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Catweazle: Season 1
1970 / 13 × 30 Minutes / ITV / Colour
All dates for London Weekend Television.
15/02/70 The Sun in a Bottle
22/02/70 Castle Saburac
01/03/70 The Curse of Rapkyn
08/03/70 The Witching Hour
15/08/70 The Eye of Time
22/03/70 The Magic Face
29/03/70 The Telling Bone
05/04/70 The Power of Adamcos
12/04/70 The Demi Devil
19/04/70 The House of the Sorcerer
26/04/70 The Flying Broomsticks
03/04/70 The Wisdom of Solomon
10/05/70 The Trickery Lantern
Season 1 of Catweazle has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / HMV.com), and as part of a complete Catweazle box set (HMV.com).
1970 / 13 × 30 Minutes / ITV / Colour
All dates for London Weekend Television.
15/02/70 The Sun in a Bottle
22/02/70 Castle Saburac
01/03/70 The Curse of Rapkyn
08/03/70 The Witching Hour
15/08/70 The Eye of Time
22/03/70 The Magic Face
29/03/70 The Telling Bone
05/04/70 The Power of Adamcos
12/04/70 The Demi Devil
19/04/70 The House of the Sorcerer
26/04/70 The Flying Broomsticks
03/04/70 The Wisdom of Solomon
10/05/70 The Trickery Lantern
Season 1 of Catweazle has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / HMV.com), and as part of a complete Catweazle box set (HMV.com).
Catweazle: Season 2
1971 / 13 × 30 Minutes / ITV / Colour
All dates for London Weekend Television.
10/01/71 The Magic Riddle
17/01/71 Duck Halt
24/01/71 The Heavenly Twins
31/01/71 The Sign of the Crab
07/02/71 The Black Wheels
14/02/71 The Wogle Stone
21/02/71 The Enchanted King
28/02/71 The Familiar Spirit
07/03/71 The Ghost Hunters
14/03/71 The Walking Trees
21/03/71 The Battle of the Giants
28/03/71 The Magic Circle
04/04/71 The Thirteenth Sign
Season 2 of Catweazle has been released Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / HMV.com), and as part of a complete Catweazle box set (HMV.com).
1971 / 13 × 30 Minutes / ITV / Colour
All dates for London Weekend Television.
10/01/71 The Magic Riddle
17/01/71 Duck Halt
24/01/71 The Heavenly Twins
31/01/71 The Sign of the Crab
07/02/71 The Black Wheels
14/02/71 The Wogle Stone
21/02/71 The Enchanted King
28/02/71 The Familiar Spirit
07/03/71 The Ghost Hunters
14/03/71 The Walking Trees
21/03/71 The Battle of the Giants
28/03/71 The Magic Circle
04/04/71 The Thirteenth Sign
Season 2 of Catweazle has been released Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / HMV.com), and as part of a complete Catweazle box set (HMV.com).
Catweazle appeared briefly on UK television screens for two seasons in the early 1970s. The programme starred Geoffrey Bayldon as the 11th-century wizard who accidentally managed to send himself forward in time, where he befriended a young boy named Carrot. After thirteen episodes he finally managed to return home.
After the success of the first season it was no surprise when, a year later, Catweazle made another unexpected journey forwards in time, this time meeting Cedric Collingford. This second season revolved around the search for the thirteenth sign of the zodiac which Catweazle believed would enable him to return home.
After the series finished Richard Carpenter went on to write a number of other telefantasy series. He created The Ghosts of Motley Hall and Robin of Sherwood as well as writing television adaptations based on several of Mary Norton's Borrowers novels, and I Was a Rat, which was based on the novel by Philip Pullman. He was also responsible for writing several of the most fondly remembered serials for the BBC schools programme Look and Read — Cloud Burst and Dark Towers.
Geoffrey Bayldon went on to play the Crowman in Worzel Gummidge and has recently recorded Auld Mortality and A Storm of Angels — two Doctor Who plays for Big Finish Productions in which he plays an alternate version of the First Doctor who never left Gallifrey.
Both seasons of Catweazle have been released on DVD.
