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	Guardian \| Big screen Magic Roundabout turns to Bill Nighy for Dylan role
		Bill Nighy will be the big-screen voice of the Magic Roundabout character who, more than any other, prompted endless late-night, student-flat conversations on marijuana references inherent in children's television of the 60s and 70s.
		The Magic Roundabout was created for French television by Serge Danot in the mid-60s, but it was the supposedly drug-laden references in the script used on this side of the channel that propelled it to fame and affection.
		The Magic Roundabout ran from 1965 to 1977 on BBC1 and was revived by Channel 4 in the 90s, when all the voices were provided by Nigel Planer.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4856941-103690,00.html (506 words)

	The Magic Roundabout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Le Manège Enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout) was a children's television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot.
		A 2005 film adaptation was made using modern computer animation which adopted the French approach of each character having its own voice rather than using a narrator.
		In 1975 Jasper Carrott recorded a short, risqué comic monologue, parodying The Magic Roundabout, which was released on a single as the B-side of his comic song "Funky Moped".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magic_Roundabout (1052 words)

	The Magic Roundabout / Doogal / Dave Borthwick / 2005 / film review
		The Magic Roundabout was the brain child of a Frenchman, Serge Danot.
		The film adaptation does not have anything like this individuality — it is just another glorious feast of 3D CGI animation, with little to distinguish it from the countless other glorious feasts of 3D CGI animation that are fighting for our attention.
		For both the British and French releases of the film, the characters are voiced by some very big-name actors and personalities, although this failed to prevent the film from being an immense flop.
	filmsdefrance.com /FDF_The_Magic_Roundabout_2005_rev.html (711 words)

	Magic Roundabout
		He took on a job as a cleaner in a film studio and slowly learned the film making trade.
		Le Manège Enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) was created by Danot in the mid 1960s, with the first cartoons done in French.
		The English version of The Magic Roundabout was also shown on television in England for many years during the 1970s.
	comicstripfan.com /newspaper/m/magicroundabout.htm (180 words)

	Movie Review - Magic Roundabout, The - eFilmCritic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Magic Roundabout is the big screen version of the beloved 50s/60s stop motion TV series for children of the same name.
		Granted, the whole thing is just a chase film with some flimsy excuses for set pieces thrown in, but what matters is that The Magic Roundabout still has its heart in the right place.
		Any film adaptation of material like this is always going to be derided for deviating too far from its source; but making a 90 minute film about a dog that loses a hat would not make for the most enthralling cinema experience.
	efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=12844 (828 words)

	Nighy to play hippy rabbit in `Magic Roundabout' Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		The cartoon series is being made into a feature film and the casting team have been searching for months to find the appropriate voice for the spaced-out bunny who appears to have been growing more than just carrots in his vegetable patch.
		The feature film is being made by Pathe and is expected to be released early next year.
		The Magic Roundabout attracted audiences of eight million during its heyday in the 1970s when it was screened by BBC1 in the five minutes before the early evening news.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040212/ai_n12770989 (486 words)

	The Magic Roundabout \| film reviews \| musicOMH.com
		The original series was a firm favourite of ‘70s children and a little later became a cult hit with students - who drew their own less innocent interpretations from the psychedelic imagery in the show - so a feature, 40 years on, has a lot to live up to for an older audience.
		It is also strictly for younger children as older kids searching for credibility among their peers may find the cute characters a little babyish and the plot too simplistic.
		The Magic Roundabout is an enchanting adventure that will capture the imaginations of small kids everywhere.
	www.musicomh.com /films/magic-roundabout.htm (478 words)

	The Magic Roundabout (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I'd watched the original Magic Roundabout from a very young age, and one false step could have ruined both versions for good.
		However, the filmmakers managed to make a perfect balance of "old" and "new" to bring out a whole new film, featuring characters that reminded me of the originals, but didn't try to take their places.
		The storyline was fun, bearing in mind that it was aimed at young children, and included the token jokes (aimed at both children and adults), teary moments and interesting yet predictable twists.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0339334 (446 words)

	The Magic Roundabout film review - Radio Times
		Using the original characters as a springboard, the film broadens and updates their escapades to satisfy contemporary tastes.
		The result is a colourful tribute to the eccentric 1960s show, in which Dougal the dog inadvertently releases imprisoned sorcerer Zeebad (voiced by Tom Baker).
		Free after centuries, the malevolent Zeebad aims to cast the world into darkness, beginning by encasing the roundabout in ice and trapping little girl Florence (Kylie Minogue).
	www.radiotimes.com /servlet_film/com.icl.beeb.rtfilms.client.simpleSearchServlet?searchTypeSelect=5&frn=41539 (358 words)

	Tom Hanks Interview
		He threw himself wholeheartedly into his role as a workaholic man, who escapes a plane crash only to be washed up on a deserted island, where he faces an even greater battle for survival for the next four years.
		Hanks was so determined to make the part as realistic as possible that the film was shot in two stages over 16 months with a one-year break so that he could undergo a dramatic physical transformation.
		He didn't shave or cut his hair for weeks and shed 55lb in four months with a diet and exercise regime which he admits was one of the toughest things he's ever had to undergo.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/interviews/tom_hanks.html (989 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Film Listings
		The ground-breaking 2001 animated film broke the mold, subverting the traditional Disney formula of white-bread romantic leads and their anthropomorphic animal pals with abundant pop-culture references, jokester dialogue, and the occasional flatulence joke.
		The computer-generated animation in the film is rarely interesting, particularly in its conceptualization of the film’s characters, all of which have the comic dimension of stick figures.
		Bollywood film about the emotional journey of a young girl who is kidnapped and sold as a courtesan.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:341214 (545 words)

	Magic Roundabout
		Le Manège Enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) was created by Danot in the mid 1960s, with the first cartoons done in French.
		The English version of The Magic Roundabout was also shown on television in England for many years during the 1970s.
		The art is in great condition but is a little dusty with some fingermarks in the margins due to being in storage.
	www.comicstripfan.com /newspaper/m/magicroundabout.htm (180 words)

	BBC - Movies - review - The Magic Roundabout: Special Edition DVD
		Adapted from the classic children's TV series, The Magic Roundabout "moves quickly but goes nowhere".
		A Magical History is the best of the batch using inventive, animated skits to tell the story of The Magic Roundabout from its inception back in the early 60s.
		Re-Imagining The Magic allows a closer look at the process of development ie a bunch of geeks glued to their computer screens.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2005/07/14/the_magic_roundabout_se_2005_dvd_review.shtml (505 words)

	Film \| Kubrick's chilling magic roundabout
		We follow, in the all-too-recognisable limbo of a near-enough future, the rake's progress of a twenty-year-old youth, addicted to ultraviolence and Ludwig Van (Beethoven), whose band of Droogs make the IRA look like sheep in wolves' clothing.
		The biter is bit, and almost to death, by a process that Kubrick has called "an almost magical coincidence of retribution." But he is saved by the hypocritical outcry of the popular press and once more translated, smirking delightedly, into a suckling predator.
		It is not a film the memory of which you will exactly wish to cherish.
	film.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,329684888-3181,00.html (438 words)

	moviefans.de !!! The Magic Roundabout / Doogal...
		"The Magic Roundabout" (US-Titel: "Doogal") ist ein CGI-Film, der auf der Kultserie "The Magic Roundabout" (1964) von Serge Danot basiert...
		Most recently known for his role as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Sir Ian is joining a top line up in the film.
		The film is being made by Pathe and is due for release next February.
	www.moviefans.de /a-z/m/magic-roundabout/index.html (349 words)

	Magic Roundabout, The London Movie Review
		Dougal is accompanied on his quest by his friends Brian the Snail (Jim Broadbent), Dylan the seemingly stoned rabbit (Bill Nighy) and Ermintrude the singing cow (Joanna Lumley), with occasional appearances by spring-loaded wizard Zebedee (Ian McKellen).
		It’s worth noting that a feature-length movie was never going to be that similar to the TV show, as each episode was only five minutes long, though the plot does seem to have been written with one eye on the inevitable video-game tie-in.
		In short, The Magic Roundabout is an enjoyable family film that will delight young audiences and is liable to send nostalgic 30-somethings on a (sadly, futile) quest to find the original series on DVD.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /review_2333.html (465 words)

	The Magic Roundabout - Trailer
		The Magic Roundabout lies in ruin: the evil ice sorcerer ZEEBAD is on the loose and the fate of the Enchanted Land hangs in the balance.
		They must recover three magic diamonds to reverse the onset of winter and return ZEEBAD to his prison beneath the ground; easy you may say...if you're not a snail, a cow, a rabbit or a dog.
		The Magic Roundabout is produced by Pascal and Laurent Rodon, executive produced by Jake Eberts, Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken and Jill Sinclair, and written by Raolf Sanoussi, Stephane Sanoussi and Paul Bassett Davies with additional dialogue by Ted Safran.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/themagicroundaboutx22x12x04 (399 words)

	eBay.co.uk - The Magic Roundabout, magic roundabout, TV Film Character Toys, Videos VHS PAL UK items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zen and the Magic of Roundabout Maintenance; 1st/1st
		The Magic Roundabout Light Activated Dylan room guard.
		The MAGIC Roundabout single bed duvet cover bedding set
	search.ebay.co.uk /The-Magic-Roundabout_W0QQftsZ0 (386 words)

	this film is not yet rated (2006) \| deputydog
		The next time we criticise American films it’s worth giving a thought to this bizarre, biased ratings/censorship process that does filmmakers no favours.
		In the end it’s up to the parents what their kids watch, that rating system shouldn’t have the final say.
		I honestly never heard of this film (likely due to censorship) so I probably never would’ve watched unless I had stumbled here.
	deputy-dog.com /2007/07/03/this-film-is-not-yet-rated (417 words)

	The Magic Roundabout - Popcorn
		The Magic Roundabout was a TV series that started in the mid-Sixties and ran for aaaaaaaaages.
		The Magic Roundabout boasts an all-star cast doing the voices, including Kylie Minogue as Florence (though we hardly ever hear her as Florence spends most of the film trapped inside the frozen roundabout) and Robbie Williams whose chirpy, cheeky voice is just right for sugar-scoffing Dougal.
		The Sound of Magic - The world of the Roundabout had to be created in sound as well as piccies, and this feature looks at the sound effects.
	www.popcorn.co.uk /page.asp?partid=97 (1125 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| New Roundabout film gets premiere
		Kylie Minogue was among the stars who turned out for Sunday's UK premiere of the new film version of children's classic The Magic Roundabout.
		The original series of The Magic Roundabout was created for French TV in the mid-1960s.
		The show was revived by Channel 4 in the early 1990s, when all the voices were supplied by actor Nigel Planer, most famous for playing Neil in TV show The Young Ones.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4220801.stm (294 words)

	Sprung! The Magic Roundabout - Movie Review (The Magic Roundabout, The Magic Roundabout Movie, Pollux - Le manège ...
		In the 1964 series of 'The Magic Roundabout', Eric "Emma's dad" Thompson chose to ignore the original French scripts in favour of making up his own stories to go along with the pictures popping up on screen.
		Everyone who remembers 'Roundabout' the first time around will be happy to hear that all the old favourites are back.
		After all, today's young 'uns won't have a clue about the original, and the adults who still fondly remember the old series won't find enough similarities here to satisfy any pangs of nostalgia (gone is the strangely pleasing serenity of the original, replaced with video game-style action sequences and shrill musical numbers).
	www.movie-gazette.com /cinereviews/1148 (519 words)

	RTÉ.ie Entertainment: The Magic Roundabout (G)
		For those who don't remember, 'The Magic Roundabout' was a 1960s children's programme with a five-minute slot where an unusual array of characters did very little and hung about a roundabout that was allegedly magic.
		The result is a film that completely misses the mark and is unsure of its target audience.
		The 2005 Magic Roundabout is unlikely to gain a new audience or offer anything new to its original fans.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2005/0210/themagicroundabout.html (493 words)

	The Main Characters of the Magic Roundabout
		Dylan is a key figure in the magic mushroom episode but other than this most of the theory is based upon the fact that Thompson created a hippy persona for him (man).
		The beginning of the Magic Roundabout series kicks off with an unhappy Mr Rusty wishing that the magic would return to his roundabout, Zebedee achieves this by bringing children to play in the garden and ride the roundabout.
		It is Zebedee who brings the magic back to the garden, and in times of chaos he restores order.
	www.regiment.org.uk /crystaltipps/roundabout/characters.html (555 words)

	Magic Roundabout returns on digital TV - Telegraph
		Dylan the dopey rabbit, Dougal the sullen shaggy dog and Ermintrude the pink cow are returning to British screens in a new series of The Magic Roundabout.
		The new series of 52 episodes will use the same character models as the recent animation film The Magic Roundabout, voiced by stars including Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and Sir Ian McKellen.
		"The original Magic Roundabout TV series was a charming cultural phenomenon which entertained generations of children," said Nickelodeon UK managing director Howard Litton.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/uknews/1548722/Magic-Roundabout-returns-on-digital-TV.html (452 words)

	The Magic Roundabout Movie Review (2005) from Channel 4 Film
		What seemed entirely appropriate as a batch of fuzzy, quaint, fleeting episodes has been pumped full of pixels, cross-bred with the modern action-adventure movie and decorated with references, both verbal and musical, that can only be there for baby boomers lured back by nostalgia.
		The makers of this film insist that they aimed to keep the charm of the original.
		This can only be prevented if three magic diamonds - again, unexplained - are attained by four unlikely heroes: Dougal the hapless dog (Williams), Ermintrude the diva cow (Lumley), Brian the unassuming snail (Broadbent) and Dylan the dopey rabbit (Nighy).
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=141949 (337 words)

	BFI Screenonline: Magic Roundabout, The (1965-77)
		Little girl Florence and Dougal the dog are among the visitors to Mr Rusty's merry-go-round in Zebedee's magic land.
		The story told of Mr Rusty, owner of an old merry-go-round that children no longer visit until one day a magic jack-in-the-box, Zebedee, casts a spell to bring them back.
		His calm tones, at odds with the hyperactive animation, lent a curiously mismatched feel.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/591175/index.html (254 words)

	The Magic Roundabout @ Nostalgia Central
		Thus The Magic Roundabout staked its place in television history.
		The most famous sentence of the series was Zebedee's standard declaration "Time for Bed" sending millions of children to sleep every evening.
		A feature film Dougal and the Blue Cat was released in Britain in 1972.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/kids/magicroundabout.htm (262 words)

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