Paulus the Little Wood Gnome

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Paulus The Little Wood Gnome was a children's TV programme on air from 1967-1968 in the United Kingdom. It featured a little wood gnome called Paulus, a witch called Eucalypta and an owl called Oehoeboeroe. It was narrated by Arthur Lowe. Stories consisted mainly of the eponimous hero being chased by Eucalypta the witch.


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The series featured the adventures of Paulus the Woodgnome who lived in a tall tree in the middle of the woods. His friends were the woodland animals and his enemy was Eucalypta the Witch. The show was made in colour in the Netherlands under the title Paulus de Boskabouter and dubbed into English for distribution to the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Jean Dulieu made all the puppets for the series, the smallest of these puppets being a 3cm mouse. He also made all the scenery and dwellings. It was directed by Fred Bosman Written by Jan van Oort and was first released on the 1st October 1967. Despite only running for a year in the UK 40 episodes were made each around 10 minutes long.

Produced by N.T.S. Netherlands.

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