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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.
Find out the available and upcoming episodes of Jackanory, the classic children's story series. Browse by title, narrator, theme and date of broadcast.
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.
See List of Jackanory episodes for the stories broadcast from 13 December 1965 to 9 March 1984. Subsequent stories included: The Lightkeepers (1983), read by Andrew Burt; The Dangerous Journey (1983), read by Andrew Burt; The Wheel on the School, written by Meindert DeJong, read by Peter Settelen
Jackanory Junior - 'Crazy Camelot Capers' King Arthur and the Mighty Contest. 14:09. See all clips.
BBC One - Jackanory. Jackanory. Home. Episodes. Classic and brand new children's stories, brought to life by favourite performers. On iPlayer. Not available. On TV. No upcoming broadcasts....
Network #<Network:0x00007f0bc7bfa160>. Premiered 1965-12-13T00:00:00Z. Runtime 15m. Total Runtime 3d 22h (376 episodes) Country United Kingdom. Languages English. Genres Children. A long-running BBC children's television series. Stories read by well known people of the day, spanning 15min episodes.
