Albert the Fifth Musketeer

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Albert the Fifth Musketeer
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Also known asAlbert le 5ème mousquetaire
Genre Animation
Created byChristophe Izard
Written by
  • Gilles Adrien
  • Olivier Montegut
  • Christophe Izard
Directed byAlain Sion
Voices of
ComposerKick Production
Country of origin
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
Original languages
  • French
  • English
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producers
  • Christophe Izard
  • Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Producers
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 16 (1994-03-16) 
July 2, 1994 (1994-07-02)

Albert the Fifth Musketeer is a French-British-Canadian children's cartoon based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. It is a France Animation, Ravensburger and Cinar co-production, for Children's BBC and Canal+ [1] in association with PolyGram Video, Animation Services Hong Kong Limited and Koroness Filmproduktion GmbH.

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Plot

The show centers around the antics of Albert (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ] AL-bair) de Parmagnan, a new member of the Musketeers (the series takes place after the Siege of La Rochelle, and therefore after D'Artagnan has become a musketeer, but before Milady de Winter's death). While the other four musketeers are portrayed as bumbling and incompetent, Albert is quick-witted and clever, creating many inventions to get the others out of trouble.

He and the other Musketeers have adventures as they fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu and attempt to thwart his plans to take over France.

In total there were 26 episodes, which aired in 1994. The show was later translated into English, Dutch, Swedish, French and Russian and shown in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Thailand, the Netherlands, United States, South Africa, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, Zimbabwe, Sweden, Hong Kong, France and Russia.

Cast

The characters, apart from Albert (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert), are all generally broad stereotypes of their traditional portrayals in the original Musketeers book and subsequent movies:

Episodes

  1. The King's New Shoes
  2. Her Majesty's Gorilla
  3. The Gold Coach
  4. The King's Complex
  5. Food for a King
  6. The Identikit Picture
  7. Anatole's Treasure
  8. Patchouli for the Queen
  9. The King of Thieves
  10. The Spy
  11. The Cocoa Mission
  12. The Queen's Nanny
  13. Her Majesty's Garden
  14. Wig Business
  15. The King's Jester
  16. The Duke's Tunes
  17. The Count of Quicostro
  18. The Return of the Queen Mother
  19. The Pillow Caper
  20. The Musketeer Day
  21. Ghost You Said?
  22. The Ambassador
  23. The Queen's Tortoises
  24. Mauricette Crouton
  25. Strawberries for the King
  26. A Dukelike Imposter

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References

  1. Animation Magazine. Animation Magazine. October 1994. p. 53.