Nursery Rhymes
Status:
Released
Production:
Granada Ventures Ltd.
Aired:
1982-03-31
Nursery Rhymes
70 favourite traditional songs and rhymes presented as a pop-up book which comes to life through animation, puppetry & live performances. The beautiful visual world draws on the work of such classic children's illustrators as Arthur Rackham (Peter Pan) & John Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland). A delightful musical score by Tony & Grammy winning composer John Du Prez, features everything form Northumbrian pipes to Baroque orchestra, folk guitar, early instruments, military band, fairground organ & even a singing sheep (courtesy of Percy Edwards).
Family
Music
Characters
Isla St Clair
narrator
Floella Benjamin
narrator
Martin Carthy
narrator
Shirley Collins
narrator
Valentine Dyall
narrator
John Du Prez
narrator