• 2010
  • 30m
Magical Tales

Summary Welcome to Magical Tales, the series that allows children to journey through an enchanted magical land full of exciting, funny and silly adventures where fantasy characters come to life through magic, song and dance. This exciting drama series has been designed to captivate and entertain the minds of preschool children through the use of narrative story telling, colour, movement, music and playful characters that combine to heighten the sensory experience. In each half hr episode the audience is invited into the enchanted world of Sparkles the Fairy and William the Wizard, two playful characters that use their magical talents to have fun, solve problems, help out their visiting friends and sometimes create mischief. Our two main characters are playful, magical and mischievous. The magical catch cries of Zaparoo for William, and Spa-Ling for sparkles are designed as engaging and repeatable phrases that hook young kids. When our characters really need that extra magical boost, they join forces with a super - dooper chant of Spalaroo! View more details

  • 2010
  • 30m

Magical Tales

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : James Buckingham Laura Murphy Matthew McCoy Chris Lane

All cast & crew

7.9

Details

Genres : Fantasy Animation Family

Release date : Mar 4, 2010

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Facebook Page

Language : English

Production companies : Ambience Entertainment

Summary Welcome to Magical Tales, the series that allows children to journey through an enchanted magical land full of exciting, funny and silly adventures where fantasy characters come to life through magic, song and dance. This exciting drama series has been designed to captivate and entertain the minds of preschool children through the use of narrative story telling, colour, movement, music and playful characters that combine to heighten the sensory experience. In each half hr episode the audience is invited into the enchanted world of Sparkles the Fairy and William the Wizard, two playful characters that use their magical talents to have fun, solve problems, help out their visiting friends and sometimes create mischief. Our two main characters are playful, magical and mischievous. The magical catch cries of Zaparoo for William, and Spa-Ling for sparkles are designed as engaging and repeatable phrases that hook young kids. When our characters really need that extra magical boost, they join forces with a super - dooper chant of Spalaroo! View more details

Details

Genres : Fantasy Animation Family

Release date : Mar 4, 2010

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Facebook Page

Language : English

Production companies : Ambience Entertainment

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Magical Tales (2010) VeggieTales: Josh and the Big Wall! (1997)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 06, 2010
Episode #1.1
Episode 2 • Mar 07, 2010
Episode #1.2
Episode 3 • Mar 08, 2010
Shiver Me Timbers
Episode 4 • Mar 09, 2010
Whirly Wizard
The story of how Sparkles and William meet the Whirly Windy Wizard.
Episode 5 • Mar 10, 2010
The Sad Clown
It's a beautiful day and Sparkles & William are playing out in the garden. They hear a noise and, when they investigate, they find their friend Buttons the Clown sitting on the ground feeling decidedly unfunny. Buttons is terribly sad because he has lost his Funny-Bone, and without it, his sense of humor has gone too. "What good is a clown who can't make people laugh?" Sparkles and William try everything they can think of to restore Buttons' sense of humor - jokes, song & dance, silly props, even the 'All-Purpose, Slap-Happy, Silly Spell' - but nothing seems to work. Reuniting Buttons with his lost Funny-Bone is going to be the only way!
Episode 7 • Mar 14, 2010
The Last Rainbow
When William and Sparkles struggle to imagine a perfect present for the Queen of the Fairies, they decide that gold will be the answer to their troubles. William attempts to summon a Leprechaun's pot of gold from a magical book.But the pair get more than they bargained for when they don't only call forth the pot of gold, but its Leprechaun owner, and a special, magical rainbow. The last of its kind in the world...
Episode 8 • Mar 15, 2010
King of the Enchanted Forest
When Sparkles dresses up as the Queen of the Fairies, William mistakes her for the real deal. Sparkles can't resist stringing him along until she can't keep a straight face any longer. William sees the joke and promises he'll play a trick back on Sparkles. Soon after, Sparkles is visited by the King of the Forest, King Bling. Sparkles thinks it's William in disguise. She makes cheeky comments about his 'costume' and declines to pay him the proper respect. When William himself turns up Sparkles realises her visitor really is the King! Poor Sparkles just wants to hide but William helps her to face up to her mistake.
Episode 9 • Mar 16, 2010
A Giant Problem
Sparkles startles William as he practices a newly-created spell. Jack arrives with a mystery sack and asks Sparkles and William to mind it for him while he runs another errand. The contents of the sack attracts the attention of an angry Giant. Williams uses his new spell to repel the Giant. When Jack returns with two large sacks of gold Sparkles and William realize what he's been up to, and also why the Giant was so angry. Sparkles comes up with a solution to the dilemma, which makes the Giant happy and teaches Jack a valuable lesson.
Episode 11 • Mar 18, 2010
The Frog Prince
Sparkles & William get a visit from a young prince who needs their help. He explains that he used to be a frog but an evil witch turned him into a handsome prince. Now he wants to go back to being a frog. Sparkles and William perform the spell but only once the strict conditions set out in The Fairy Code are met. Later that day, the arrival of a lovelorn Princess changes everything and Sparkles and William set out to search the forest, find the frog, and put everything right.
Episode 12 • Mar 21, 2010
The Pillow of Napping
William, Sparkles and Goldilocks seek the magical Pillow of Napping.
Episode 13 • Mar 22, 2010
Episode #1.13
Episode 14 • Mar 23, 2010
The Jolly Genie
Sparkles & William find a strange object in the Enchanted Forest. They can't tell what it is because it is so muddy, so they take it home to clean it up. It turns out to be a crystal ball and as they scrub it clean a Genie appears. The Genie is terribly homesick because he has been trapped in his bubble prison and hasn't seen his family for a long, long time. Even so, the Genie grants Sparkles & William the customary Three Wishes. William inadvertently uses up the first two wishes cheaply and the Genie asks if Sparkles and William know of a spell that can send him back home. Will they find a spell to reunite the Genie with his family? And, what will the final wish be?
Episode 15 • Mar 24, 2010
Episode #1.15
Episode 17 • Mar 28, 2010
Oh, Fairy Godmother!?
Sparkles & William meet the Fairy Godmother in the forest. She is boarding up her booth and is considering running away. Over a nice cup of moonbeam tea she tells Sparkles & William how her heavy workload is running her down and if she doesn't get a holiday soon she'll have to retire. Sparkles offers to stand-in for her for a day while William spoils her with some relaxing diversions. On the job, Sparkles gets to understand why the Fairy Godmother is so overworked - "These Princess are all such PRINCESSES!" Sparkles finds the solution that will lighten the Fairy Godmother's workload and William's 'Day Spa' works wonders on the Fairy Godmother's stress levels.
Episode 22 • Apr 04, 2010
The Grand Ball
Tonight is the Grand Spell-caster's Ball at the castle of King Fuddy-Duddy, and Sparkles is very excited about getting her invitation. But, for some reason, William seems less than excited and makes excuses to get out of the house. A concerned Sparkles searches and finds William practicing spells in the forest and uncovers the real reason for his lack of enthusiasm. King Fuddy-Duddy solves William's dilemma and everyone's happy.
Episode 23 • Apr 05, 2010
Magical Fairy Dust
While getting the Star House ready for a visit from the Queen of the Fairies, Sparkles runs out of magic fairy dust. The Queen arrives, but instead of helping Sparkles with her dilemma, she sends her on a quest to the deepest part of the Enchanted Forest to fetch the rare Fairy Floss Flower. After a long trek Sparkles and William find the flower - but capturing it proves a tricky task. Thanks to Sparkles' perseverance, they succeed and bring the flower to the Queen. It is only then that the royal fairy reveals that Sparkles' courage, persistence, good sense and kindness in achieving her quest are the vital ingredients for fairy dust.
Episode 24 • Apr 06, 2010
The Cauldron Bug
There is a problem in the Star House. The cauldron is doing strange things and making weird noises. Sparkles & William consult the Spell Book who suggests they send for Felix the Fix-it Fellow to fix it for them. Felix arrives and diagnoses that the cauldron has a bug. Everything becomes more difficult when Felix is inadvertently sucked into the depths of the cauldron and can't get out. Now, while Felix tries to catch the bug from within, William & Sparkles have to find a way to get Felix out.
Episode 25 • Apr 07, 2010
Witch Way
Sparkles and William are honored by a visit from magic potions guru Auntie May, the wise witch. She needs to borrow their cauldron to cook up 'a special secret recipe'. At first William is not too happy about a witch visiting their house, but Sparkles promises Auntie May is cool. As Auntie May works on her secret recipe, Sparkles and William hang around hoping to learn some magic tips, while in the process supplying the vital ingredients: butter, sugar, flour and milk. When Auntie May gets stumped on the last ingredient. Sparkles is sure she can help with the answer. Together they complete the recipe... and what a surprise it turns out to be!
Episode 26 • Apr 08, 2010
The Messy Robot
Episode 29 • Apr 13, 2010
Huggy Monster
Episode 30 • Apr 14, 2010
The Trickiest Trickster
While trying to fly, William takes off his Wizbang Belt and accidentally leaves it in The Enchanted Forest. Elvin the mischievous Elf finds it and William and Sparkles have to solve Elvin's riddles to get it back. Elvin tries to make his clues and hiding places as difficult as possible so he can become 'The Trickiest Trickster Ever' and get his name in the 'Enchanted Forest's Big Book of Records'.
Episode 33 • Apr 19, 2010
More Awesome
While Sparkles in out of the house, William gets a visit from Awesome Guy, who asks William for help to become even more awesome. After consulting the Spell Book, William performs the Spell of Exaggeration. Something goes awry and instead of becoming stronger, faster and braver, Awesome Guy is now weaker, slower and a big wimp. When sparkles gets home she helps William find out what went wrong and they discover the only way to fix things is with good old-fashioned hard work and practice.
Episode 35 • Apr 21, 2010
Mary Quite Contrary
William and Sparkles agree to mind Mary Mary Quite Contrary's prize Petunia while she's on holidays. Mary leaves them with instructions for care of her plant. When Sparkles and William read the instructions they're baffled - they are opposite to normal plant care. William and Sparkles follow them to the letter, as promised. Sure enough, Mary's Petunia starts to wilt. William and Sparkles worry that they will harm Mary's precious plant - until they remember that Mary always says the opposite to what she means! They set about fixing things and Mary comes back from holidays to a healthy, blooming plant and a relieved William and Sparkles!
Episode 37 • Apr 25, 2010
Show & Spell
Episode 38 • Apr 26, 2010
Ringo the Ringmaster
As Willam practices a new magic trick, he and Sparkles receive a flyer for Bungling Bros Circus Fantasticus! It will be performing in the Forest Clearing tonight. Sparkles convinces William to go with her and watch the circus setting up. Along the way the meet Ringo the circus Ringmaster who is trying to do the entire show all by himself. He tells them that his circus has 'run away' and intends starting his own circus. He recruits Sparkles and William to perform all the acts, but they make him realise that it won't work that way, but they impress Ringo when they show him William's new trick. Ringo eventually finds his missing circus and invites William and Sparkles to be part of the show. They perform that night with the likes of Buttons the Clown and Terry the Tumbler.
Episode 40 • Apr 28, 2010
Rain, Rain, Blow Away
As Sparkles & William are getting ready to go on a picnic, a storm arrives bringing with it their old friend Whirly Wizard. Sparkles & William are saddened that their picnic plans have been ruined by the storm, so Whirly Wizard offers to call up a friend to blow the storm away. With Sparkles & William helping, Whirly calls up the mighty West Wind, which, not only blows the storm away but their picnic basket with it. If they want to have their picnic they'll have to find it. Sparkles and William head into the Enchanted Forest to search on foot while Whirly scouts from above. Things get trickier when William ends up getting lost as well. Will they ever get to have their picnic?
Episode 42 • Apr 20, 2010
Seek and Hide
William and Sparkles are playing Hide and Seek outside. Sparkles is very good at hiding, but, when William hides, Sparkles finds him easily every time. While Sparkles is in the house retrieving a message from Awesome Guy, William decides to try an Invisibility Spell on himself to improve his chances. Sparkles returns in time to see William cast the Spell. The Spell fails to render William invisible, but Sparkles decides to have some fun and make him think he's invisible by pretending not to see him. At first, William enjoys 'being invisible', but soon finds it has its drawbacks. He casts a Removal Spell and heads home. Back at the Star House, Sparkles upholds the pretence for a while, but eventually, reveals the truth to a very relieved William.
Episode 46 • May 06, 2010
Dr. Blues
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