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Also known as 'Stories and Fables' First episode date 1983 Number of episodes 65 Number of seasons 3 | 8.2/10 IMDb Theme music composer Larry Grossman Final episode date 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based on The book by Veronica Kruger Directed by Sebastian RobinsonPeter SasdyAndrew Grieve Narrated by Claire NielsonIsla BlairVirginia Boston Directors Peter Sasdy, Andrew Grieve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Storybook international uk opening larry grossman 1983
Storybook International (also known as Stories and Fables) is a British children's television series, produced for ITV by Harlech Productions, a part of HTV. The weekly, half-hour show was a collection of folk tales and fairy stories from all over the world, based on an anthology of stories for children published by Gollancz in 1981, edited by Veronica Kruger.
Contents
- Storybook international uk opening larry grossman 1983
- The forbidden door
- Broadcasting
- Theme song
- References
Filmed in such locales as Russia, Ireland and Scandinavia, the series' live-action playlets were based on stories which originated in England, Czechoslovakia, France, Romania, Turkey, Wales, Israel, Norway, China, Africa, India and elsewhere. A few of the stories were campfire legends derived from the Native Americans of New England and the Maori of New Zealand.
The forbidden door
Broadcasting
First broadcast in 1983, it consisted of 65 episodes, aired as three separate seasons. Although its distribution was originally confined to Britain and Europe, Storybook International enjoyed extensive cable play in the US, Scandinavia and the Middle East in subsequent decades. Fitfully released on VHS throughout the 1980s and 1990, the full series was finally made available on DVD in 2006.
Theme song
The show famously began with an animated title sequence with a troubadour singing the theme song, The Storyteller, accompanied by a friendly anthropomorphic fox. The original version was sung in a traditional English folk style, but subsequent international versions had different versions of the song. Notably the US version replaced the line "In England I am John" with "In America I'm John".