''Alphabet Castle'' is an educational children's television program produced in the UK and created by Michael Cole. It began in September 1993 with a series of 27 episodes aired on

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, and ran until December 1995. It had three main characters: King Alpha, Queen Bet, and Gobbledygook, an animated turkey. It starred Stephen Cannon and

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. A total of three series and 65 editions were produced by Michael Cole productions for

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. Like its near namesake, ''

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'', a decade earlier, each episode was dedicated to a letter of the

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(although this format was dropped for the final series); episodes were generally around 10 minutes in length, and were broadcast in

on Wednesday afternoons.

Transmission guide

Series 1: 30 editions from 10 September 1993 to 28 March 1994 Series 2: 20 editions from 7 September 1994 to 1 February 1995 Series 3: 15 editions from 6 September to 13 December 1995

Series 1

References

External links

Alphabet Castle
at the

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