7 Familles Le Manège Enchanté

Le Manège Enchanté, created by Serge Danot, first aired in France in 1964. Six years later, the BBC adopted the same footage but with completely different scripts and characters. As depicted in this set, the equivalent names are Père Pivoine/Mr Rusty, Zébulon/Zebedee, Pollux/Dougal, Margote/Florence, Pio/Paul and Ambroise/Brian. The card designs are by James Hodges (1928-2019) and must represent one of his earliest creations in the realm of playing cards and card games. Cleverly, each set of 6 cards forms a frieze. The packaging, too, is special: when folded into position, it resembles a TV set   The date is slightly uncertain; if not 1965 then shortly after that.

Above: 7 Familles Le Manège Enchanté designed by James Hodges and made by B.P. Grimaud, France, c1965. 42 cards in special packaging resembling a TV set. Size: 55 x 84 mm.

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