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Catweazle | |
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Created by | Richard Carpenter |
Starring | Geoffrey Bayldon Robin Davies Gary Warren Bud Tingwell Neil McCarthy Moray Watson Peter Butterworth Elspet Gray Gwen Nelson John Ringham Peter Sallis Patricia Hayes[1] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Running time | 25 minutes |
Production company | London Weekend |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 15 February 1970 4 April 1971 | –
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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. Each series had thirteen episodes, most but not all written by Carpenter, who also published two books based on the scripts.