Catweazle

Hapless eleventh-century magician Catweazle transports himself and his toad Touchwood into our time. Chaos ensues when he applies his medieval outlook to twentieth century. Geoffrey Bayldon is just brilliant in the title rôle, the one he chose after turning down the BBC's invitation to succeed Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who. The series was created by Richard Carpenter, also responsible for The Ghosts of Motley Hall (Granada) and Robin of Sherwood (HTV). The first series ran from 15/02/1970 to 10/05/70 and saw Catweazle befriending young Carrot (Robin Davies), whose father (Charles Tingwell) ran a farm. Both the music and titles animation are gorgeous, showing us Catweazle falling through time.