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Archibald le Magi-chien (1980)

Archibald le Magi-chien poster
Directed by
Bruno Bianchi
Genre
educational television
Country
Belgium

How it feels

A magic dog named Archibald appears in short segments that teach children something new. The show uses a friendly tone and runs for just five minutes each time.

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What happens

Archibald le Magichien (literally: Archibald the Magic Dog) is a French animated edutainment TV series that originally aired on TF1 from 1980 to 1981. The series consists of 46 five-minute episodes and was one of the earliest productions by DIC Audiovisuel (then known as DIC Entertainment), preceding Ulysses 31 by a year. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment libraries, which consists of the C&D/DIC Audiovisuel programs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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