Search results
People also ask
What happened to Jackanory?
Why is Jackanory so popular?
When did Jackanory start?
When did Jackanory end?
Jackanory. 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. [1] The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story was the fairy-tale "Cap-o'-Rushes" read by Lee Montague. Jackanory was broadcast until 1996, with around ...
- Children's Television
Jackanory: Created by Mary Tourtel, Alfred Bestall, Joy Whitby. With Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant. A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.
- (423)
- 1965-12-13
- Family, Fantasy
- 15
Jackanory was eventually bumped from its weekday teatime slot to 8.35 am on Sundays, before the BBC finally pulled the plug on the programme in 1996 when it announced that 30 jobs in children’s television would go, with more repeats to be shown.
Jonathon Morris' first professional theatre appearance was playing the title role in Old King Cole, [3] written by Ken Campbell, alongside Sir Daniel Day-Lewis at the Old Vic Theatre, Bristol in 1979. His first major Drama miniseries was Beau Geste in 1983. [4] His first major comedy series was in 1981 with That Beryl Marston…!
Jackanory was a long-running BBC children’s television series that 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. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 1996, with around 3,500 episodes in its 30-year run.
Jackanory is a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 13 December 1965 to 24 March 1996. The show's format was designed to stimulate an interest in reading, and usually involved an actor reading an abridged version of a children's novel or folk tale whilst seated in an armchair.
Jack and the Beanstalk. Rik Mayall reads an updated twist on the traditional tale. Help! I Am a Prisoner in a Toothpaste Factory. View episodes.
