| Albert the Fifth Musketeer | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Albert le 5ème mousquetaire |
| Genre | Animation |
| Created by | Christophe Izard |
| Written by | Gilles Adrien Olivier Montegut Christophe Izard |
| Directed by | Alain Sion |
| Voices of | Jimmy Hibbert Susan Sheridan Christian Rodska Francesca Gonshaw |
| Composer(s) | Kick Production |
| Country of origin | France England |
| Language(s) | French English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Christophe Izard Theresa Plummer-Andrews |
| Producer(s) | Micheline Charest Christian Dawn Peter Hille |
| Production company(s) | CINAR Animation |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBBC (UK) |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original airing | 1993 |
Albert the Fifth Musketeer is a French animated series based on the story of the Three Musketeers. It is a France Animation and Cinar, Franco-Canadian co-production, for Ravensburger and Children's BBC in association with France 3 and Canal+.
It centers around the antics of Albert 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'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, the first of which aired in 1993. The show was later translated into English and shown in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Australia. The series was also translated into Dutch, Swedish and Russian.
The characters are all generally broad stereotypes of their traditional portrayals in the original Musketeers book and subsequent movies: