Long Ago and Far Away is a TV series that aired on PBS Television from 1989 to 1993. It was created by WGBH, a public television broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member of PBS, which allowed for this TV series to be viewed on various other PBS stations. Each episode began with host James Earl Jones sitting in a chair in a room with a table, lamp and window. The walls were blue with white dots in order to make it appear as if these living room items were sitting out in space. James Earl Jones talks during the short opening section, then acts as narrator for the balance of an episode. This series, aimed at children aged six to nine years old, presents stories based on traditional fairy tales. A number of presentation methods were used to tell these stories, with stop motion animation, live-action or cel animation being used depending on the episode. Long Ago and Far Away also featured a number of guest narrators including: Tammy Grimes, Kim Loughran, David Suchet, and Mia Farrow.
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James Earl Jones
Host
Tammy Grimes
Kim Loughran
The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.
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In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.
When a fairy gets locked out of Fairy Tale Land, she's sent to the human world where she tackles different challenges with the power of magic and friendship.
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Sandra, The Fairytale Detective is a Spanish TV series. Created by Imira Productions. It is an animated program aimed at young children that attempts to combine the genres of fairy tales and detective novels. A few years back, Imira Entertainment sought a way to combine those two concepts while simultaneously creating one of the most inventive cartoons in years. Now, the company is taking its proven success and shopping it around a number of new locations, bringing Sandra to TG4 in Ireland and RSI in Switzerland. The Fairytale Detective is accompanied by her pal Fo the Elf, a 508 year old assistant who gathers Sandra’s cases, as well as Rachel, Sandra’s best pal. As if the mysteries weren’t tough enough, Markus will appear on occasion, hoping to spoil the day by bullying Sandra. Thankfully, though, Sandra always finds her way.
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
The Storyteller, aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.
The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC. Based on the fairy tale Snow White, it chronicles Snow White and Prince Charming after they are transported in time from the Enchanted Forest to the 20th Century Los Angeles suburbs.
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The students of all the fairytale characters attend Ever After High, where they are either Royals (students who want to follow in their parent's footsteps) or Rebels (students who wish to write their own destiny).
A modern take on the famous folk tale, Bawang Merah-Bawang Putih (Shallots & Garlic). Alya (Bawang Putih) and Siska (Bawang Merah) are neighbors who go to the same high school. Alya grew up in a rich family and lived happily with her parents, Yasmin and Indra. Meanwhile, Siska, who was considered the closest neighbor by Alya's family, lives with her mother, Rika. They presented themselves as good people until Yasmin fell ill, they killed her when she was hospitalized as part of their scheme to seize Indra's wealth. The plan was successful as Indra later asked Rika's hand into marriage and brought her and her daughter to move into Alya's house. In front of Indra, they pretended to be a very kind and loving mother and daughter, but when Indra was away, Siska and Rika always tortured Alya.
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Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics is a Japanese animated anthology series by Nippon Animation. The episodes are adaptations of a variety of folk and fairy tales, and not limited to Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Old Japanese anime, originally released on VHS in 1986, with each episode telling a different story from the Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Oz Vessalius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, he's cast into the prison known as the "Abyss", only to be saved by a "chain" known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit. It is unknown why was he cast into Abyss, how does Alice factor into it all, and what does the organization known as "Pandora" want with him.
Nine animated stories based on the original Peter Rabbit books by Beatrix Potter.
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15 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Feb 11, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Reluctant Dragon | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Abel's Island | Sep 8, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Happy Circus | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Hungarian Folk Tales | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Talking Parcel - Pt.1 | Jan 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Talking Parcel - Pt.2 | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Svatohor | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Sleeping Princess | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | As Long as He Can Count the Cows | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Man Who Planted Trees | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Silver Cornet | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Bill & Bunny | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Frog and Toad Are Friends | Jan 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Frog and Toad Together | Jan 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
9 episodes • 1990
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beauty & the Beast | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Noah's Ark | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Rarg | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Circus Dreams | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 5 | More Hungarian Folk Tales | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Boy in the Oak Tree | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Oh, Mr. Toad! - Pt.1 | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Oh, Mr. Toad! - Pt. 2 | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Bill the Minder | Feb 4, 1990 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 1991
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship - Pt.1 | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship - Pt.2 | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Uncle Elephant | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Jazztime Tale | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Merlin and the Dragons | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Pegasus the Flying Horse | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Wind in the Willows | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
3 episodes • 1992
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nightingale | Jan 1, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Mouse Soup | Jan 1, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Talking Eggs | Jan 1, 1992 | 0.0 |
David Suchet
Mia Farrow