to hide any northerness
Time for bed!
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.@@ChooChooTheCat8899
@@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 can't believe i finally get to find out about real serge danot instead of name on a screen serge danot. nurse.