78 The Adventures of Sir Prancelot

First  watched  : 1972

This  little  series  went  into  The  Magic  Roundabout  slot  in  January  1972.  It  was  made  by  John  Ryan  Studios  who   also  did  Mary  Mungo  and  Midge   with  the  same  limited  animation. Prancelot  was  an  impoverished  knight  who  wanted  to  invent  rather  than  fight  but  had  to  go  on  crusade  to  escape  his  creditors  taking  his  family  and  fretful  accountant  Girth  with  him. They  were  pursued  by  villainous  Count  Otto  but  got  there  in  the  end.

I  remember  Girth  the  most, being  never  quite  sure  whether  the  character  was  male  or  female.  It  was  the  former  but  a  few  years  down  the  line  I  had  the  acquaintance  of  a  woman  who  looked  just  like  him.

Thirty  one  episodes  were  made  in  total. It  doesn't  seem  to  be  as  fondly  remembered  as  its  contemporaries.