On the 50th anniversary of Jackanory, Frank Cottrell Boyce on the massive impact of listening to Rik Mayall, Kenneth Williams and others read out loud on TV Discover more great stories on the children ...
"I'll tell you a story about Jackanory". The first episode of the children's storytelling programme went out on 13 December 1965, with Cap of Rushes, told by Lee Montague. It was illustrated with ...
Lovers of the BBC story slot can recapture their childhood with illustrator’s images for Stig of the Dump and more A good story creates pictures inside a child’s head, but the much-loved BBC ...
The classic children's BBC storytelling show, Jackanory, is set to make a comeback. The legendary programme, which saw droves of famous names reading children's books, has become the latest programme ...
Veteran actor Bernard Cribbins has said he would like to see the children's storytelling series Jackanory return in its original format. "I do wish that it could be brought back in the form that it ...
As if by magic, computer-animated genies and goblins will bring Jackanory back to BBC1 next Monday after an absence of more than 10 years. John Sessions appears in Muddle Earth to narrate the first ...
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Drawings from Roald Dahl Jackanory go on display
A rare piece of children's television history went on display at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. In 1986, comedian and actor Rik Mayall performed a version of the author's book George's ...
Classic children's storytelling programme Jackanory is to be brought back to TV screens. Alison Sharman, who took over as controller of the BBC's children's department in June, has signalled her ...
Academy Award and Bafta Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley, whose versatility has seen him play everyone from Gandhi to a gangster in Sexy Beast, is now turning his talents to narrating children's ...
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