Jackanory (1965)
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.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 18
Season 19
Season 29
Season 34
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Episode 1
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Episode 2
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1x3
Episode 3
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Episode 4
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1x5
Episode 5
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Episode 6
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Episode 7
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Episode 8
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Episode 9
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Episode 10
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Episode 11
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Episode 12
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Episode 13
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Episode 14
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Episode 15
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Episode 16
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Episode 17
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Episode 18
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Episode 19
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Episode 20
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Episode 21
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Episode 22
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Episode 23
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Episode 24
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Episode 25
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Episode 26
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Episode 27
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Episode 28
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Episode 29
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Episode 30
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Episode 31
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Episode 32
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Episode 33
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Episode 34
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Episode 35
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Episode 36
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Episode 37
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Episode 38
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Episode 39
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Episode 40
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Episode 41
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Episode 42
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Episode 43
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Episode 44
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Episode 45
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Episode 46
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Episode 47
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Episode 48
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Episode 49
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Episode 50
Episodes season 18
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18x1
The hobbit, part 1 - an unexpected party
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18x2
The hobbit, part 2 - over hill and far away
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18x3
The hobbit, part 3 - riddles in the dark
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18x4
The hobbit, part 4 - out of the frying pan, into the fire
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18x5
The hobbit, part 5 - flies and spiders
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18x6
The hobbit, part 6 - barrels out of bond
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18x7
The hobbit, part 7 - inside information
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18x8
The hobbit, part 8 - fire and water
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18x9
The hobbit, part 9 - the clouds burst
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18x10
The hobbit, part 10 - the last stage
Episodes season 19
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19x42
Mortimer's portrait on glass part 1 - black feakle's bog
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19x43
Mortimer's portrait on glass part 2 - a shattering experience
Episodes season 29
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29x3
Surprises
Episodes season 34
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34x1
Roald dahl special
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34x2
A selection of swashbuckling tales
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34x3
The worst witch
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34x4
Animal tales from down on the farm
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34x5
A midnight feast of stories
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34x6
Prehistoric tales
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34x7
Monster stories
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34x8
Stories about friendship
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34x9
Stories with a ghostly theme
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34x10
Pets
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34x11
Burglar bill
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34x12
Jack and the beanstalk
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34x13
A boy called arthur
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34x14
The diary of a killer cat
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34x15
Fingal
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34x16
Willa and old miss annie
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34x17
Here we go!
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34x18
The magic boathouse
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34x19
Fantastic mr. fox: part 1
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34x20
Fantastic mr. fox: part 2
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34x21
Clive and the missing finger
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34x22
Potion commotion
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34x23
Coming to england
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34x24
The house at pooh corner
