Jackanory (1965)


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Jackanory
GenreFamily
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono, Stereo
ColorBlack and White, Color

Jackanory is a long-running BBC children's television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first aired on 13 December 1965, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap o' Rushes read by Lee Montague. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 24 March 1996, clocking up around 3,500 episodes in its 30 year run. The show returned on 27 November 2006, with a new series beginning in 2007 on CBBC.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Storyteller

Bernard Holley
Storyteller

Ray Smith
Storyteller

Rodney Bewes
Storyteller

Dilys Hamlett
Storyteller

Keith Barron
Storyteller

Storyteller

Ronald Eyre
Storyteller

Storyteller

Rosemary Leach
Storyteller

Joe Melia
Storyteller

John Grant
Storyteller

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Wendy Wood
Storyteller

Clement Freud
Storyteller

Storyteller

Enid Lorimer
Storyteller

Storyteller

George Benson
Storyteller

Ted Ray
Storyteller

Gordon Gostelow
Storyteller

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Ann Morrish
Storyteller

Marian Diamond
Storyteller

Gilbert Wynne
Storyteller

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David Wood
Storyteller

George Browne
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Gordon Rollings
Storyteller

Stratford Johns
Storyteller

Michael Gaunt
Storyteller

Charles Hyatt
Storyteller

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Elisabeth Welch
Storyteller

Harry Fowler
Storyteller

Ronald Hines
Storyteller

Michael Bryant
Storyteller

H.E. Todd
Storyteller

Rosalie Crutchley
Storyteller

Nick Wilton
Storyteller

Tony Smythe
Storyteller

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Dandy Nichols
Storyteller

Glynn Christian
Storyteller

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John Bird
Storyteller

Simon Ward
Storyteller

The Stranger 

Storyteller

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Brian Way
Storyteller

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Caroline Benn
Storyteller

Patrick Boyle
Storyteller

Eileen Colwell
Storyteller

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Setsuko Iko
Storyteller

Dinsdale Landen
Storyteller

Charles Leno
Storyteller

Compton MacKenzie
Storyteller

Alfred Marks
Storyteller

Maureen Potter
Storyteller

Bob Roberts
Storyteller

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Anita Seal
Storyteller

Red Shiveley
Storyteller

Ann Way
Storyteller

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Eugene Fraser
Storyteller

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Susanne Hart
Storyteller

Samira Kirollos
Storyteller

Robert Lee
Storyteller

Don Macklin
Storyteller

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Mary Miller
Storyteller

Zia Mohyeddin
Storyteller

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Alison Prince
Storyteller

Daphne Slater
Storyteller

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Billy Boyle
Storyteller

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Edward de Souza
Storyteller

John Ebdon
Storyteller

Diana Graves
Storyteller

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Magnus Magnusson
Storyteller

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Richard Monette
Storyteller

Marina Samad
Storyteller

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Mary Webster
Storyteller

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Patricia Connor
Storyteller

Beryl Cooke
Storyteller

Alex Glasgow
Storyteller

Hannah Gordon
Storyteller

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Raymond Leppard
Storyteller

Alex Marshall
Storyteller

Rod McLennan
Storyteller

Dan Meaden
Storyteller

Mia Nadasi
Storyteller

Sonja Nerdrum
Storyteller

Marian Norris
Storyteller

Joseph O'Conor
Storyteller

Larry Parker
Storyteller

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Robert Swann
Storyteller

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Lawrence James
Storyteller

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Angela Down
Storyteller

Polly Elwes
Storyteller

Sandor Elès
Storyteller

Paul Jones
Storyteller

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Don McKay
Storyteller

Donald Pickering
Storyteller

Jo Rowbottom
Storyteller

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John Slater
Storyteller

Gary Watson
Storyteller

Geoffrey Wheeler
Storyteller

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Anthony Boden
Timimoto

John Cairney
Storyteller

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Blain Fairman
Storyteller

Janina Faye
Storyteller

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Storyteller

John Laurie
Storyteller

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Alfred Lynch
Storyteller

Al Mancini
Storyteller

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Bob Sherman
Storyteller

Richard Wattis
Storyteller

Nicholas Burslem
Simon

Vicky Maddern

Lesley Roach
Etty

Denise Salt
Molly Dudgeon

Stephen Brown
Max

Louise Burton
Eileen Hadley

Elspeth Charlton
Shoko

Martin Beaumont
Billandben

Deborah Cooper
Jane

Timothy Horton
Barty Fergus

Heather Seymour

Brian Godfrey
Peter Hadley

Ricky Stirland
Ben

Carole Hayman
Queen of Midnight

Lee Chamberlain
Froggy

Roland Pickering
Barney

Lorraine Windsor
Jenny Hawthorn

Alice Stirland
Mum

Gary Thornton
Bob Hadley

Jim Bywater
Miko

Jimmy Berriman
Goggles

Uncle Merry

Ric Felgate
Mr. Hawthorn

Max Diamond
Mr. Mansion

Frank Middlemass
The Colonel

Elizabeth Hanson
Nightingale

Ricky Alleyne
Duke

John Barron
Bert

The Black Vicar

John Barrett
Captain Pye

Susan McGoun
Spirits

Gavin Breck

Kim Smith
Bletchley

Gerald Toomey
Cecil

Antony Webb
Fred Muddle

John Surman
Red Dragon

John Dunbar
The Vicar

Penelope Parry
The Lady in the Park

Anthony Rowlands

Julia Cornelius
Joan Muddle

Alex McDonald
Dandy Dobson

Jane Rushton

John Tucker
The M.P.

Peter Thornton
Inspector Hadley

Michael Graze
Artie Pusey

Stanley Jack
Fletcher Henderson Binns

John Colclough
Alan Dicker

Peter Lund
The Foreman

Fred McNaughton
Will Wicks

Michael Aspel
Himself

Hugh Balfour-Paul

Philippa Balfour-Paul

Veronica Balfour-Paul

Ivan Dally

Shenah Douglas

Barney Galpern

Ian Halliburton

Walter Jackson

Louise MacLaren

Angus Martin

Gareth Thomas

Sherrie Hewson
Storyteller

Storyteller

Storyteller

Bridget Searle
Storyteller

John Anderson
Storyteller

Lisa Langdon
Storyteller

Catherina Ferraz
Storyteller

Indira Brown
Storyteller

Storyteller

Brian Peck
Storyteller

Jason Kemp
David

Donald Groves
Father

Frank Lester
Mr. Symonds

Reader 

Mike Hope
Storyteller

Albie Keen
Storyteller

Storyteller

Reader

Storyteller

James Kerry
Storyteller

Meg Wynn Owen
Storyteller

John Earle
Storyteller

Reader

Reader 

Storyteller

Angela Bruce
Herself

Reader

Reader 

Mark Kempner
Mr. Floppy, country dancing teacher

Director

Marilyn Fox

Angela Beeching

Susan Ball

Paul Ciani

Jeremy Swan

Daphne Jones

John Prowse

Paul Stone

Joanne Symons

David Coulter

Howard Kennett

Jenny Nimmo

Brian Hawkins

Alexander C. McCourt

David Turnbull

Hazel Lewthwaite

Susan McConnell

Susan Falck-Therkelsen

David Turnbull

Bil Keating

Elizabeth Harden

Anna Home

Christine Secombe

Roger Damon Price

Jonathan Stedall

Michael Grafton-Robinson

Tony Hickey

Humphrey Carpenter

Iris Mayhew

Nigel Douglas

Philippa Langdale

Nick Willing

David Bell

Pauline Carter

Susan Falck-Therkelson

Janie Griffiths

Brian Hawkins

Richard Kelly

Michael Kerrigan

Nel Romano

Joanna Symons

Writer

Marilyn Fox

Angela Beeching

Paul Ciani

Jeremy Swan

Susan Ball

Daphne Jones

Jenny Nimmo

John Prowse

Denise Cremona

Joanne Symons

Paul Stone

Philippa Pearce

David Coulter

Anna Home

Helen Cresswell

Alison Uttley

Nina Bawden

Howard Kennett

Susan McConnell

E. Nesbit

John Grant

Alf Prøysen

Noel Streatfeild

Clement Freud

Ursula Moray Williams

Christine Secombe

Eleanor Farjeon

Michael Bond

Caroline Rush

Mary Tourtel

Richard Hughes

Mary Norton

George Selden

Rosemary Sutcliff

Patricia Lynch

Elisabeth Beresford

Humphrey Carpenter

H.E. Todd

Trevor Hill

Alfred Bradley

Edward Ardizzone

Elizabeth Harden

Alfred Bestall

Lucy M. Boston

Bertha Upton

Norman Hunter

Lorna Wood

Richmal Crompton

Jean de Brunhoff

Roy Brown

Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy

Jo Rice

Anonymous

Philip Bate

Shirley Goulden

Jacob Grimm

Wilhelm Grimm

Kathleen Hale

Eileen Hall

Dilys Hamlett

Barbara Ireson

Stratford Johns

Erich Kästner

Beryl Rocques

John Chapple

Barbara Euphan Todd

Elizabeth Goudge

Barbara Parker

Alison Prince

Henry Allen Wedgwood

Gillian Avery

Edward Blishen

Christianna Brand

Caumery

Brian Hawkins

Tony Hickey

Edna Hurup

Charles Hyatt

Josephine Marquand

Stuart McHugh

Rosemary Weir

Eric Allen

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Kathleen Killip

Gunnel Linde

Rosemary Manning

Iris Mayhew

Jørgen Moe

Robert Nye

Anne Parker

Larry Parker

John Pudney

Gwynedd Rae

John Rowe Townsend

Barbara Sleigh

Margaret Thomas

Nikolai Tolstoy

Rev. W. Awdry

Margaret J. Baker

Antonia Barber

Anne Barrett

Diana Frances Bell

Paul Berna

Dorothy Clewes

Marcus Cooney

Monique P. De Ladebat

Ernest Dudley

Susan Falck-Therkelsen

C. Walter Hodges

Richard Potts

Kate Serèdy

Prudence Andrew

Giambattista Basile

Bruce Carter

Kathleen Fidler

J.B.S. Haldane

J.P. Martin

André Maurois

Mrs. Molesworth

Joan G. Robinson

Ann Stone

Ruth Underhill

Joyce West

Eve Burgess

Louise Fatio

Margery Fisher

Jonathan Swift

Noel Langley

Anthea Davies

Norma Douglas-Henry

Eleanor Estes

Clive King

Jan Wahl

Dick King-Smith

Meindert de Jong

Alison Farthing

Ray Pope

Constance Heward

Jane Yolen

Honor Arundel

Rumer Godden

Rutgers Van Der Loeff

Mischa Damjan

John Burningham

Barbara Willard

Quentin Blake

Frank R. Stockton

Joy Whitby

Producer

Anna Home
series producer / producer 

Daphne Jones
producer

Molly Cox
associate producer / assistant producer

Joy Whitby
producer

David Coulter
producer / assistant producer

David Turnbull
producer

Paul Ciani
producer

Trevor Hill
producer

Angela Beeching
producer

Nick Willing
producer

Nel Romano
producer

Original Music

Jonathan Cohen

Patrick Harvey

Michael Jessett

Malcolm Williamson

Alan Cumberland

Trevor Holroyd

Paul Reade

Martin Goldstein

Non-Original Music

Cinematographer

Jan Richter-Friis

Editor

Terry Cornelius

George McMurdo

James Colina

Hugh Williams

Casting Director

Sue Odell

Production Designer

Judy Steel

Ros Inglis

Roger Chapman

Andy Dimond

Nic Pallace

Costume Designer

Hazel Pethig

Makeup Department

Neill Gorton
special makeup effects artist

Lizzie Parkins
assistant makeup artist

Anne Spiers
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mark Challenor
first assistant director

Julie Halliday
second assistant director

Art Department

Paul Birkbeck
illustrator / graphics 

James Matthews-Joyce
art department photographer / graphic artist 

Carol Jones
illustrator

Mina Martinez
illustrator / graphics

Peter Rush
illustrator / graphics 

Paul Wright
illustrator

Graham McCallum
illustrator / graphics

Hilary Hayton
graphics / illustrator 

Allan Stomann
illustrator / consulting artist

Jean Braid
graphics

Quentin Blake
illustrator / illustrator: The Witch's Cat

Clare Beaton
illustrator

Bernard Blatch
illustrator

Gareth Floyd
illustrator

Giulietta Stomann
illustrator

Ernest Shepard
illustrator

Charles Front
illustrator

John Grant
illustrator

Geoffrey Dickinson
illustrator

Trevor Ridley
illustrator

Alasdair Anderson
illustrator

Lawrence Henry
illustrator

David Knight
illustrator

John Cooper
illustrator

Stan Riley
illustrator

Edward Ardizzone
illustrator

Florence Upton
illustrator

Frank Francis
illustrator

Margaret Tempest
illustrator

Benvenuti
illustrator

illustrator

Susan Beatrice Pearse
illustrator

Berkley Sutcliffe
illustrator

Helen Binyon
shadow puppets

John Friedlander
puppet maker

Joan Hickson
illustrator

Garth Williams
illustrator

Pearl Binder
illustrator

Faith Jaques
illustrator

Angela Mulliner
illustrator

J.P. Pinchon
illustrator

Michel Simeon
illustrator

Richard Kennedy
illustrator

illustrator

illustrator

Sandra Archibald
illustrator

Laurence Henry
illustrator

Diana Stanley
illustrator

Alan Stewart
illustrator

illustrator

Barry Wilkinson
illustrator

Alfred Wurmser
graphics

Roger Duvoisin
illustrator

Haro Hodson
illustrator

Nina Martinez
illustrator

John Whitham
illustrator

C. Reginald Dalby
illustrator

Geoff Dickinson
illustrator / illustrator: The Quins

Carol Barker
illustrator

Ralph Steadman
illustrator: The Little Prince and the Tiger Cat / illustrator: Two Cats in America

John Burningham
illustrator / illustrator: Humbert, Mr Firkin, and the Lord Mayor of London

John T. Kenney
illustrator

Dale Maxey
illustrator

Maurice Sendak
illustrator

Sound Department

Keith Goodman
boom operator

Robert Miles
sound recordist

Visual Effects

Badruddin Badruddin
animator

Oliver Davis
animator

Adam Dewhirst
model maker

Erik Ellefsen
animator

Matt Estela
visual effects supervisor

Chris Nunwick
animator

Gaia Predassi
digital effects artist

Ceylan Shevket
model maker

Howard Sly
animator

Chris Syborn
digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department

A.A. Englander
camera operator: film

Animation Department

Giulietta Stomann
animator

Alfred Wurmser
animator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Mark Foster
costume supervisor

Emma Gillson
costume assistant

Music Department

Michael Jessett
musician: guitar / musician: accompaniment

Jack Fallon
musician: violin

Martin Goldstein
musician: piano

Jonathan Cohen
musician: piano

Paul Reade
musical advisor

Terry Davies
conductor / orchestrator

Other Crew

Joanne Symons
production team / researcher 

Anna Home
production team

Paul Ciani
production team / researcher

David Coulter
production team

Brian Hawkins
production team

June Grimble
researcher

Philip Bate
researcher

Marilyn Fox
researcher

Bil Keating
production team

John Eason Gibson
script consultant

Jonathan Porter
theatrical director

Alix Rutherford
production accountant

Production Company

BBC Television Centre
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Distributor

BBC Television Centre






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