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King Rollo (1980–1980) — children on BBC One

The answer: Concluded December 31, 1980.
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Genre
Children
Network / streamer
BBC One
Premiered
October 1, 1980
Ended
December 31, 1980
Runtime
~5 min per episode
1season
13episodes

About King Rollo

King Rollo was a children's character created by David McKee in 1979, starring in a series of books, animations (narrated by Ray Brooks), and a comic strip in the magazine Buttons. In all, thirteen episodes of the animation were produced in 1980 (shown in two halves), by McKee's own King Rollo Films, and originally shown as part of the pre-school 'See-Saw' strand. The central character of the stories was Rollo himself, a child-like King who was always in need of advice and assistance from his friends. Among these were The Magician (a father figure) Cook (the king's cook, a mother figure, who was arguably the real ruler of the kingdom); his neighbour, Queen Gwen; King Frank; and perhaps most importantly, Rollo's cat, Hamlet, who was generally portrayed as wiser than Rollo himself. The animations used the same distinctive colourful cut-out paper look as McKee's other works, such as Mr Benn, and one memorable aspect was that the characters' legs would rotate outwards when walking until they were at right-angles at the sides of their body.

King Rollo episode schedule

13 aired

Aired · 13

DateEp.Title
December 31, 1980 S1·E13 The Playroom
December 30, 1980 S1·E12 The Search
December 29, 1980 S1·E11 The Birthday
December 26, 1980 S1·E10 The Tree
December 24, 1980 S1·E9 The Balloons
December 23, 1980 S1·E8 The Dishes
December 22, 1980 S1·E7 King Frank
November 5, 1980 S1·E6 The Breakfast
October 29, 1980 S1·E5 The Bath
October 22, 1980 S1·E4 The Comic
October 15, 1980 S1·E3 The Dog
October 8, 1980 S1·E2 The New Shoes
October 1, 1980 S1·E1 The Bread

King Rollo cast