Editing The Magic Roundabout (section)

==Characters==
Although the characters are common to both versions, they were given different names and personalities depending on the language.

The main character is Dougal (also known as Doogal) (Pollux in the original French-language version), who was a drop-eared variety of the [[Skye Terrier]].

Other characters include Zebedee (Zébulon), a talking [[jack-in-the-box]] with magical powers; Brian (Ambroise), a [[snail]]; Ermintrude (Azalée), a cow; and Dylan (named after [[Bob Dylan]]<ref name=bfi>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/591175/ Magic Roundabout, The (1965–78)] [[Screenonline|BFI Screenonline]]. Retrieved 23 August 2013.</ref>) (Flappy), a hippy 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.

Other characters included Mr McHenry (Bonhomme Jouvence), the elderly gardener who rode a tricycle, and a talking locomotive with a [[4-2-2]] wheel arrangement and a two-wheel tender. Three other children, Paul, Basil and Rosalie, appeared in the original black-and-white serial and in the credit sequence of the colour episodes, but very rarely in subsequent episodes.

Dougal, Brian, Ermintrude and Dylan all reside in a place called The Magic Garden (Beautywood in the US version). The exact distance from where the roundabout and The Magic Garden are in relation to each other was never specifically stated, but, given Zebedee and Florence would always travel there by magical teleportation, it was either considerably far away or it was simply faster to get there by those means.

The show has a distinctive visual style. The set is a brightly coloured and stylised park containing the eponymous roundabout (a fairground [[carousel]]). The programmes were created by stop motion animation, which meant that Dougal was made without legs to make him easier to animate. Zebedee was created from a giant pea which was available in the animation studio and was re-painted. The look of these characters was the responsibility of British animator Ivor Wood, who was working at Danot's studio at the time (and who subsequently animated ''[[The Herbs]]'', ''[[Paddington Bear]]'', ''[[Postman Pat]]'', ''[[Gran (TV series)|Gran]]'' and ''[[Bertha (TV series)|Bertha]]'').