16mm film. The first series was mostly shot on location at Home Farm, Ripley Road, East Clandon, (near Guildford) in Surrey, England in 1969. The second was mostly filmed around the Bayford/Brickendon area of Hertfordshire in 1970 (S02E12 shows scenes of Brickendon and near Bayford station). Interior scenes were filmed at [the now defunct] Halliford Studios, Manygate Lane, near Shepperton. Both series centred on the relationship between Catweazle and the young lad from the present day who quickly accepts Catweazle as a friend. The second series had a more farcical character than the first. In the plaster fight scene in the episode 'The Enchanted King'. Cedric's parents were slightly unhinged gentry living in their family stately home. Almost all characters seemed out of touch with reality except Cedric. In the second series Catweazle sings/speaks to himself using the series theme tune. Although Bayldon thought the story had run its course after two series, he still praised the second, commenting that two episodes were, in his view, below standard, but not written by Carpenter: "There are two episodes I felt that with; the rest I think are lovely. I thought they were dreadful, but they were not written by Richard. They were written when we were behind." The series won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Children's TV Drama Script in 1971. Series 1 The series appeared on television for the first time on Sunday, 4 January 1970 in the Netherlands, broadcast by the NOS. It was originally shown in the UK between Sunday, 15 February 1970 and Sunday, 10 May 1970 at 17:30–18:00 in most regions. Cast Main characters Catweazle: Geoffrey Bayldon Edward Bennet (Carrot): Robin Davies Mr. Bennet: Charles "Bud" Tingwell Sam Woodyard: Neil McCarthy Other characters Theda Watkins: Marjie Lawrence (episode 2) Stuffy Gladstone: Peter Sallis (e3) Miss Arthur: Anne Jameson (e3) Miss Bonnington: June Jago (e4) Miss Willoughby: Ruth Kettlewell (e4) Audrey: Carmel Cryan (e4) Doris: Ursula Smith (e4) Madam Rosa: Hattie Jacques (e5) Albert: Ellis Dale (e5) Woman at bus stop: Betty Woolfe (e5) Mrs. Derringer: Marcella Markham (e6) Maud: Zulema Dene (e6) The Vicar: Brian Wilde (e7) Mrs. Woodyard: Hazel Coppen (e7) Wilkins: Harry Hutchinson (e7) Leslie Milton: Aubrey Morris (e8) Fred: David Ellison (e8) Dick: Andrew Bradford (e8) Colonel Upshaw: Peter Butterworth (e9) Miss Coote: Dorothy Frere (e9) Cyril Fitton: Bernard Hepton (e10) Sergeant Bottle: John Junkin (e11) Charley: John Tordoff