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Kenneth and Judi recreate some magic Jackanory moments.......
Having seen, downloaded and thoroughly enjoyed the Christopher Walken version of "Three Little Pigs" over at Ray's Saturday Boy it got me thinking.
Whilst I'm sure genuine shows like this must have run around the world one of the best known was our own UK series "Jackanory". It enjoyed all manner of guest readers simply telling stories to camera during it's 1965 - 1996 run.
The most frills you would have got would have been a costume, a vaguely themed seat or, if you were lucky, the odd picture or two displayed whilst the story was told.
Over 3500 episodes some of the most unlikely readers graced the show.
Amongst the line-up, many of which may surprise you, were:-
Alan Bennett
Arthur Lowe
Bernard Cribbins
Billie Whitelaw
Brian Cant
Clement Freud
Denholm Elliott
Elaine Stritch
Floella Benjamin
Freddie Jones
Geraldine McEwan
Harry H. Corbett
Helen Mirren
Helena Bonham Carter
HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales
Ian McKellen
James Bolam
James Robertson
Jeremy Irons
Joanna Lumley
Jon Pertwee
Joyce Grenfell
Judi Dench
Kenneth Williams
Lee Montague
Maggie Smith
Margaret Rutherford
Martin Jarvis
Michael Hordern
Miranda Richardson
Patrick Moore
Patrick Stewart
Patrick Troughton
Paul McGann
Paul Merton
Peter Davison
Peter Sellers
Prunella Scales
Rik Mayall
Sarah Greene
Spike Milligan
Sylvester McCoy
Tom Baker
Tony Robinson
Wendy Hiller
Willie Rushton
Rest assured, Ray, I'm still trying to track down the Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan one's.........
posted by Just Somebody @ 7:56 pm
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3 Comments:
Doesn't "Judi" or whoever play 'Moneypenny' in some of the *Bond -movies? ..I'm sure she's familiar from somewhere else, just can't quite place her..
I would think that both IanMcKellen and Jeremy Irons, (well Walken too, honestly) must've been 'right-on' for children stories-sessions; I'm not kidding..
And a lot of the others on the list, I've never committed their names, so they're unfamiliar to me. I bet the funniest episodes must've been the ones that were 'right on', so to speak, i.e. not in contrast to the 'storytelling' idea, at all..
That would be DAME Judi. Yeah, she plays M. Apart from having a stellar career at the RSC and playing possibly the greatest EVER Lady Macbeth opposite McKellan's (duh) Macbeth.
And, umm, Carp? What's the difference between HRH Charles whatever and the Prince Of Wales. Did I miss a meeting where they crowned a new one?
"Yeah, Ray, you were asleep. We gave it to Tom Jones."
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