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The actress is the daughter of Eric Thompson, who wrote and narrated The Magic Roundabout animation series, which was on British television screens in the 1960s and 1970s.

"Well of course none of it was about drugs, because neither of my parents took drugs; I don’t think they barely drank actually; dad smoked cigarettes, they killed him in the end," said Emma Thompson.

The British version of The Magic Roundabout was distinct from the original French version because although it used the same visuals, the narration was new and not based on the script by Serge Danot.

"Dad was given these little films that were made by the French…and dad was a total Francophobe; couldn’t stand the French...anyway, he would just watch the films and make things up, so naturally they got slightly out of hand sometimes, because they were odd little films," said the actress.

This clip is originally from Colin Paterson on 29 September 2014.