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Catweazle

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197025m / epSci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy

First aired

February 15, 1970

7.5

TMDB Score

75% match · 21 votes

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S01 · E08

The Power of Adamcos

Season 1 · Apr 5, 1970 · 25m

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E01▶

The Sun in a Bottle

Feb 15, 1970 · 25m

E02▶

Castle Saburac

Feb 22, 1970 · 25m

E03▶

The Curse of Rapkyn

Mar 1, 1970 · 25m

E04▶

The Witching Hour

Mar 8, 1970 · 25m

E05▶

The Eye of Time

Mar 15, 1970 · 25m

E06▶

The Magic Face

Mar 22, 1970 · 25m

E07▶

The Telling Bone

Mar 29, 1970 · 25m

E08Playing

The Power of Adamcos

Apr 5, 1970 · 25m

E09▶

The Demi Devil

Apr 12, 1970 · 25m

E10▶

The House of the Sorcerer

Apr 19, 1970 · 25m

E11▶

The Flying Broomsticks

Apr 26, 1970 · 25m

E12▶

The Wisdom of Solomon

May 3, 1970 · 25m

E13▶

The Trickery Lantern

May 10, 1970 · 25m

Catweazle loses his sacred witchknife ''adamcos'' which is accidentally found by mr bennet while walking in the woods.Scared to go back into the woods initially because of ''the normans''(a group of locals dressed as norman soldiers as part of a local pageant),it's decided that mr bennet(carrot's father) has taken it to town to sell at the local antique shop. The shop is run by a very camp owner who is making costumes for the local pageant.Mr bennet gives the owner the adamcos as a gift.Being very busy he puts the shop closed sign up on the door to deter customers.Carrott and catweazle arrive at the shop but thinking it is closed catweazle places a magic spell on the door to open it.There is nobody in the shop as the owner had popped out to buy some items for the costumes he was finishing.Looking around for adamcos they find nothing but catweazle fears as a result he is dieing especially when he sees his reflection in a mirror which he believes to be his own spirit.Suddenly mr bennet

About the Series

Sci-Fi & FantasyComedy

Synopsis

A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. A second season in 1971 was directed by David Reid and David Lane. Both series had thirteen episodes each, with Geoffrey Bayldon playing the leading role. The series was broadcast in Ireland, Britain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Nicaragua and Quebec. The first episode is available to view in full at the BFI Screenonline site.

CreatorRichard Carpenter