25 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestCatweazle has now collected all 12 signs of the zodiac. But he still needs to discover the 13th before he can fly. Will the great quest succeed in this last episode of the series?
A medieval wizard (though not a very good one) Catweazle is transported to the modern age... A British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. A second season in 1971 was directed by David Reid and David Lane. Both series had thirteen episodes each, with Geoffrey Bayldon playing the leading role. The series was broadcast in Ireland, Britain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Nicaragua and Quebec. The first episode is available to view in full at the BFI Screenonline site.
Acting
Bayldon's wild-eyed, muttering perfection
Writing
Carpenter's clever anachronism gags that still land
Production
Gloriously tatty 1970s rural England aesthetic
Creator
Richard Carpenter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Geoffrey Bayldon had actually auditioned for the First Doctor in Doctor Who—Catweazle finally let him play the chaotic time-traveling eccentric he was born to be.
The show became a massive cult hit in Germany, where 'Catweazle' entered the language as slang for a disheveled, confused person—Bayldon even recorded German albums in character.
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