0244 - Stories about Strange Creatures

0244	Stories about Strange Creatures with Geraldine McEwan, Freddie Jones, Ted Ray, John Stride and George Cole

1164	The Laughing Dragon	04:40pm - 04:55pm Monday, 24th May 1971
	The Blue Baboon who played the flute; the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute; the Attery Squash; the Bisky Bat; and today the Laughing Dragon. These are just a few of the strange (and not so strange) creatures in Jackanory this week. There's a different story and a different storyteller every day.
	With	Geraldine McEwan
	Written by	Mahood
	Illustrated by	Helen Oxenbury
	The Quangle Wangle's Hat
	With	Geraldine McEwan
	Written by	Edward Lear
	Illustrated by	Helen Oxenbury

1165	The Beginning of the Armadillos	04:40pm - 04:55pm Tuesday, 25th May 1971
	With	Freddie Jones
	Written by	Rudyard Kipling
	Illustrated by	Guilio Maestro

1166	The Bear's Winter House and The Bear's Water Picnic	04:40pm - 04:55pm Wednesday, 26th May 1971
	With	Ted Ray
	Written by	John Yeoman and Quentin Blake

1167	The Griffin and the Minor Cannon	04:40pm - 04:55pm Thursday, 27th May 1971
	With	John Stride
	Written by	Frank Stockton
	Illustrated by	Maurice Sendak

1168	Two Cats in America	04:40pm - 04:55pm Friday, 28th May 1971
	With	George Cole
	Written by	Mischa Damjan
	Illustrated by	Ralph Steadman
	Mog, The Forgetful Cat
	With	George Cole
	Written by	Judith Kerr

Music by

Paul Reade

Directed by

Marilyn Fox and Jeremy Swan

Series Producer

Anna Home

Channel

BBC-1 (colour)

Archive format

non-extant