"were narrated by Jimmy Hibbert. In Italy, part of the series was broadcast in the late 1970s by the RAI state television network. In this version Pollux-Dougal was renamed Bobo and the show stuck with the idea of giving each character its own voice. Bobo was still referred to as English but did not have an accent. The Italian theme for the series became something of a minor hit in children's music. In Germany and in Austria it was translated to ""Das Zauberkarussell"". Most of the characters are given different names, except for Dougal and Zebedee who retain their original"
"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"
"again on an LP ""Pollux"" in 1983 along with an original single ""C'est moi Pollux"". In the United Kingdom, the ""Magic Roundabout"" name has been given to the ring junction – a large road traffic circulation system with unconventional layouts – in Swindon and in Hemel Hempstead for example. The popularity of the TV show coincided with the introduction of such schemes and soon became associated with any complex traffic roundabout. Although the Swindon roundabout's original name was not the Magic Roundabout, it was almost always referred to as such by Swindon residents and in the late eighties, it was"
"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"
"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"
"version) who was a drop-eared variety of the Skye Terrier. Other characters include Zebedee (Zébulon), a jack-in-the-box; Brian (Ambroise), a snail; Ermintrude (Azalée), a cow; and Dylan (named after Bob Dylan) (Flappy) a rabbit; There are two notable human characters: Florence (Margote), a young girl; and Mr Rusty (le Père Pivoine), the elderly moustached operator of the roundabout (making him the second character to sport primarily a moustache, after Zebedee). Other less well known human characters, only seen on the roundabout itself during the credits, are Basil, Paul and Rosalie. There is also an adult character, old Mr. McHenry (Jouvence"
"Le Manège enchanté Le Manège enchanté (British English: ""The Magic Roundabout"", American English: ""The Magic Carousel"") is a popular French animated children's television series of hundreds of episodes each five minutes long, which premiered on October 5, 1963 on on the first channel of the ORTF. Serge Danot created the series. The series features characters in the make-believe 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"". The programmes were created"
"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"
"by choice. The show's theme by Alain Legrand, was a cheerful Hammond organ tune while making it sound as if it were played on a fairground organ. On the earliest episodes during the black-and-white series, it was played more slowly with a degree of sadness. There were also two different additional theme songs for reruns of the French version; the first from 1983, ""C'est moi, Pollux"" was a pretty popular single in France, while the theme from 1989 was an upbeat Hammond organ pop tune with children's vocals. Danot made a longer film, ""Pollux et le chat bleu"", in 1970"
"game and a variety of other merchandise followed. The asteroid 98494 Marsupilami is named in its honour. The name is a portmanteau of the words ""marsupial"", ""Pilou-Pilou"" (the French name for Eugene the Jeep, a character Franquin loved as a kid) and ""ami"", French for ""friend"". Marsupilami's adventures had been translated to several languages, like Dutch, German, Greek, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese and several Scandinavian languages. More than three million albums of the ""Marsupilami"" series are claimed to have been sold by Marsu Productions. One album of ""Spirou and Fantasio"" featuring Marsupilami, number 15, was translated to English by Fantasy Flight"
"Disney Junior and from 2 April 2006 on M6. Le Manège enchanté Le Manège enchanté (British English: ""The Magic Roundabout"", American English: ""The Magic Carousel"") is a popular French animated children's television series of hundreds of episodes each five minutes long, which premiered on October 5, 1963 on on the first channel of the ORTF. Serge Danot created the series. The series features characters in the make-believe 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"
"French-speaking countries is instead due to the animated adaptations of two of his novels by the animator and film director René Laloux. ""Oms en série"", which Laloux filmed in 1973, was translated into English in 2010 and published under the film's title, ""Fantastic Planet"". Stefan Wul Stefan Wul was the ""nom de plume"" of the French science fiction writer Pierre Pairault (27 March 1922 – 26 November 2003). He was a dental surgeon, but science fiction was his real passion. Most of his books reflect that, showing a deep knowledge of scientific data. Pairault retired from dental surgery in 1989,"
"Obelix's name is a pun on the French word ""obélisque"" (obelisk), suggested by rotund physique and his habit of casually carrying heavy stone monuments (Menhir) around with him. In fact ""obelisk"" is also (in both French and English) a variant of the word obelus (""obèle""), a typographical mark (""†"") often found in a companion role to that of the asterisk, after which his friend Asterix is named. Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted"
"comic relief by repeatedly annoying Captain Haddock and inviting himself to Marlinspike. For the name, Séraphin Lampion in the original French version, Hergé initially chose ""Crampon"", which was derived from the French expression ""Quel crampon!"" (English: ""What a leech!""), but ultimately preferred the less explicit and harsh-sounding ""Lampion"". Lampion's insurance company was ""Assurances Mondass"", which in the English translation became the Rock Bottom Insurance Company. Also introduced in this volume were Cutts the butcher (originally ""Sanzot"" from the French ""sans os"" (""without bones"")) and the Bordurian chief of secret police Colonel Sponsz, whose name is derived from the Brussels dialect"
"Colgate marketing in Venezuela and Spain. In Italy, the Tooth Fairy is also often replaced by a small mouse, named ""Topolino"". In France and French-speaking Belgium, this character is called ""la petite souris"" (""the little mouse""). From parts of Lowland Scotland comes a tradition similar to the fairy mouse: a white fairy rat who purchases children's teeth with coins. In the Basque Country, and specially in Biscay, there is ""Mari Teilatukoa"" (Mary from the roof), who lives in the roof of the baserri and catches the teeth thrown by the children. In some Asian countries, such as India, China, Japan,"
"""Orvoloson"" was made in later editions.) In the Latin version his name is ""Tom Musvox Ruddle"", which is an anagram of ""Sum Dux Voldemort"", or ""I am the leader Voldemort"". In other languages, translators replaced the entire name to preserve the anagram. In French, Riddle's full name becomes ""Tom Elvis Jedusor"" (i.e. phonetically ""game of fate"" for the French ""Jeu du sort"", wordplay with a phonetically identical ""Jet du sort"", which means ""Casting spell"") which forms an anagram for ""Je suis Voldemort"" (""I am Voldemort""). In Norwegian, his name is ""Tom Dredolo Venster"", an anagram of ""Voldemort den store"", which"
"remark that Calculus mistakes for a warm greeting). Calculus' original French name was ""Tournesol"" which is the French term for sunflower. In the 1970s and 1980s, he starred in a series of cartoon television commercials for Fruit d'or products which included cooking oil and mayonnaise made from sunflower oil. Some of the ads would conclude with him floating up into the air to demonstrate how they kept a good healthy balance. Other characters from the books were also included. A pseudonym variation was used on an album by Stephen Duffy - see Tin Tin and ""Dr. Calculus"". Professor Calculus Professor"
"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"
"the druid Getafix is ""Panoramix"" in the original French and ""Miraculix"" in German. Even so, occasionally the wordplay has been preserved: Obelix's dog, known in the original French as ""Idéfix"" (from ""idée fixe"", a ""fixed idea"" or obsession), is called ""Dogmatix"" in English, which not only renders the original meaning strikingly closely (""dogmatic"") but in fact adds another layer of wordplay with the syllable ""Dog-"" at the beginning of the name. The name ""Asterix"", French ""Astérix"", comes from ', meaning ""asterisk"", which is the typographical symbol *""' indicating a footnote, from the Greek word αστήρ (""aster""), meaning a ""star"". His"
"but sounds similar to Porky Pig. In the shorts, a kind of pseudo-French or Franglais is spoken and written primarily by adding ""le"" to English words (example: ""le skunk de pew""), or by more creative mangling of French expressions with English ones, such as """"Sacré Maroon!"""", """"My sweet peanut of brittle"""", """"Come to me, my little melon-baby collie!"""" or """"Ah, my little darling, it is love at first sight, is it not, no?"""", and """"It is love at sight first!"""" The writer responsible for these malapropisms was Michael Maltese. Some dialogue from the Oscar-winning 1949 short ""For Scent-imental Reasons"": Blanc's"
"A Kind of Magic (TV series) A Kind of Magic (known as Magic in France) is a French animated television series created by Michel Coulon, based upon Arthur de Pins's original design. It was produced by French animation company Xilam Animation, directed by Charles Vaucelle, character design by David Gilson. The story deals with a 10 year old child named Tom, and his family's problems, including his older sister Cindy (16 years old), who is crazy after every boy she sees, his toad 'His Highness', his evil maternal aunt Ferocia who wants to turn him evil as well, and his"
"UK version, instead giving Draffsack an affinity for using the word 'rotten' in regard to everything. In the North American version, Fulgor sounds young and heroic, and perhaps a bit naive. Whereas in the UK version, he has a modern working class accent, and is sarcastic and wry. Aside from the original French version and English versions, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese and Russian versions of the show have been reported. ""The French name is given first followed by the British name in brackets, if there is an alternate North American name this is indicated by a slash."" Joyces (""Verigreens"")"
"healing magic. It is stated that those within Eragon's society born with this condition are often not allowed to live as they face a very hard life. Cleft lip and cleft palate are often portrayed negatively in popular culture. Examples include Oddjob, the secondary villain of the James Bond novel ""Goldfinger"" by Ian Fleming (the film adaptation does not mention this but leaves it implied); the fanciful portrayal of Roman Emperor Commodus in the 2000 film ""Gladiator"", and serial killer Francis Dolarhyde in the film ""Red Dragon"". Cleft lips and palates are occasionally seen in cattle and dogs, and rarely"
"regular English language translators of the ""Asterix"" albums. Dogmatix Dogmatix () is a fictional tiny white terrier dog who is a companion to Obelix in the ""Asterix"" comics. Dogmatix is a pun on the words dog and dogmatic. In the original French, his name is ""Idéfix"", itself a pun on the French expression ""idée fixe"" (fixed idea) meaning an obsession. Dogmatix is the only animal among the main characters of the series. His role is minor in most of the stories, significant mainly as a 'bone' of contention between Asterix and Obelix as to whether he should be allowed to"
"(أنا لورد فولدمورت). These changes to the name created problems in later books however; in the English edition, a line of dialogue mentions that Tom Riddle shares his given name with the bartender of the Leaky Cauldron, and this becomes a plot point. However, this is not the case in all translations. Rowling invented a great number of words and phrases for the books such as spells, incantations, magical words, items, and place names. Many of these words involve wordplay, rhyming, and historical references that are difficult to translate. A large number of spells are drawn from or inspired by"
"Ivor Wood Ivor Sydney Wood (4 May 1932 – 13 October 2004) was a prolific Anglo-French stop motion director, producer, animator and writer known for his work on children's television series. Born in Leeds to an English father and a French mother, his family moved to the mountains near Lyon, France after the Second World War, where he was educated. He studied fine art in Paris, and later worked in an advertising agency in Paris, where he met Serge Danot. Together they made the acclaimed French series ""Le Manège Enchanté"" (known in English as ""The Magic Roundabout""), with Wood as"
"was made into an actual rag doll too. Schanulleke Schanulleke is a Flemish comic book character who originated in the Belgian comics series ""Suske en Wiske"". In the series she is Wiske's beloved rag doll. Between 1986 and 1993 Schanulleke received her own spin-off series. The character's name in English is Molly, Sawdust or Muffin. Schanulleke was introduced in the very first panel of ""Suske en Wiske"", along with her owner Wiske, namely in the album ""Rikki en Wiske in Chocowakije"" (1945). Her original name was ""Schabolleke"", later changed into ""Schalulleke"", both Flemish dialect expressions for a scallion. When ""Suske"
"Schanulleke Schanulleke is a Flemish comic book character who originated in the Belgian comics series ""Suske en Wiske"". In the series she is Wiske's beloved rag doll. Between 1986 and 1993 Schanulleke received her own spin-off series. The character's name in English is Molly, Sawdust or Muffin. Schanulleke was introduced in the very first panel of ""Suske en Wiske"", along with her owner Wiske, namely in the album ""Rikki en Wiske in Chocowakije"" (1945). Her original name was ""Schabolleke"", later changed into ""Schalulleke"", both Flemish dialect expressions for a scallion. When ""Suske en Wiske"" were translated for the Netherlands her"
"instance, from black to white, young to old, handsome to plain and so on. In one example, Tonks changes her facial appearance by reshaping her nose into ""a beaklike protuberance like Snape's"", to ""something resembling a button mushroom"", and ""one like a pig snout"" which reminded Harry of his cousin Dudley. The emotional state of a Metamorphmagus can affect their abilities. Parseltongue is the language of snakes. It is often associated with Dark Magic, although Dumbledore stated that it is not necessarily an evil quality. Those possessing the ability to speak it (""Parselmouths"") occur very rarely. People apparently acquire the"
"although mostly animated films and TV programmes are dubbed in English. These usually originate from North America, as opposed to being dubbed locally. There have, however, been notable examples of films and TV programmes successfully dubbed in the UK, such as the Japanese ""Monkey"" and French ""Magic Roundabout"" series. When airing films on television, channels in the UK often choose subtitling over dubbing, even if a dubbing in English exists. It is also a fairly common practice for animation aimed at preschool children to be re-dubbed with British voice actors replacing the original voices, such as Spin Master Entertainment's Paw"
"""The Herbs"", ""Paddington Bear"" and ""Postman Pat""). The British (BBC) version was distinct from the French version in that the narration was entirely new, created by Eric Thompson from just the visuals, and not based on the script by Serge Danot. Thompson worked without any translation of the French scripts, and the English-language version bears no resemblance to them. The first British broadcasts were shown every weekday on BBC1 at 17:50, just before the early evening news at 17:55. Although the exact time of the early evening news varied over the years, ""The Magic Roundabout"" kept its slot before the"
"Magic Roundabout (Hemel Hempstead) The ""Magic Roundabout"" in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, is the familiar name given to the Plough roundabout. The familiar name comes from the children's television programme, and is also used for a similar junction in Swindon and the M40 junction in Denham. The official name relates to a former public house, called ""The Plough Inn"", which was between the junction of what is now Selden Hill and St Albans Road. It has also been known as the Moor End Roundabout as it is adjacent to the part of Boxmoor nearest the town. Before Hemel Hempstead became"
"Marreau Hemlock Marreau is a fictional Francophone detective created by Robert Farrow. To date he has featured in eleven ""detective comedy"" plays. Marreau speaks with a French accent but seems unsure of his true country of birth. His arch rival ""Professor Maurice Hearty"" accuses him of in fact being English – and of being his half brother. Marreau is regularly assisted by his able assistant ""Gwendolyn Smith (née Bayne)"" and hindered by his affable, wealthy but rather dim friend ""Simon Simpson"". The eleven plays are listed below along with the years of their first performance. All the plays have premièred"