The Magic Key

The Magic Key
GenreAdventure
Children's
Based onCharacters from the Oxford Reading Tree
Written byDiane Redmond
Jan Page
Mellie Buse
James Mason
Jocelyn Stevenson
Lucy Daniel Raby
Julie Middleton
Joe Boyle
Directed byTony Collingwood
Voices ofSophie Aldred
Maria Darling
David de Keyser
Kate Harbour
Adam Henderson
David Holt
Gary Martin
Richard Pearce
Emma Tate
ComposerRoger Jackson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerChristopher O'Hare
Running time14 minutes
9 minutes (without educational segments; CBBC and CBeebies broadcast)
Production companiesCollingwood O'Hare Entertainment Limited
HIT Entertainment
BBC
Original release
NetworkBBC One
BBC Two
Release25 September 2000 (2000-09-25) –
11 June 2001 (2001-06-11)
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The Magic Key is a British educational animated television series based on the "Biff, Chip and Kipper" stories from the Oxford Reading Tree published by Oxford University Press, originally written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta. The series is a co-production between Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment Limited and HIT Entertainment, in association with the BBC[1] and aired within the BBC Schools strand on BBC Two from 2000 until 2001.

  1. ^ Williams, Elaine (22 September 2000). "TV holds Magic Key". Times Educational Supplement. TSL Education Ltd. Retrieved 18 July 2009.