The Magic Roundabout version) who was a drop-eared variety of the Skye Terrier. Other characters include Zebedee (Zébulon), a jack-in-the-box; Brian (Ambroise), a snail; Ermintrude (Azalée), a cow; and Dylan (named after Bob Dylan) (Flappy) a rabbit; There are two notable human characters: Florence (Margote), a young girl; and Mr Rusty (le Père Pivoine), the elderly moustached operator of the roundabout (making him the second character to sport primarily a moustache, after Zebedee). Other less well known human characters, only seen on the roundabout itself during the credits, are Basil, Paul and Rosalie. There is also an adult character, old Mr. McHenry (Jouvence
Children's television series of the world. While there are many studies that have been done exploring the topic of children's perceptions of gender through television, there are few pieces of concrete evidence that tell people that what children are watching is actually harmful to them. Children's television is created for many markets, with notable successes like "Play School", "Noggin the Nog", and "Thunderbirds" originating from the UK, "Belle and Sebastian" and "The Magic Roundabout" from France, "The Singing Ringing Tree" from Germany, and "Marine Boy" from Japan. In the U.S., there are three major commercial cable networks dedicated to children's television. All three