| 1. | Catweazle: Season 1 | 1970 |
| 2. | Catweazle: Season 2 | 1970 |
Catweazle
The series featured Geoffrey Bayldon as the title character, an eccentric, incompetent, dishevelled and smelly (but lovable) old 11th century wizard who accidentally travels through time to the year 1970 and befriends a young red-headed boy, nicknamed Carrot (Robin Davies), who spends most of the rest of the series attempting to hide Catweazle from his father and farmhand Sam. Meanwhile Catweazle searches for a way to return to his own time whilst hiding out in 'Castle Saburac', a disused water tower, with his 'Familiar', a toad called Touchwood.
Imprisoned for his witchcraft, Catweazle dupes his guard and travels to the 20th Century in an identical fashion to the way he did in S1 Episode 1.
In his quest for astrological symbols, Catweazle obtains a tricycle, a pub sign representing Taurus, and holes up in a railway station disused since the Beeching cuts.
Whilst hunting for Gemini, the next sign of the Zodiac, Catweazle creates havoc at a children's magic show.
Following a burglary at King's Farthing, Catweazle is duped into handling the stolen hoard.
When Groome loses his voice, Catweazle's efforts to find it cause mayhem for the residents of King's Farthing.
Lord Collingford is considering selling King's Farthing along with Duck Halt (which is Catweazle's home) to a property tycoon. When Catweazle hears about this he sets about finding a Wogle Stone as "No man can build where stands the Wogle Stone".
Catweazle believes that a local sculpture is an evil wizard who need to be vanquished in order for the next sign of the Zodiac to be revealed. The sign of the balances.
Catweazle's quest to secure all the astrological symbols continues with a search for the scorpion. Touchwood takes ill and Cedric recommends a local zoologist.
Catweazle's search for the sign of Sagittarius leads to an encounter with a pair of charlatan ghost hunters.
In his quest for Capricorn, Catweazle is captured as a spy in a war game by Tony Selby in a dry run for Get Some In.
Poorly Catweazle's remedy potion gets mixed up with Groome's marrow fertiliser; the result is Cedric's is bigger than both Groome's and his dad's, so earning him an Aquarian prize to donate to Catweazle's collection.
A pair of goldfish added to his Zodiac symbols, Catweazle tries to jump into water. Is he really trapped in time - or is it just film being run backwards?
Catweazle flies - but when - and where - will he land?
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Geoffrey Bayldon | Catweazle |
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Gary Warren | Cedric Collingford |
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Moray Watson | Lord Collingford |
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Elspet Gray | Lady Collingford |
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Peter Butterworth | Groome |
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Gwen Nelson | Mrs. Gowdie |
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Ronald Lacey | Tearful Ted |
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Roger Hammond | Boris |
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Lewis Alexander | Castle Tourist |
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Graham Crowden | Gobbling |
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Peter Bayliss | TV Storyteller |
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Derek Francis | Inspector Pugh |
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John Welsh | Colonel Dickenson |
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Aileen Lewis | Castle Tourist |
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Paul Eddington | Vandanti |
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Walter Henry | Castle Tourist |
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Kenneth Cope | Jack Victor |
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Bill Owen | Pickle |
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Tony Selby | Sergeant Jones |
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Richard Caldicot | Mayor |
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Hana Maria Pravda | Mrs. Habbleman |
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Tony Caunter | Richardson |
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John Ringham | Oscar |
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Derek Godfrey | Dr. Wenik |
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Jerold Wells | Publican |
| Director | David Reid |
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| David Lane |
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| Writer | Richard Carpenter | |
| Producer | Carl Mannin | |
| Photography | Arthur Lavis | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 1949 |
| Added Date | Mar 10, 2020 09:36:53 |
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