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Catweazle. Catweazle (Geoffrey Bayldon). Copyright: London Weekend Television
Catweazle

Catweazle

  • TV comedy drama
  • ITV1
  • 1970 - 1971
  • 26 episodes (2 series)

Children's fantasy comedy drama series. Stars Geoffrey Bayldon.

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Catweazle. Catweazle (Geoffrey Bayldon). Copyright: London Weekend Television

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Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1970 - 1971
Channel
ITV
Episodes
26 (2 series)
Star
Geoffrey Bayldon
Writer
Richard Carpenter
Company

Catweazle, a lonely eccentric dabbling in magic, first appears in Norman England and by accident jumps through history into the present day.

He faces the modern world with no more than the clothes he stands up in - a ragged cloak, a charmed ring, Adamcos, his magic witch knife - and in his head the half-forgotten jingling of ancient spells.

Hiding in a deserted water tower that he calls Castle Saburac, he rediscovers Touchwood, his pet toad, from which he takes a limited amount of comfort, and it's not long before he befriends a 14 year-old boy, Carrot; but Catweazle's main purpose in life continues to be finding a way back to his own time...

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 15th February 1970 at 5:30pm on ITV1
Most recent repeats
  • Tuesday 23rd March 2021 at 10:00am on TPTV - Series 2, Episode 13
  • Monday 22nd March 2021 at 10:00am on TPTV - Series 2, Episode 12
  • Thursday 18th March 2021 at 10:00am on TPTV - Series 2, Episode 11

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