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Jan 24, 2017 · Joy Whitby, creator of Jackanory – the BBC’s groundbreaking reading show that ran from 1965 to 1996 – tells us how the programme came into being, and why we’ll never lose our appetite for stories to enrich our lives.
Jun 13, 2021 · So what’s the story, Jackanory? Old Father Moon is protecting her as she trips innocently along, on the precarious highwire of life. So preoccupied is she with hanging on to the full moon balloon, she doesn’t even stop to glance down into the sleeping city.
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Mar 7, 2009 · I absolutely adored Jackanory for years - through the late 70s until probably at least mid 80s. I think without Jackanory, I wouldn't have been such an avid reader. My usual routine was to...
Jan 1, 1991 · This ghost story recounts in fictional form an alleged haunting experienced by two former residents of the house, Henry James and E. F. Benson, both of whom also wrote ghost stories. Aiken's father, Conrad Aiken, also authored a small number of notable ghost stories.
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Jackanory is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fairy-tale "Cap-o'-Rushes" read by Lee Montague.
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Let’s take a look back at the classic show with some of the stars who appeared on Jackanory, reading us some of our favourite stories, and also reading us stories we had never heard of and would never have experienced otherwise.
