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Jackanory

★ 7.2 487 votes 1965–1996 34 seasons · 3580 episodes Returning Series BBC One
Starring
Bernard CribbinsKenneth WilliamsMartin JarvisJohn GrantAnn MorrishBernard Holley
Written by
Alfred BestallMary Tourtel
Starring
Bernard CribbinsKenneth WilliamsMartin JarvisJohn GrantAnn MorrishBernard Holley
Written by
Alfred BestallMary Tourtel
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About

Jackanory is 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, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap-o'-Rushes read by Lee Montague. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 1996, clocking up around 3,500 episodes in its 30-year run. The final story, The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, was read by Alan Bennett and broadcast on 24 March 1996. The show returned on 27 November 2006 for two one-off stories. The show's format, which varied little over the decades, involved an actor reading from children's novels or folk tales, usually while seated in an armchair. From time to time the scene being read would be illustrated by a specially commissioned still drawing, often by Quentin Blake. Usually a single book would occupy five daily fifteen-minute episodes, from Monday to Friday.

All Seasons

Season 11965
015739h 15m
Season 2
018847h
Season 3
022656h 30m
Season 4
071h 45m
Season 5
018229h
Season 6
0256h 15m
Season 7
019319h 15m
Season 8
051h 15m
Season 9
020150h 15m
Season 10
019147h 45m
Season 11
018446h
Season 12
017744h 15m
Season 13
016340h 45m
Season 14
017944h 45m
Season 15
013132h 45m
Season 16
014436h
Season 17
8.02611127h 45m
1979-19801979
9.51512230h 30m
The Hobbit, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Wildling, The Witch In Our Attic, and many others
Season 19
010325h 45m
Season 20
010726h 45m
Season 21
011428h 30m
Season 22
010025h
Season 23
09223h
Season 24
9.7734310h 45m
Season 25
04812h
Season 26
04511h 15m
Season 27
04611h 30m
Season 28
05012h 30m
Season 29
04812h
Season 30
05012h 30m
Season 31
04010h
Season 32
0358h 45m
Season 33
04912h 15m
Season 34
0246h
ran from Sun, Oct 8, 1995 to Sun, Mar 24, 1996

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bernard Cribbins Storyteller, Bilbo Baggins, Storyteller - 'The Evil Magician'
Kenneth Williams Storyteller
Martin Jarvis Storyteller
John Grant Storyteller
Ann Morrish Storyteller
Bernard Holley Storyteller
Keith Barron Storyteller
William Rushton Storyteller, British Ambassador to Flüt
Ronald Pickup Storyteller
Jan Francis Storyteller

Crew

Alfred Bestall
Mary Tourtel

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