A Rubovian Legend
British children's puppet series about the Royal Family of the fictional European country of Rubovia. Amongst the regular characters in the show is Pongo, the Queen's pet dragon who turns into a cabbage when he hiccups.
- Runtime
- 20m
- Released
- 1955
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1955
Storyline
British children's puppet series about the Royal Family of the fictional European country of Rubovia. Amongst the regular characters in the show is Pongo, the Queen's pet dragon who turns into a cabbage when he hiccups.
Top credits
- Violet Lamb — Queen Caroline
Roy Skelton — Lord Chamberlain, King Boris of Borsovia- James Beattie — Albert Weatherspoon
- Derek Nimmo — King Rufus XIV
Did you know
• After making the first three Rubovia plays, Gordon Murray realised that in order to take Rubovia to a whole new level, major changes were required. During a two-year hiatus in production beginning around May 1956, he was assisted by fledging designer Andrew Brownfoot in a redesign, from scratch, of the whole Rubovian Legend.
• Some stories from the first series were subsequently remade in stop-motion animation, with music by Trumptonshire composer Freddie Phillips and voices by Roy Skelton and series creator Gordon Murray.
• According to an interview with series creator Gordon Murray, the series is set in 1950s Central Europe, despite the main characters dressing in 18th-century style clothes. Robovians were simply "out of touch" with the world outside their country's borders.
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29 episodes – 2 seasons
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