Catweazle
Sign in to saveCatweazle is a British children's fantasy television series, starring Geoffrey Bayldon in the title role, and created by Richard Carpenter for London Weekend Television. The first series, produced and directed in 1969 by Quentin Lawrence, was screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. The second series, produced and directed in 1970 by David Reid and David Lane, was shown in 1971. Both series had thirteen episodes, most written by Carpenter, who also published a book for each series based on the scripts.
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★ 7.6A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. A second season in 1971 was directed by David Reid and David Lane. Both series had thirteen episodes each, with Geoffrey Bayldon playing the leading role. The series was broadcast in Ireland, Britain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Nicaragua and Quebec. The first episode is available to view in full at the BFI Screenonline site.
- Aired
- 1970–1971
- Seasons
- 2 · 26 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Richard Carpenter
- Network
- ITV1
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
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Key facts
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- catweazle-title.jpg
- Television.caption
- Catweazle opening titles
- Television.creator
- Richard Carpenter
- Television.starring
- Geoffrey BayldonRobin DaviesGary WarrenBud TingwellNeil McCarthyMoray WatsonPeter ButterworthElspet GrayGwen NelsonJohn RinghamPeter SallisPatricia Hayes
- Television.country
- United Kingdom
- Television.num_series
- 2
- Television.num_episodes
- 26
- Television.runtime
- 25 minutes
- Television.company
- London Weekend
- Television.network
- ITV
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 25
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- number of episodes
- 26
- number of seasons
- 2
- start time
- 1970-02-15
- end time
- 1971-04-04
- title
- Catweazle
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21 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Summary
- Series 1
- Cast
- Main characters
- Other characters
- Director
- Episodes
- Series 2
- Cast
- Main characters
- Other characters
- Directors
- Episodes
- Critical reception
- Home media
- Books
- Film
- Legacy
- References
- External links
Catweazle is a British children's fantasy television series, starring Geoffrey Bayldon in the title role, and created by Richard Carpenter for London Weekend Television. The first series, produced and directed in 1969 by Quentin Lawrence, was screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. The second series, produced and directed in 1970 by David Reid and David Lane, was shown in 1971. Both series had thirteen episodes, most written by Carpenter, who also published a book for each series based on the scripts.
==Origins== A former actor, Richard Carpenter had decided to switch to screenwriting in the 1960s. While driving home from his brother-in-law's farm, Carpenter became lost in the countryside. While consulting a map, Carpenter noticed the name "Catweazle" scratched into an old stone gatepost. The name stuck with Carpenter and he decided to use it. Carpenter was inspired to create a TV show about a wizard after seeing a picture of a "wizardly old man" in the bottom left corner of the Hieronymus Bosch painting "Christ Crowned with Thorns". Carpenter then decided that his wizard character would be a time traveller, and would travel from the Middle Ages into the twentieth century. Carpenter was also interested in the writings of historian Margaret Murray and occultist Gerald Gardner, and incorporated some of their ideas about witchcraft into the scripts.