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Jackanory

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First Aired:December 13, 1965

Seasons:5 seasons

Episodes:87

Status:Returning Series

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 & Episodes

E1Episode 1

Dec 13, 1965

E2Episode 2

Dec 14, 1965

E3Episode 3

Dec 15, 1965

E4Episode 4

Dec 16, 1965

E5Episode 5

Dec 17, 1965

E6Episode 6

Dec 20, 1965

E7Episode 7

Dec 21, 1965

E8Episode 8

Dec 22, 1965

E9Episode 9

Dec 23, 1965

E10Episode 10

Dec 24, 1965

E11Episode 11

Dec 27, 1965

E12Episode 12

Dec 28, 1965

E13Episode 13

Dec 29, 1965

E14Episode 14

Dec 30, 1965

E15Episode 15

Dec 31, 1965

E16Episode 16

Jan 3, 1966

E17Episode 17

Jan 4, 1966

E18Episode 18

Jan 5, 1966

E19Episode 19

Jan 6, 1966

E20Episode 20

Jan 7, 1966

E21Episode 21

Jan 10, 1966

E22Episode 22

Jan 11, 1966

E23Episode 23

Jan 12, 1966

E24Episode 24

Jan 13, 1966

E25Episode 25

Jan 14, 1966

E26Episode 26

Jan 17, 1966

E27Episode 27

Jan 18, 1966

E28Episode 28

Jan 19, 1966

E29Episode 29

Jan 20, 1966

E30Episode 30

Jan 21, 1966

E31Episode 31

Jan 24, 1966

E32Episode 32

Jan 25, 1966

E33Episode 33

Jan 26, 1966

E34Episode 34

Jan 27, 1966

E35Episode 35

Jan 28, 1966

E36Episode 36

Jan 31, 1966

E37Episode 37

Feb 1, 1966

E38Episode 38

Feb 2, 1966

E39Episode 39

Feb 3, 1966

E40Episode 40

Feb 4, 1966

E41Episode 41

Feb 7, 1966

E42Episode 42

Feb 8, 1966

E43Episode 43

Feb 9, 1966

E44Episode 44

Feb 10, 1966

E45Episode 45

Feb 11, 1966

E46Episode 46

Feb 14, 1966

E47Episode 47

Feb 15, 1966

E48Episode 48

Feb 16, 1966

E49Episode 49

Feb 17, 1966

E50Episode 50

Feb 18, 1966

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E1The Hobbit, part 1 - An Unexpected Party

15m

Oct 1, 1979

E2The Hobbit, part 2 - Over Hill and Far Away

15m

Oct 2, 1979

E3The Hobbit, part 3 - Riddles in the Dark

15m

Oct 3, 1979

E4The Hobbit, part 4 - Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

15m

Oct 4, 1979

E5The Hobbit, part 5 - Flies and Spiders

15m

Oct 5, 1979

E6The Hobbit, part 6 - Barrels out of Bond

15m

Oct 8, 1979

E7The Hobbit, part 7 - Inside Information

15m

Oct 9, 1979

E8The Hobbit, part 8 - Fire and Water

15m

Oct 10, 1979

E9The Hobbit, part 9 - The Clouds Burst

15m

Oct 11, 1979

E10The Hobbit, part 10 - The Last Stage

15m

Oct 12, 1979

E42Mortimer's Portrait on Glass Part 1 - Black Feakle's Bog

E43Mortimer's Portrait on Glass Part 2 - A Shattering Experience

E3Surprises

Jan 4, 1991

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