Magic Mountain (television series)

Magic Mountain
Format	Children's
Starring	See Cast section below.
Country of origin	Australia
Production
Running time	10 mins
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC TV
Picture format	4:3
Original run	1997 – 1999

Magic Mountain is an Australian children’s television programme broadcast on the ABC from 1997 to 1999. It was released on video, but there has been no DVD release yet. The series was last repeated on ABC1 in January and February 2004. The ABC's Magic Mountain website was removed during September 2010 when the new ABC Kids website was introduced.^[1]

Plot

Magic Mountain is a series that follows the adventures of Lion, Tortoise, Panda and Dragon - four friends having lots of fun with a little Dragon magic thrown in.^[2] Tortoise is a motherly figure, always looking out for the others and trying to help them. Dragon lives in a cave, and is very wise, with magical powers that often get the others out of trouble. Panda is a little bit vain, but still a likeable character who is quite smart, and Lion is very playful, full of ideas and is constantly getting into mischief.

Cast

Australian version
Character	Actor
Tortoise (voice)	Cornelia Frances
Dragon (voice)	Anthony Ackroyd
Panda (voice)	Helen Dallimore
Lion (voice)	Steve J. Spears

Chinese version
Character	Actor
Tortoise (voice)	Wang Lihua
Tortoise (body)	Zuo Xiangfeng
Dragon (voice)	Sun Yuebin
Dragon (body)	Wang Chunguang/Jiang Tao
Panda (voice)	Liu Chunyan
Panda (body)	Xu Xiangyang
Lion (voice)	Li Lihong
Lion (body)	Li Yanmiao/Zhang Chunyu/Wang Xianhua

Production

The series was made in China, but for the Australian version different voice actors were used. It was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, China Central Television and Southern Star Entertainment.

References

1. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/
2. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/abckids/shows/prog103.htm

See also

• IMDb listing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312162/
• TV.com listing - http://www.tv.com/magic-mountain/show/74899/summary.html