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Jackanory

1965 – nowShow5 seasons · 87 episodesReturning

Kids
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2
76
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2

Summary

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.

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  • Family movie night
  • Kids
  • Teens

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  • You want dark or edgy material

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  • Warms you up.
  • Feels like comfort food.

Not for scares, brutality or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Don't Try This at Homein 249 titlesUnfortunately, not used during Rik Mayall's famous reading of George's Marvellous Medicine, during which he acted out mixing up the famous medicine.All 7 tropes

Jackanory episodes

5 seasons · 87 episodes

  1. S17 E41 The Moon in the Cloud: Part 1 - Noah's Vision, 7.7
  1. S18 E1 The Hobbit, 9.5
  1. S24 E1 George's Marvellous Medicine: The Marvellous Plan, 9.4
  2. S24 E2 George's Marvellous Medicine: The Cook-Up, 9.8
  3. S24 E3 George's Marvellous Medicine: Grandma Gets the Medicine, 9.8

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