![Eric Thompson with daughters Emma (left) and Sophie, and Florence and Dougal. Photo: Don Smith/Getty](https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/roundabout2-e1641915741459.jpg)
Television
How Dougal and the Blue Cat became a glorious advert for pan-European eccentricity
Fifty years on from the flop film version
that became a cult classic, taking
another ride along with the psychedelic
French-British TV sensation for kids