Joy Whitby
Director
Jackanory (1965)
Season 1
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.
Released Dec. 13, 1965
Episode 15 min
2+
Keywords: imdb.anthology, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.surrealism, imdb.reading, imdb.illustration, imdb.title-based-on-poem, imdb.children-s-literature + 3 more, imdb.book, imdb.british, imdb.england
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Episode 1
Dec. 13, 1965, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Dec. 14, 1965, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Dec. 15, 1965, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
Dec. 16, 1965, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
Dec. 17, 1965, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Dec. 20, 1965, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Dec. 21, 1965, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
Dec. 22, 1965, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
Dec. 23, 1965, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
Dec. 24, 1965, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
Dec. 27, 1965, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
Dec. 28, 1965, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
Dec. 29, 1965, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
Dec. 30, 1965, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15
Dec. 31, 1965, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
Jan. 3, 1966, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17
Jan. 4, 1966, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18
Jan. 5, 1966, midnight
S1E19 - Episode 19
Jan. 6, 1966, midnight
S1E20 - Episode 20
Jan. 7, 1966, midnight
S1E21 - Episode 21
Jan. 10, 1966, midnight
S1E22 - Episode 22
Jan. 11, 1966, midnight
S1E23 - Episode 23
Jan. 12, 1966, midnight
S1E24 - Episode 24
Jan. 13, 1966, midnight
S1E25 - Episode 25
Jan. 14, 1966, midnight
S1E26 - Episode 26
Jan. 17, 1966, midnight
S1E27 - Episode 27
Jan. 18, 1966, midnight
S1E28 - Episode 28
Jan. 19, 1966, midnight
S1E29 - Episode 29
Jan. 20, 1966, midnight
S1E30 - Episode 30
Jan. 21, 1966, midnight
S1E31 - Episode 31
Jan. 24, 1966, midnight
S1E32 - Episode 32
Jan. 25, 1966, midnight
S1E33 - Episode 33
Jan. 26, 1966, midnight
S1E34 - Episode 34
Jan. 27, 1966, midnight
S1E35 - Episode 35
Jan. 28, 1966, midnight
S1E36 - Episode 36
Jan. 31, 1966, midnight
S1E37 - Episode 37
Feb. 1, 1966, midnight
S1E38 - Episode 38
Feb. 2, 1966, midnight
S1E39 - Episode 39
Feb. 3, 1966, midnight
S1E40 - Episode 40
Feb. 4, 1966, midnight
S1E41 - Episode 41
Feb. 7, 1966, midnight
S1E42 - Episode 42
Feb. 8, 1966, midnight
S1E43 - Episode 43
Feb. 9, 1966, midnight
S1E44 - Episode 44
Feb. 10, 1966, midnight
S1E45 - Episode 45
Feb. 11, 1966, midnight
S1E46 - Episode 46
Feb. 14, 1966, midnight
S1E47 - Episode 47
Feb. 15, 1966, midnight
S1E48 - Episode 48
Feb. 16, 1966, midnight
S1E49 - Episode 49
Feb. 17, 1966, midnight
S1E50 - Episode 50
Feb. 18, 1966, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 15 min.
Season Runtime: 15 min.
Released: Dec. 13, 1965
Last Air Date: Jan. 4, 1991, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-Y / 2+
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