Jackanory
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Season 39
S39 · E1 · Sep 4, 1986
George's Marvellous Medicine - The Marvellous Plan Episode 1
S39 · E2 · Sep 4, 1986
George's Marvellous Medicine - The Cook Up Episode 2
S39 · E3 · Sep 4, 1986
George's Marvellous Medicine - Grandma Gets The Medicine Episode 3
S39 · E4 · Sep 4, 1986
George's Marvellous Medicine - The Pig, The Bullocks, The Sheep, The Pony and The Nanny-Goat Episode 4
S39 · E5 · Sep 4, 1986
George's Marvellous Medicine - Marvellous Medicine Numbers Two, Three and Four Episode 5
5 episodes in Season 39
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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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Joy Whitby Creator · Mary Tourtel Creator Alfred Bestall Creator
Total runtime 105h 0m · Episode length 15 min · Country United Kingdom
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Premiered
December 13, 1965
Final episode
January 16, 1995
Status
Returning series
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
Episode length
15 min
Total runtime
105h 0m
Original language
English
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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