Grim Tales (television program)

Grim Tales is a British television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown. The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV from 1989 to 1991, then released on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title Grimm Tales.

Synopsis

Rik tells the tales in his own inimitable way from his armchair, designed by David Barrington Holt, complete with paws and ostrich legs. The Stories are almost all interspersed with animation, often fairly abstract, and are directed by Bob Baldwin, with music by Ged Haney & Clive Bell.

The stories were adapted by Anne Caulfield and Anthony Horowitz.

Episodes

Series 1

# The Three Feathers (First Broadcast 14th April 1989)
# The Spirit in the Bottle (First Broadcast 21st April 1989) Animation by Jonathan Hodgson
# The Hare and the Hedgehog (First Broadcast 28th April 1989) Animation by Mike Bennion & Keith Rogerson
# The Valiant Little Tailor (First Broadcast 5th May 1989)
# Rapunzel (First Broadcast 12th May 1989) Animation by Gill Bradley
# The Fisherman and His Wife (First Broadcast 19th May 1989) Animation by 3 Peach Animation
# The Three Little Men in the Wood (First Broadcast 26th May 1989)
# Hansel and Gretel (First Broadcast 2nd June 1989) Animation by Mole Hill & Julian Roberts
# Rumpelstiltskin (First Broadcast 9th June 1989)
# The Twelve Huntsmen (First Broadcast 16th June 1989) Animation by Mike Smith & Susan Young
# Sweet Porridge (First Broadcast 23rd June 1989) Animation by David Lodge Snapper
# The Three Doctors (First Broadcast 30th June 1989)

Series 2

# The Bremen Town Musicians (First Broadcast 13th January 1991)
# The Witch Among Thorns (First Broadcast 20th January 1991) Animation by Jayne Bevitt & Hannah Strange
# The Griffin (First Broadcast 27th January 1991) Animation by Jonathan Bairstow & Peter Richardson
# The Frog Prince (First Broadcast 3rd February 1991)
# The Boots of Buffalo Leather (First Broadcast 10th February 1991)
# The Gnome (First Broadcast 17th February 1991) Animation by Tobias Fouracre
# King Thrushbeard (First Broadcast 24th February 1991)
# The Turnip (First Broadcast 3rd March 1991) Animation by Mike Walker
# The Little Peasant (First Broadcast 10th March 1991)
# The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (First Broadcast 17th March 1991)

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