When 'Magic Roundabout' was revived on Channel 4 in 1992, which actor provided the voices?
"was broadcast just after ""The Magic Roundabout"". This story was later republished in print from Bloomsbury's 1998 book ""The Adventures of Brian"". In 1998, Thompson's stories were published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc as a series of four paperbacks, ""The Adventures of Dougal"", ""The Adventures of Brian"", ""The Adventures of Dylan"" and ""The Adventures of Ermintrude"" with forewords by his daughter Emma Thompson. For years, the series had re-runs on Cartoon Network, and was later moved to its sister channel, Boomerang. These airings had almost all the episodes re-narrated by Nigel Planer, much like the Channel 4 airings, though some episodes"
"The Magic Roundabout (film) The Magic Roundabout (released in France as Pollux - Le manège enchanté and redubbed in the United States as Doogal) is a 2005 French-British computer-animated adventure fantasy film based on the television series ""The Magic Roundabout"". The film features the voices of Tom Baker, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone and Lee Evans. The film begins as the wizard Zebedee, a red jack-in-the-box-like creature, is having a nightmare about being chased by a rampaging blue jack-in-the-box creature named Zeebad. The film then starts with Dougal sneaking around the"
"credits are presented) although the audio is retained in the English audio track. The Magic Roundabout (film) The Magic Roundabout (released in France as Pollux - Le manège enchanté and redubbed in the United States as Doogal) is a 2005 French-British computer-animated adventure fantasy film based on the television series ""The Magic Roundabout"". The film features the voices of Tom Baker, Jim Broadbent, Joanna Lumley, Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone and Lee Evans. The film begins as the wizard Zebedee, a red jack-in-the-box-like creature, is having a nightmare about being chased by a rampaging blue"
"French politicians of the time, and that Dougal represented Charles de Gaulle. In fact, when Serge Danot was interviewed by Joan Bakewell on ""Late Night Line-Up"" in 1968 his associate (perhaps Jean Biard) said that in France it was thought at first that the UK version of Pollux had been renamed ""De Gaulle"", mishearing the name Dougal (as seen in the Channel 4 documentary ""The Return of the Magic Roundabout"" (broadcast 08:50 on 25 December 1991 and 18:00 on 5 January 1992), and in the BBC4 documentary ""The Magic Roundabout Story"" (2003)). In the UK, the series gained cult status"
"film features five of the original ""Magic Roundabout"" episodes on the second disc. They are all presented in the original black and white with the option of viewing them in English or in the original French. In 2006, the film was released in the US as ""Doogal"". This version featured a narration from Judi Dench, rewritten dialogue and a new storyline made to accommodate pop culture references and flatulence jokes (neither of which were present in the original release). The majority of original British voices were replaced by celebrities more familiar to the American public, such as Whoopi Goldberg and"
"1952. He worked regularly for the BBC, and was a presenter of the children's television programme ""Play School"" from 1964 to 1967. He was best known as the narrator of ""The Magic Roundabout"", for which he also wrote the English language scripts, using the visuals from the original French ""Le Manège Enchanté"". These were transmitted from October 1965 to January 1977. His daughter Emma Thompson has noted his influence on her career, saying ""his humour and his rigour, a self-taught man, who loved words and loved the use of words and how they worked. Everything about that was hugely influential."""
"himself as Hirst; Douglas Hodge played Foster and Gawn Grainger played Briggs. In the Broadway revival by the Roundabout Theatre Company directed by David Jones, which opened on 27 February 1994 at the Criterion Centre Stage Right Theatre, in New York City, with Jason Robards as Hirst, Christopher Plummer (nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) as Spooner, Tom Wood as Foster, and John Seitz as Briggs. In 2001, another major revival at the NT was directed by Harold Pinter, with Corin Redgrave as Hirst, John Wood as Spooner, Danny Dyer as"
"The Magic Roundabout The Magic Roundabout is an English-language children's television programme that ran from 1965 to 1977. It was based on the French stop motion animation show ""Le Manège enchanté"", which was created in 1963 by Serge Danot with the help of Ivor Wood and Wood's French wife, Josiane. The French series was first broadcast from 1964 to 1974 on ORTF (Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française). The BBC originally rejected translating the series because it was ""charming... but difficult to dub into English"", but later produced a version of the series using the French footage with new English-language scripts"
"Jason Weaver Jason Michael Weaver (born July 18, 1979), also known by his stage name J-Weav, is an American actor and singer best known for his roles as Marcus Henderson on The WB sitcom ""Smart Guy,"" Jerome Turrell on the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Thea"" from 1993–1994, and the pre-teenaged Michael Jackson on the 1992 ABC miniseries "". Jason was also the singing voice of the young Simba in Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1994 film The Lion King.[1] One of Weaver's earliest acting roles was on Oprah Winfrey's 1990 television series ""Brewster Place"". He went on to portray a young Michael"
"Gerard Murphy (Irish actor) Eamon Gerard Murphy (14 October 1948 – 26 August 2013) was a Northern Irish film, television and theatre actor. Born in 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, Murphy began his career on stage with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre. He branched out into television work with roles in ""Z-Cars"", ""Doctor Who"", ""Minder"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Father Ted"", ""Dalziel and Pascoe"" and ""The Bill"". He narrated the BBC Radio version of Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"". His film roles include the pirate and spy ""The Nord"" in ""Waterworld"", and as the corrupt High Court Judge Faden in ""Batman"
"Eric Thompson Eric Norman Thompson (9 November 1929 – 30 November 1982) was an English actor, television presenter and producer. He is best remembered for creating and performing the English narration for ""The Magic Roundabout"", which he adapted from the original French ""Le Manège Enchanté"". Eric Norman Thompson was born on 9 November 1929 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Annie (née Jackson) and George Henry Thompson, and grew up in Rudgwick, Sussex, attending Collyer's School, Horsham. He trained to be an actor at the Old Vic acting school in London and joined the Old Vic theatre company in"
"64. Gerard Murphy (Irish actor) Eamon Gerard Murphy (14 October 1948 – 26 August 2013) was a Northern Irish film, television and theatre actor. Born in 1948 in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, Murphy began his career on stage with the Glasgow Citizens Theatre. He branched out into television work with roles in ""Z-Cars"", ""Doctor Who"", ""Minder"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Father Ted"", ""Dalziel and Pascoe"" and ""The Bill"". He narrated the BBC Radio version of Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"". His film roles include the pirate and spy ""The Nord"" in ""Waterworld"", and as the corrupt High Court Judge Faden in"
"Channel 4 as a six-part series in 1990. The show quickly attained a cult following. A New Year's Eve special bridging 1990/91 followed (in which Kim Wilde made an appearance). This was followed by a second eight-part series in 1991. In addition to Reeves and Mortimer, the other mainstay of the programme was Les (played by Fred Aylward), Vic's bald, lab coat-clad assistant who never spoke, loved spirit levels and had a fear of chives. Other established characters in the TV series included The Man with the Stick, who wore a paper helmet (daubed with drawings of what he had"
"1983-84. 'I, An Actor...' (Radio 4 series 1989). Twenty-seven Dave Podmore shows (Radio 5 and 4 1997-2017). 'Mastering the Universe' with Dawn French (2006/08). 'Club of Queer Trades' (2005) 'London Life' (2006), 'Peacefully in Their Sleeps' (2007). 'Gus MacDonald' (2008). 'Dolly' (2009). 'Brian Gulliver's Travels' (2011). 'Beauty of Britain' (2009-12). Christopher Douglas (British actor) Christopher Douglas (born c.1955) is a British actor and writer. Christopher Douglas is the voice of Ed Reardon in Radio 4's long-running sitcom 'Ed Reardon's Week', which he co-writes with Andrew Nickolds. 'Ed Reardon's Week' has completed twelve series and was the winner of the Broadcasting"
"scripts being word for word translations, and the characters having voices strikingly similar to the French dub's voices. Dylan and Mr. MacHenry also retain their original French names (Flappy and Bonhomme Jouvence a.k.a. Mr. Young, respectively) with Mr Rusty having Mr. McHenry's name. Aside from that however, most of the characters have their names from the British version. In 2007, a new TV version of ""The Magic Roundabout"" was created, with 52 x 11-minute episodes, by French animation house Action Synthese with scripts and voices produced in the UK. Directed by Graham Ralph of Silver Fox Films and produced by"
"to be as faithful as possible to the original novel, but there are some errors and alterations. They include: Peter Woodthorpe (Gollum/Sméagol) and Michael Graham Cox (Boromir) previously voiced the same roles in Ralph Bakshi's animated version. Ian Holm, who voiced Frodo Baggins in the radio serial, went on to play Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's movie trilogy. In 2002, following the success of Jackson's movies, the BBC reissued the series in three sets corresponding to the three original volumes (""The Fellowship of the Ring"", ""The Two Towers"" and ""The Return of the King""). This version omitted the original episode"
"Bobby with other cast members including Simon Burke, Terence Donovan, Barry Quin and Geraldine Turner. After 43 previews, the 1995 Roundabout Theatre revival, directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Rob Marshall, opened on October 5, 1995, at the Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 60 performances. The cast included Boyd Gaines, Kate Burton, Robert Westenberg, Diana Canova, Debra Monk, LaChanze, Charlotte d'Amboise, Jane Krakowski, Danny Burstein and Veanne Cox. The 1995 London revival was directed by Sam Mendes at the Donmar Warehouse. Previews began on December 1, with opening on December 13 and closing on March 2,"
"for Lucasfilm. He voiced the medical droid 2-1B in ""The Empire Strikes Back"", and later played roles for LucasFilm in """" (the voice of Wicket in the second season) and in ""Howard the Duck"". Then, in 1992, he got up with LucasArts, voicing the ""talkie"" version of ""Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis"". He continued working for LucasArts as in-house actor, voicing many roles in their games, although players know Delk most for playing the talking skull Murray from ""Monkey Island"" series of quests. Delk tried to make character little more comical than he was and tried to give"
"be the voice of the UK's speaking clock in 1984. He sang and voiced many characters in the Paul McCartney classic film ""Rupert and the Frog Song"" in 1984 and he appeared that year in the children's film ""Gabrielle and the Doodleman"" as three different characters (the Ringmaster, the Black Knight and an Ugly Sister). Windsor Davies has also narrated the audiobook for the Ladybird children's classic ""Treasure Island"". Now retired, he lives in the south of France. Windsor Davies Windsor Davies (born 28 August 1930) is a retired British actor who acted in many films and TV shows between"
"Andrew Jack (dialect coach) Andrew Jack (born Andrew Hutchinson on 28 January 1944 in London, England) is a British dialect coach who has worked on over 80 motion pictures since 1982. Jack's father was the actor of Stephen Jack, and his mother Julia Hutchinson was a horticulturist. He has worked with over 200 actors including Robert Downey Jr. (in Richard Attenborough's ""Chaplin"", Michael Hoffman's ""Restoration"" and Guy Ritchie's ""Sherlock Holmes""), Pierce Brosnan (in ""GoldenEye"", ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" and ""Die Another Day""), Cate Blanchett and Viggo Mortensen. As supervising dialect coach for ""The Lord of the Rings"", he created the Middle-earth"
"James Grout James David Grout (22 October 1927 – 24 June 2012) was an English actor of radio and television. Grout was born in London, the son of Beatrice Anne and William Grout. He trained to be an actor at RADA. His radio appearances include Barliman Butterbur in the 1981 Radio 4 adaptation of ""The Lord of the Rings"", Headmaster Harry Beeston in all ten series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series ""King Street Junior"" (1985–1998), Professor Richard Whittingham in Andy Hamilton's Hell-based comedy ""Old Harry's Game"" (1995–2003), Rev. Timothy Corswell in ""The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue"" (1991)"
"Richard Haydn Richard Haydn (born George Richard Haydon, 10 March 1905 – 25 April 1985) was an English comic actor in radio, films and television. Some of his better known performances include his roles as Professor Oddley in ""Ball of Fire"" (1941), Roger in ""No Time for Love"" (1943), Thomas Rogers in ""And Then There Were None"" (1945), Emperor Franz Joseph in ""The Emperor Waltz"" (1948), the Caterpillar in ""Alice in Wonderland"" (1951), Baron Popoff in ""The Merry Widow"" (1952), William Brown in ""Mutiny on the Bounty"" (1962), and Max Detweiler in ""The Sound of Music"" (1965). Haydn was born"
"soon adapted and created all the voices for ""The Magic Roundabout"" which was based on the French series, ""Le Manège Enchanté"". Following the success of ""Play School"", Michael Peacock asked Whitby to create a new daily programme at teatime for slightly older children ""Jackanory"" was launched in 1965. It drew on quality stories from around the world and invited actors, writers, artists and celebrities to present stories that were particularly suitable to them. For example, Sir Compton Mackenzie retold Greek Legends and Margaret Rutherford read five Beatrix Potter tales. In 1967, Peacock became Managing Director of London Weekend Television. Amongst"
"Crispin Glover Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor and director. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen, such as George McFly in ""Back to the Future"", Layne in ""River's Edge"", unfriendly recluse Rubin Farr in ""Rubin and Ed"", mentally ill Cousin Dell in David Lynch's ""Wild at Heart"", Andy Warhol in ""The Doors"", the Thin Man in ""Charlie's Angels"" and , Willard Stiles in the ""Willard"" remake, Bobby McBurney in ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"", Ilosovic Stayne / The Knave of Hearts in ""Alice in Wonderland"", Phil Wedmaier in ""Hot Tub Time Machine"", and"
"Letitia and Christopher Sieber as Bruce, with appearances by Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Max, Cheyenne Jackson as one of the ""Life is Like a Train"" porters, and Kathleen Turner as Imelda. The first London revival was staged at the Union Theatre, Southwark in December 2010 and January 2011. Howard Samuels played Oscar and Rebecca Vere was Lily. The show was directed by Ryan McBryde. In 2011, Roundabout Theatre Company had a reading with Hugh Jackman, Kristin Chenoweth and Andrea Martin participating. Roundabout revived the musical on Broadway, at the American Airlines Theatre, beginning previews on February 12, 2015, and officially"
"Thomas and the Magic Railroad Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British-American children's fantasy adventure film written, produced and directed by Britt Allcroft. The film stars Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, including the voices provided by Eddie Glen and Neil Crone with Kevin Frank. The film is based on the British children's book series ""The Railway Series"" by The Rev. W. Awdry, its televised adaptation ""Thomas & Friends"", and the American television series ""Shining Time Station"" by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. It was co-produced by Gullane Pictures/The"
"voice of the older Bilbo Baggins, as well as that of the story's hero, Frodo Baggins. John Huston came back as well, as the wizard Gandalf, and co-starring with them were: William Conrad as Denethor, Roddy McDowall as Samwise Gamgee, Theodore Bikel as Aragorn, and reprising his role of Gollum, Brother Theodore. Rankin/Bass stalwart Paul Frees replaced the late Cyril Ritchard as the voice of Elrond; Casey Kasem, best known for his role as Shaggy in Hanna-Barbera's ""Scooby-Doo"", was Merry, with Sonny Melendrez as Pippin; Nellie Bellflower as Éowyn; and Glenn Yarbrough returned as principal vocalist, billed here as simply"
"in ""The Faraway Tree"" (BBC), ""The Magic Key"" (BBC), ""Numbertime"" (BBC), ""Agrippine"" (Channel 5), Woof Woof the dog in ""Macdonald's Farm"" (ITV), as well as appearances in """" (S4C). His other work includes ""Decline and Fall"", ""The Mekon"", ""Moonfleet"", """", and the ""Ape Escape"" series of video games. Richard Pearce (actor) Richard Crosby Pearce (born 9 July 1961 in St Albans, England) is a British voice actor, primarily in voice acting. Pearce has appeared in over 500 radio dramas and was twice a member of the BBC Radio drama company. He played opposite Sir John Gielgud in ""Tales My Father"
"Jackson in the 1992 miniseries """", as well as starring on the television sitcoms ""Thea"" (1993–1994) and ""Smart Guy"" (1997–1999). Jason was also the singing voice of young Simba in Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1994 film The Lion King.[1] In 2002, Weaver appeared in ""Drumline"" with Nick Cannon, followed by a role in ""The Ladykillers"" in 2004. In 2004, he also was a featured artist in the song One Call Away as well as in the music video that also starred Keshia Knight Pulliam and AND1 baller Phillip ""Hot Sauce"" Champion. In 2006, Weaver was featured in a supporting role"
"Alisdair Simpson Alisdair Simpson is a British actor, voice over artist and narrator. His acting agents are The Narrow Road Company and his voice agents are United Voices. He appeared as Ser Donnel Waynward, the Knight of the Bloody Gate in Series Four of Game of Thrones and between 2014 and 2016 he was Chapman Carter in War Horse at The New London Theatre. He was the voice of Richard in the BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated The Bigger Picture a short animation film directed by Daisy Jacobs. His most recent narration work includes 2 series of The Real Story"
"replaced by Edward Hardwicke until the end of the show's run, starting with the adaptation of ""The Empty House"" which acted as the first episode of ""The Return of Sherlock Holmes"". ""The Final Problem"" was dramatised for BBC Radio 4 in 1992 by Bert Coules as part of his complete radio adaptation of the canon, starring Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson, and featuring Michael Pennington as Professor Moriarty, Frederick Treves as Colonel Moran, Sean Arnold as Inspector Patterson, Terence Edmond as Steiler, Richard Pearce as Jenkinson, and Norman Jones as Sir George. The first episode of"
"U.S. presidential election. Alfred Molina Alfredo ""Alfred"" Molina (born 24 May 1953) is an English actor and voice artist. He is known for his roles in ""Raiders of the Lost Ark"" (1981), ""Prick Up Your Ears"" (1987), ""Enchanted April"" (1992), ""Maverick"" (1994), ""Species"" (1995), ""Boogie Nights"" (1997), ""Chocolat"" (2000), ""Frida"" (2002), ""Spider-Man 2"" (2004), ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006), ""An Education"" (2009), and ""Love Is Strange"" (2014). Molina rose to prominence on the West End, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play nomination for his performance in the production of ""Oklahoma!"" in 1980. He made his"
"Alice to victory. Later, newlyweds Gaby and Elsie take off on their honeymoon with a grateful Ma. Mr. Muggs Rides Again Mr. Muggs Rides Again is a 1945 film starring ""The East Side Kids"". After an electric ""buzzing"" device is found near his winning horse Turnabout, jockey Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) is questioned by track officials. Despite his protests that Turnabout's owner, gambler Dollar Davis (George Meeker), and his righthand man, Gaby O'Neill (Bernard Thomas), planted the device on Turnabout so that they could bet against him, Muggs is suspended indefinitely from horseracing. Embittered, Muggs is about to quit racing"