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Jackanory

★ 7.2 504 votes 1965–1996 34 seasons · 3580 episodes Returning Series BBC One
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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.

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Season 34
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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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