A Rubovian Legend

A Rubovian Legend
GenrePuppetry (1955-1964)
Stop-motion animation (1976)
Created byGordon Murray
Written byGordon Murray
Directed byGordon Murray
Voices of
Derek Nimmo
Violet Lamb
Roy Skelton
James Beattie
Pamela Binns
Raymond Rollett
Peter Hawkins
Philip Latham
Theme music composerPatrick Harvey (1958-1964)
Freddie Phillips (1976)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes35
Production
ProducerGordon Murray
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release15 December 1955 (1955-12-15) –
22 March 1976 (1976-03-22)
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A Rubovian Legend is a British marionette children's television series created by Gordon Murray. It centres around a fictional kingdom ruled by King Rufus XIV and Queen Caroline, assisted by Albert Weatherspoon and the Lord Chamberlain.

The series received a live broadcast of its first episodes from 1955 to 1956. It was revived with recorded plays from 1958 to 1964. A remake of the series was broadcast in 1976, but it only lasted for six episodes.