Le Manège enchanté
| Le Manège enchanté | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Serge Danot |
| Country of origin | France |
| No. of episodes | 750 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 5 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ORTF (France, 1964–1974) |
| Original release | 1963 – 1990 |
Le Manège enchanté (British English: The Magic Roundabout, American English: The Magic Carousel) 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 on the first channel of the ORTF.
After Danot's departure in 1967, a second series of 100 episodes was broadcast in 1971. In 1989 another 250 episodes were produced by AB Groupe for the La Cinq channel.
A new computer-animated series of 52 episodes aired from September 2006 on Disney Junior and from 2 April 2006 on M6.
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".
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