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Jackanory
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.
- Status
- Returning Series
- Type
- Scripted
- Last aired
- 1991-01-04
- Language
- English
BBC One
Seasons
Season 1
50 episodes · 1965
No season synopsis available yet.
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1979-1980
10 episodes · 1979
The Hobbit, Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Wildling, The Witch In Our Attic, and many others
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Season 19
2 episodes · —
No season synopsis available yet.
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Season 29
1 episodes · —
No season synopsis available yet.
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Season 34
24 episodes · —
ran from Sun, Oct 8, 1995 to Sun, Mar 24, 1996
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Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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Air dates
- First aired
- 1965-12-13
- Latest episode
- 1991-01-04
- Status
- Returning Series
- Next release
- In production
- Season 113 Dec 1965
- 1979-19801 Oct 1979
- Season 19TBA
- Season 29TBA
- Season 34TBA
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