Timeshift — Season 1, Episode 13: The Magic Roundabout Story

Episode synopsis

Created by a French animator, the show was reinterpreted for Britain, with classic characters like Dougal. It transformed the careers of actor Eric Thompson and animator Ivor Wood and has spawned a movie.

About Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Grunwick Strike
• E2The Cannabis Years
• E3The Writer's Trade
• E4The Sailing Sixties
• E5Attenborough: The Controller Years
• E6he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
• E7A Shadow Over Europe
• E8Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
• E9Notting Hill Riots
• E10What Have the Germans Done for Us?
• E11Greenham Common Changed My Life
• E12Car Crazy