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.
CreatorsJoy Whitby, Mary Tourtel, Alfred Bestall
Episode 1
Dec 13, 1965
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Episode 2
Dec 14, 1965
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Episode 3
Dec 15, 1965
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Episode 4
Dec 16, 1965
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Episode 5
Dec 17, 1965
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Episode 6
Dec 20, 1965
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Episode 7
Dec 21, 1965
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Episode 8
Dec 22, 1965
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Episode 9
Dec 23, 1965
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Episode 10
Dec 24, 1965
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Episode 11
Dec 27, 1965
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Episode 12
Dec 28, 1965
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Episode 13
Dec 29, 1965
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Episode 14
Dec 30, 1965
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Episode 15
Dec 31, 1965
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Episode 16
Jan 3, 1966
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Episode 17
Jan 4, 1966
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Episode 18
Jan 5, 1966
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Episode 19
Jan 6, 1966
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Episode 20
Jan 7, 1966
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Episode 21
Jan 10, 1966
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Episode 22
Jan 11, 1966
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Episode 23
Jan 12, 1966
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Episode 24
Jan 13, 1966
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Episode 25
Jan 14, 1966
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Episode 26
Jan 17, 1966
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Episode 27
Jan 18, 1966
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Episode 28
Jan 19, 1966
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Episode 29
Jan 20, 1966
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Episode 30
Jan 21, 1966
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Episode 31
Jan 24, 1966
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Episode 32
Jan 25, 1966
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Episode 33
Jan 26, 1966
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Episode 34
Jan 27, 1966
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Episode 35
Jan 28, 1966
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Episode 36
Jan 31, 1966
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Episode 37
Feb 1, 1966
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Episode 38
Feb 2, 1966
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Episode 39
Feb 3, 1966
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Episode 40
Feb 4, 1966
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Episode 41
Feb 7, 1966
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Episode 42
Feb 8, 1966
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Episode 43
Feb 9, 1966
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Episode 44
Feb 10, 1966
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Episode 45
Feb 11, 1966
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Episode 46
Feb 14, 1966
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Episode 47
Feb 15, 1966
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Episode 48
Feb 16, 1966
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Episode 49
Feb 17, 1966
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Episode 50
Feb 18, 1966
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