Serge Danot

Serge Danot (7 February 1931 – 23 December 1990)^[1][2] was a French animator and former advertising executive. He is best known for creating the animated series, Le Manège enchanté in 1964, which became known in its 1965 English-language version, written and narrated by actor Eric Thompson for the BBC as The Magic Roundabout.^[3]

Serge Danot
Danot in 1974
Born	(1931-02-07)7 February 1931 Nantes, France
Died	23 December 1990(1990-12-23) (aged 59)

Danot was born in Nantes, France. As a young artist, he worked on the restoration of the Eiffel Tower and suffered an injury; while recuperating, he began practising animation. In 1969, he established his own company, called Danot Films.^[4] His partner in making The Magic Roundabout was a half-French, half-British animator, Ivor Wood.