Based on the cult classic BBC TV series, The Magic Roundabout is a major international animated feature film with a dazzling voice cast of world famous names. Starring Robbie Williams as Dougal, Kylie Minogue as Florence, Joanna Lumley as Ermintrude, Jim Broadbent as Brian the snail, Ian McKellen as Zebedee and Tom Baker as new character ZeeBad, the film takes us on a magical journey that casts four unlikely heroes in an Indiana Jones style adventure. Using the same 3D animation as Toy Story and Shrek, the film transforms the whimsical 1960s series into a treat for the 21st century. With a witty, fast paced script, a magnificent voice cast, and stunning animation, The World of the Magic Roundabout will be a gorgeously illustrated companion to the film. Original artwork and 150 stills from the film make this book a visual treat.

Follows a shaggy dog and his friends on their adventures in the garden, their magic carpet trip around the world, and their visit to Scotland to meet Dougal's mad uncle.

The world is a big place full of interesting things. And The Grand Tour has seen some of them. That’s why few people are better placed to lead you around this vast planet of ours than Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. As long as you don’t mind getting hot and lost. Welcome, everyone, to The Grand Tour Guide to The World.

Background: In association with the UK Film Council and Sky Movies, Pathe Films (Chicken Run, Girl with a Pearl Earring, amongst many others) are producing The Magic Roundabout, a full-length CGI film, featuring not only the well-loved characters from the original t.v. series, but alsointroducing two new ones! They are voiced by an all-star cast including Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Joanna Lumley, and the film promises to be very high-profile and appeal to adults and children alike. It will be on general release from February 2005 and we are publishing a number ofeducational products to tie in with this date and beyond, in a three-phase publishing plan. Our imprint is called 'Learn with The Magic Roundabout'.Time for Bed, said Zebedee: A sturdy board book showing the characters from The Magic Roundabout at various times of the day. Features a clock with clicking plastic hands to enable effective learning of telling the time.