Storyteller

Running Time: 30 minutes (approx)

A touching and innovative series of half-hour programs based on European folk tales and retold in nine new stories.

A human storyteller narrates each tale; mythological and folk creatures are supplied by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. The result is magical for children and parents alike.

Stories include:

A woman bears a hedgehog-child who grows up to live alone in a castle until he does a king a favour and gets the princess's hand in return.

A fearless young man sets out to learn to shudder.

A soldier captures Death in a magic sack.

A storyteller must spin tales to stay alive.

An ogress keeps a princess locked away.

A princess runs away from wedding her father and disguises herself as an ugly forest creature.

A princess searches the earth for her stolen bridegroom.

A princess must keep silent while she works to free her brothers from an evil spell.

A young boy must overcome a heartless giant.

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Main Cast

Cathryn Bradshaw
Jane Horrocks
Bob Peck
Geoffrey Bayldon
Richard Vernon
Joely Richardson
Pauline Moran
Jennifer Saunders
James Wilby
Alison Doody
Image for Miranda RichardsonMiranda Richardson
Image for Jonathan PryceJonathan Pryce
Phillip Jackson
Gabrielle Anwar
Image for Sean BeanSean Bean
Steven Mackintosh
Image for Reece DinsdaleReece Dinsdale
Brian Henson
Image for John HurtJohn Hurt
Willie Ross
Charlie Condou
Eric Richard
Maggie Wilkinson
James Donnelly
Alexander Crockatt
Alistair Fullarton
John Franklin-Robbins
Anthony O'Donnell
Sarah Crowden
Jackson Kyle
Bryan Pringle
John Kavanagh
Frederick Warder
David Swift
Dawn French

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