The Magic Key: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Magic Key is a series of books published for children as part of the Oxford Reading Tree. Co-written by Alex Brychta and Roderick Hunt, and primarily follow the lives of three children, Biff, Kipper and Chip Robinson, their parents and grandmother, and their dog, Floppy. In the TV show Floppy wears a collar with a golden key. The key is magic and seems to do some strange things whenever Floppy wishes for something. It transports the children and sometimes their grandmother, to exciting adventures, such as dealing with trolls in an underground cavern, being characters inside a computer game, or finding a fountain of youth. In the books the key is kept in a box and Floppy does not go on all the adventures.

Series details

• Title: The Magic Key
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 2000-09-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-03-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBeebies
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 38829
• IMDb ID: tt6643520
• TVDB ID: 85464

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-09-04; final listed air date 2001-03-19; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Magic Key on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.