Albert the Fifth Musketeer
French animated television series
Albert the Fifth Musketeer is an animated television series based on the 1844 novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. It was a co-production between France Animation and CINAR Films for Ravensburger and BBC Children's International, in association with France 3, Canal+ and Videal. Produced in 1993, it was broadcast from 16 March to 2 July 1994.
Plot
The show centers around the antics of Albert (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ] AL-bair) de Parmagnan, a new member of the Musketeers (the series takes place after the Siege of La Rochelle, and therefore after D'Artagnan has become a musketeer, but before Milady de Winter's death). While the other four musketeers are portrayed as bumbling and incompetent, Albert is quick-witted and clever, creating many inventions to get the others out of trouble.
He and the other Musketeers have adventures as they fight with the guards of Cardinal Richelieu and attempt to thwart his plans to take over France.
Cast
The characters, apart from Albert (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert), are all generally broad stereotypes of their traditional portrayals in the original Musketeers book and subsequent film adaptations:
D'Artagnan (voiced by Andy Turvey) is a brash and impulsive self-declared leader of the Musketeers.
Athos (voiced by Jimmy Hibbert) rarely says anything, but tends to do everything backwards, including riding his horse.
Porthos (voiced by Christian Rodska) is large and fat, and is always thinking of his stomach.
Aramis (voiced by Mike Drew) is flirtatious and feminine, and often lapses into poetry.
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