A feast for young viewers
Vampires, fairytales, fantasy and drama — Two has a feast of Sunday afternoon entertainment for younger viewers tomorrow. It begins at 3.30 p.m.
with Rat, Toad, Mole and Badger in a Thames Tele„vision adaption of Kenneth Grahame’s classic, “The Wind in the Willows.” This animated series
won the B.A.F.T.A. Best Children’s Programme Award in 1983 and an International Emmy Award for Best Children’s Programme in 1984. In this week’s episode, Toad is suffering from a bad cold, but when Rat and Mole arrive, they fear it could be something more serious. Smart listeners will notice that Toad’s voice is provided by David Jason, Del in “Only Fools and Horses” and Grenville in "Open All Hours.” Straight after “The Wind in the Willows,” at 3.50, is a lavish production from America that uses well known film and television stars to bring to life many of the classic Grimm’s fairy tales. “Faerie Tale Theatre” was created by actor Shelley Duvall who, while playing Olive Oyl opposite Robin Williams in a stage version 1 of “Popeye,” thought what a lovely frog Robin (Mork from “Mork and Mindy”) would make
if they produced “The Frog Prince.” Robin agreed and suggested Shelley produce a whole series of the tales, and "Faerie Tale Theatre” was born. During the series big names such as Liza Minnelli,
Tom Conti, Susan Sarandon, Valerie Bertinelli, Leonard Ntaoy, Frank Zappa, Leslie Ann Warren, Vannessa Redgrave, Vincent Price and Joan Collins appear. This week the story is “Sleeping Beauty,” starring Christopher Reeve of “Superman” fame as the handsome prince. “Faerie Tale Theatre” is followed at 4.40 by a programme that offers young viewers something to get their teeth into. It is “The Little Vampire,” a Canadian series based on the popular children’s books by Anna SommerBodenburg, about an 11-year-old boy called Anton who discovers that his best friend is a vampire. “The Little Vampire” is followed by the final episode of the classic Charles Dickens story, “David Copperfield.”
That takes viewers to 6 p.m., which is the traditional "Wonderful World of Disney” time slot.
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