Who has heard of "The Storyteller" TV series?
My girlfriend found this DVD by chance that she remembers from years ago on Swedish TV, a 9-epsiode TV series called "The Storyteller".
Basically they are classic German, Russian & Celtic folk/faerie tales narrated by John Hurt, and they are all acted out by some (very young-looking!) British actors alongside puppet creations from Jim Henson.
I'd never heard of this series at all, despite having Labyrinth and Dark Crystal and recalling the Muppet Show from my youth, and this series is absoultely fantastic!
Some of the actors involved are Sean Bean, French & Saunders, Miranda Richardson, Joley Richardson and a whole host of ones that I recognised but couldn't put a name to.
The copyright on the credits read 1988, so I would have been 13 at the time, and I'm amazed I've not heard of this before.
Does anyone remember this series from when it was originally broadcast?
If you get chance I can thoroughly recommend it - though my girlfriend said she could only source it from Canada, of all places!
TV programmes on tv roughly the same time
Hello,
I'm glad I found this forum. I was looking for info about a programme I think was called "Everything Under The Sun" i'm sure it was on around the same time as The Storyteller. They were both quite similar.
Can anyone help?
Oh, and I think there was more to The Storyteller song. Something like:" To teach you good sense when all else fails, sometimes there are tears, sometimes there is laughter, but always, a happy ever after"
I'm sorry, I got carried away.
Storybook International DVD
hi everyone,
just wanted to let you know, if you're looking for "Storybook Inernational" aka "International Storyteller", the complete series (65 x 24-minute episodes over 10 discs) is available to buy on dvd here:
starmaker2.com/storybookinternational/SI-Theme.html
US$69.95
equiv.£37.02
or 55.07 EUROS (excl. shipping)
on the webpage, there's a clip of the opening song/animated sequence..."i'm a story teller, and my stories must be told...".
i think it has been re-recorded as, i recall the male vocal was somewhat deeper toned.
i assume they couldn't get clearance to use it? perhaps, the original singer is dead/missing/hiding?
either way, it's worth seeing again. the expressions the fox does cracks me up everytime!
best,
damo