Written and narrated by Eric Thompson (the driving force and voices behind the original Magic Roundabout), The Magic Ball was the first production from animation wizards Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall, who would go on to create such masterpieces as Danger Mouse, Count Duckula and Chorlton and the Wheelies. First broadcast on ITV in the early 1970s it became a hit with the public, winning two silver medals at the Venice Film Festival of Children's Films and a silver Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival. This set contains all thirteen episodes of the second series.