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1977 British animated children's TV series

Ludwig is a surreal 1977 British-made children's animated television series featuring cutout animation.

The TV series is about a magical egg-shaped gemstone who lived in a forest.^[1] 25 five-minute episodes were made.^[2]

Main character

The character's name came from Ludwig van Beethoven, whose music is played in the background.

The series consisted of 25 five-minute episodes, in each of which something would happen to the animals of the forest and Ludwig would come to the rescue.

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His "body" facets would open up and out would pop arms, legs, gadgets or even a helicopter rotor blade when he needed to get somewhere fast. He was constantly watched by a human birdwatcher (voiced by Jon Glover) who had a deerstalker and large binoculars.

This character was both the viewer's point of view and narrator, as no other character talked. Many of the musical phrases are the excerpts from Beethoven's