Magic Mountain

Magic Mountain (Chinese: 神奇山谷; pinyin: shénqí shāngǔ) is a live-action\puppet children's television program broadcast on ABC TV on the ABC For Kids broadcasting block from 1997 to 1998 and on China Central Television in China. It was released on VHS, but there has been no DVD release yet. It is a full-body puppet series aimed at children aged two to five years. The series was repeated on ABC TV until 13 February 2004. It was repeated in China until 2013. The ABC's Magic Mountain website was removed during September 2010 when the new ABC Kids website was introduced. Production The series was produced in China, with both a Chinese and Australian English dub in mind. Much of the crew is Chinese. It was produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, China Central Television and Southern Star Entertainment. Production took place between 1997 and 1998. The series has been dubbed into Spanish and Portuguese, Arabic and Hebrew, among many other languages. The program was also screened in the UK on Nick Jr, TVO in Canada, TVNZ 2 in New Zealand and TVP 1 in Poland. Summary Magic Mountain follows the adventures of four national but iconic creatures of China; Tortoise, Dragon, Lion and Panda – four friends having lots of fun with a little Dragon magic thrown in. Dragon lives in a cave, and is very wise, with magical powers that often get the others out of trouble. Panda is a little bit vain, but still a likeable character who is quite smart, Lion is very playful, full of ideas and is constantly getting into mischief, and Tortoise is a motherly figure, always looking out for the others and trying to help them. These four creatures "enjoy wonderful times as they invent unusual games, play tricks on each other, and have exciting adventures as they explore their enchanting world." Cast