17 Babar

( Thanks  to  downtothecellar.blogspot.com   for  the  picture )

First  watched : Uncertain

From  Monday  29  September  1969  The  Magic  Roundabout  was  rested  for  a  while  and  replaced  by  Babar  , another  French  import  narrated  by  Eric  Thompson  although  that  was  the  limit  of  his  involvement. The  scripts  were  written  by  Peggy  Miller.

The  lovable  elephant originally  appeared  in  French  childrens'  books  by  Jean  de  Brunhof  in  1931   He  had  already  been  the  subject  of  two  Bollywood  films  by  the  time  this  series  was  made.

There's  very  little  on  the  net  about  this  series. It's  only  listed  at  the  bottom  of  Babar's  wikipedia  page  and  most  references  are  to  a  French/Canadian  cartoon  series  which  was  shown  on  the  BBC  in  1989.

I  remember  little  more  than  the  name.