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I'm trying to track down an old English-language cartoon I watched as a kid.

What is it?
Cartoon TV-series

When was it made?
Late 70s - mid-80s

When did I see it?
Mid-80s

Where did I see it?
Middle-east

Language?
English (almost certain English was original language, i.e. not a dub)

What did it look like?
Reminiscent of Pink Panther cartoon of the same era, and very slightly like Hanna-Barbera - but I'm almost certain it was not Hanna-Barbera.

Country of origin?
Uncertain, but if I had to guess, it would be England or the United States.

Plot/Details
The protagonists were a boy and girl (older tweens or teenagers) who rode in a hot-air balloon.

With uncertainty, I think they may have been brother and sister, and, with uncertainty again, I think they may have spoken with English accents.

They were constantly chased by a short wizard - I remember this being the primary driving premise to the series - who seemed to want the kids' hot-air balloon.

Memory says the wizard had a dark red/brown mustache.

The last episode I saw (not necessarily the last episode of the show) possibly ended on a cliffhanger with the wizard getting his hands on the kids' hot-air baloon.

What I've tried
I've tried to put in my due diligence (spread across several years!) by googling various permutations of "English", "kids", "hot air balloon", and "wizard" but that's been to no avail. I'm hoping these scant clues might be enough for someone out there to help identify the series.

What is it?
Cartoon TV-series

When was it made?
Late 70s - mid-80s

When did I see it?
Mid-80s

Where did I see it?
Middle-east

Language?
English (almost certain English was original language, i.e. not a dub)

What did it look like?
Reminiscent of Pink Panther cartoon of the same era, and very slightly like Hanna-Barbera - but I'm almost certain it was not Hanna-Barbera.

Country of origin?
Uncertain, but if I had to guess, it would be England or the United States.

Plot/Details
The protagonists were a boy and girl (older tweens or teenagers) who rode in a hot-air balloon.

With uncertainty, I think they may have been brother and sister, and, with uncertainty again, I think they may have spoken with English accents.

They were constantly chased by a short wizard - I remember this being the primary driving premise to the series - who seemed to want the kids' hot-air balloon.

Memory says the wizard had a dark red/brown mustache.

The last episode I saw (not necessarily the last episode of the show) possibly ended on a cliffhanger with the wizard getting his hands on the kids' hot-air baloon.

What I've tried
I've tried to put in my due diligence (spread across several years!) by googling various permutations of "English", "kids", "hot air balloon", and "wizard" but that's been to no avail. I'm hoping these scant clues might be enough for someone out there to help identify the series.

(This question has been reformatted per Valorum's guidance)
I'm trying to track down an old English-language cartoon I watched as a kid.

What is it?
Cartoon

When was it made?
Late 70s - mid-80s

When did I see it?
Mid-80s

Where did I see it?
Middle-east

Language?
English (almost certain English was original language, i.e. not a dub)

What did it look like?
Reminiscent of Pink Panther cartoon of the same era, and very slightly like Hanna-Barbera - but I'm almost certain it was not Hanna-Barbera.

Country of origin?
Uncertain, but if I had to guess, it would be England or the United States.

Plot/Details
The protagonists were a boy and girl (older tweens or teenagers) who rode in a hot-air balloon.

With uncertainty, I think they may have been brother and sister, and, with uncertainty again, I think they may have spoken with English accents.

They were constantly chased by a short wizard - I remember this being the primary driving premise to the series - who seemed to want the kids' hot-air balloon.

Memory says the wizard had a dark red/brown mustache.

The last episode I saw (not necessarily the last episode of the show) possibly ended on a cliffhanger with the wizard getting his hands on the kids' hot-air baloon.

What I've tried
I've tried to put in my due diligence (spread across several years!) by googling various permutations of "English", "kids", "hot air balloon", and "wizard" but that's been to no avail. I'm hoping these scant clues might be enough for someone out there to help identify the series.

(This question has been reformatted per Valorum's guidance)
I'm trying to track down an old English-language cartoon I watched as a kid.

What is it?
Cartoon TV-series

When was it made?
Late 70s - mid-80s

When did I see it?
Mid-80s

Where did I see it?
Middle-east

Language?
English (almost certain English was original language, i.e. not a dub)

What did it look like?
Reminiscent of Pink Panther cartoon of the same era, and very slightly like Hanna-Barbera - but I'm almost certain it was not Hanna-Barbera.

Country of origin?
Uncertain, but if I had to guess, it would be England or the United States.

Plot/Details
The protagonists were a boy and girl (older tweens or teenagers) who rode in a hot-air balloon.

With uncertainty, I think they may have been brother and sister, and, with uncertainty again, I think they may have spoken with English accents.

They were constantly chased by a short wizard - I remember this being the primary driving premise to the series - who seemed to want the kids' hot-air balloon.

Memory says the wizard had a dark red/brown mustache.

The last episode I saw (not necessarily the last episode of the show) possibly ended on a cliffhanger with the wizard getting his hands on the kids' hot-air baloon.

What I've tried
I've tried to put in my due diligence (spread across several years!) by googling various permutations of "English", "kids", "hot air balloon", and "wizard" but that's been to no avail. I'm hoping these scant clues might be enough for someone out there to help identify the series.

I'm trying to track down an old English-language cartoon I watched as a kid. The last episode I saw (not necessarily the last episode of the show) was a cliffhanger, and I've always been curious whatever happened to the show and that particular cliffhanger.

I seem to remember the protagonists as a boy and girl (older tweens or teenagers) who rode in a hot-air balloon. With uncertainty, I think they may have been brother and sister, and, with uncertainty again, I think they may have spoken with English accents.

They were constantly chased by a short wizard - I remember this being the primary driving premise to the series - who seemed to want the kids' hot-air balloon. I remember the wizard as having a dark red/brown mustache. Possibly, very possibly, the cliffhanger I spoke of might have been that the wizard got his hands on the kids' balloon.

Time-frame of the series would have been late 70s - mid 80s. I saw the series in the mid-80s. By memory alone, the art style of the series was slightly reminiscent of the Pink Panther cartoon of the same era, and, to a lesser extent, Hanna-Barbera. But I'm fairly certain the cartoon is not from Hanna-Barbera.

It'd be a stretch for me to offer a country of origin for the series, but if I had to guess, I'd guess either England or the United States.

I've tried to put in my due diligence (spread across several years!) by googling various permutations of "English", "kids", "hot air balloon", and "wizard" but that's been to no avail. I'm hoping these scant clues might be enough for someone out there to help identify the series.

(This question has been reformatted per Valorum's guidance)
I'm trying to track down an old English-language cartoon I watched as a kid.

What is it?
Cartoon

When was it made?
Late 70s - mid-80s

When did I see it?
Mid-80s

Where did I see it?
Middle-east

Language?
English (almost certain English was original language, i.e. not a dub)

What did it look like?
Reminiscent of Pink Panther cartoon of the same era, and very slightly like Hanna-Barbera - but I'm almost certain it was not Hanna-Barbera.

Country of origin?
Uncertain, but if I had to guess, it would be England or the United States.

Plot/Details
The protagonists were a boy and girl (older tweens or teenagers) who rode in a hot-air balloon. 

With uncertainty, I think they may have been brother and sister, and, with uncertainty again, I think they may have spoken with English accents.

They were constantly chased by a short wizard - I remember this being the primary driving premise to the series - who seemed to want the kids' hot-air balloon.

Memory says the wizard had a dark red/brown mustache.

The last episode I saw (not necessarily the last episode of the show) possibly ended on a cliffhanger with the wizard getting his hands on the kids' hot-air baloon.

What I've tried
I've tried to put in my due diligence (spread across several years!) by googling various permutations of "English", "kids", "hot air balloon", and "wizard" but that's been to no avail. I'm hoping these scant clues might be enough for someone out there to help identify the series.