Albert the Fifth Musketeer

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 Andy Turvey Christian Rodska Joanna Wheeler Shireen Shah Mike Drew Dick Cadbury Jayne Lloyd
Composer(s)	Kick Production
Country of origin	France United Kingdom
Original language(s)	French English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Christophe Izard Theresa Plummer-Andrews
Producer(s)	Micheline Charest Christian Dawn Peter Hille
Production company(s)	France Animation Diffusion Information Communication Ravensburger BBC Worldwide
Distributor	CINAR PolyGram Video LBS Communications Games Entertainment AG
Release
Original network	CBBC (UK), Fix&Foxi (Germany)
Picture format	4:3
Original release	1993

Albert the Fifth Musketeer is a French animated series based on the story of the Three Musketeers. It is a France Animation, Ravensburger and Diffusion Information Communication, Franco-Canadian co-production, for Children's BBC, Télétoon and Canal +^[1] in association with PolyGram Video, Animation Services Hong Kong Limited and Koroness Filmproduktion GmbH.

Plot

It centres around the antics of Albert (pronounce 'Al-Bear') 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, Dutch, Swedish and Russian and shown in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia 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:

D'Artagnan - brash and impulsive, the self-declared leader of the Musketeers. Voiced by Andy Turvey.
Athos- rarely says anything, but tends to do everything backwards, including riding his horse. Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert.
Porthos - large and fat, Porthos is always thinking of his stomach. Voiced by Christian Rodska.
Aramis - very flirtatious and feminine, often lapses into poetry. Voiced by Mike Drew.
M. de Tréville - the captain of the King's Musketeers. Voiced by Christian Rodska.
King Louis XIII - the ruler of France and commissioner of the Musketeers. Childish and moronic, he is easily duped by Richelieu. Voiced by Jimmy Hibbert
Anne of Austria - the King's wife. Beautiful, but ditzy. she talks in a slight lispy French tone to Francesca Gonshaw (who played Maria the waitress in the 'Allo 'Allo! comedy series), She often confides privately in Albert with instructions. Voiced by Joanna Wheeler.
Cardinal Richelieu - the prime minister of France, he seeks to undermine the King's authority at every turn and sends his guards to fight off the meddling Musketeers who threaten to disrupt his plans. Voiced by Mike Drew.
M'Lady - Richelieu's cunning female assistant. She has a tattoo of a fleur de lis on her shoulder that turns into a quacking duck. Voiced by Susan Sheridan.
The Duke of Buckingham - the love-crazed suitor of Queen Anne. Voiced by Dick Cadbury.

References

↑ Animation Magazine. Animation Magazine. October 1994. p. 53.

External links

The d'Artagnan Romances by Alexandre Dumas

Characters

Films

The Three Musketeers	The Three Musketeers (1916) Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921) The Three Musketeers (1921) The Three Musketeers (1932) The Three Musketeers (1933) The Three Musketeers (1935) The Three Musketeers (1939) The Three Musketeers (1942) The Three Musketeers (1946) The Three Musketeers (1948) The Three Musketeers (1953) The Three Musketeers (1959) The Three Musketeers (1961) The Three Musketeers (1969) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers (1974) d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) The Three Musketeers (1993) The Musketeer (2001) The Three Musketeers (2011) 3 Musketeers (2011) The Three Musketeers (2013)
Twenty Years After	The Return of the Musketeers (1989) Musketeers Twenty Years After (1992)
The Vicomte of Bragelonne	The Iron Mask (1929) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) Uthama Puthiran (1940) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Uthama Puthiran (1958) Le Masque de fer (1962) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The Fifth Musketeer (1979) The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1993) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Other sequels	At Sword's Point (1952) The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) Revenge of the Musketeers (1994) La Femme Musketeer (2004) The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009)
Animated	Tom and Jerry The Two Mouseketeers Touché, Pussy Cat! Tom and Chérie Royal Cat Nap The Four Musketeers (1936) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Man in the Iron Mask (1985) The Three Musketeers (1986) The Three Musketeers (1992) Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009)

Television

Games

Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
The Three Musketeers (1987 video game)
The Three Musketeers (2006 video game)
The Three Musketeers: One for All!

Musicals

The Three Musketeers (1928)
3 Musketiers

Other adaptations

The Three Mesquiteers
Dog in Boots
The Three Must-Get-Theres
The Three Mouseketeers (comics)
The Three Musketeers (South Korean adaptation)

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