Albert the Fifth Musketeer
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| Also known as | Albert le 5ème mousquetaire |
| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Christophe Izard |
| Written by | Gilles Adrien Olivier Montegut Christophe Izard |
| Directed by | Alain Sion |
| Voices of |
Jimmy Hibbert Susan Sheridan Andy Turvey Christian Rodska Joanna Wheeler Shireen Shah Mike Drew Dick Cadbury Jayne Lloyd |
| Composer(s) | Kick Production |
| Country of origin | France United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | French English |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Christophe Izard Theresa Plummer-Andrews |
| Producer(s) |
Micheline Charest Christian Dawn Peter Hille |
| Production company(s) | France Animation Diffusion Information Communication Ravensburger BBC Worldwide |
| Distributor |
CINAR PolyGram Video LBS Communications Games Entertainment AG |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC (UK), Fix&Foxi (Germany) |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 1993 |
Albert the Fifth Musketeer is a French animated series based on the story of the Three Musketeers. It is a France Animation, Ravensburger and Diffusion Information Communication, Franco-Canadian co-production, for Children's BBC, Télétoon and Canal + in association with PolyGram Video, Animation Services Hong Kong Limited and Koroness Filmproduktion GmbH.
It centres around the antics of Albert (pronounce 'Al-Bear') de Parmagnan, a new member of the Musketeers (the series takes place after the Siege of La Rochelle, and therefore after D'Artagnan has become a musketeer, but before Milady's death). While the other four musketeers are portrayed as bumbling and incompetent, Albert is quick-witted and clever, creating many inventions to get the others out of trouble.
He and the other Musketeers have adventures as they fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu and attempt to thwart his plans to take over France.
In total there were 26 episodes, the first of which aired in 1993. The show was later translated into English, Dutch, Swedish and Russian and shown in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Russia.
The characters, apart from Albert (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert), are all generally broad stereotypes of their traditional portrayals in the original Musketeers book and subsequent movies:
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