About this season
Jackanory is a long-running BBC children's television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap-o'-Rushes read by Lee Montague. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 1996, clocking up around 3,500 episodes in its 30-year run. The final story, The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne, was read by Alan Bennett and broadcast on 24 March 1996. The show returned on 27 November 2006 for two one-off stories. The show's format, which varied little over the decades, involved an actor reading from children's novels or folk tales, usually while seated in an armchair. From time to time the scene being read would be illustrated by a specially commissioned still drawing, often by Quentin Blake. Usually a single book would occupy five daily fifteen-minute episodes, from Monday to Friday.
Episodes (50)
1. Episode 1
Aired 13 December 1965
2. Episode 2
Aired 14 December 1965
3. Episode 3
Aired 15 December 1965
4. Episode 4
Aired 16 December 1965
5. Episode 5
Aired 17 December 1965
6. Episode 6
Aired 20 December 1965
7. Episode 7
Aired 21 December 1965
8. Episode 8
Aired 22 December 1965
9. Episode 9
Aired 23 December 1965
10. Episode 10
Aired 24 December 1965
11. Episode 11
Aired 27 December 1965
12. Episode 12
Aired 28 December 1965
13. Episode 13
Aired 29 December 1965
14. Episode 14
Aired 30 December 1965
15. Episode 15
Aired 31 December 1965
16. Episode 16
Aired 3 January 1966
17. Episode 17
Aired 4 January 1966
18. Episode 18
Aired 5 January 1966
19. Episode 19
Aired 6 January 1966
20. Episode 20
Aired 7 January 1966
21. Episode 21
Aired 10 January 1966
22. Episode 22
Aired 11 January 1966
23. Episode 23
Aired 12 January 1966
24. Episode 24
Aired 13 January 1966
25. Episode 25
Aired 14 January 1966
26. Episode 26
Aired 17 January 1966
27. Episode 27
Aired 18 January 1966
28. Episode 28
Aired 19 January 1966
29. Episode 29
Aired 20 January 1966
30. Episode 30
Aired 21 January 1966
31. Episode 31
Aired 24 January 1966
32. Episode 32
Aired 25 January 1966
33. Episode 33
Aired 26 January 1966
34. Episode 34
Aired 27 January 1966
35. Episode 35
Aired 28 January 1966
36. Episode 36
Aired 31 January 1966
37. Episode 37
Aired 1 February 1966
38. Episode 38
Aired 2 February 1966
39. Episode 39
Aired 3 February 1966
40. Episode 40
Aired 4 February 1966
41. Episode 41
Aired 7 February 1966
42. Episode 42
Aired 8 February 1966
43. Episode 43
Aired 9 February 1966
44. Episode 44
Aired 10 February 1966
45. Episode 45
Aired 11 February 1966
46. Episode 46
Aired 14 February 1966
47. Episode 47
Aired 15 February 1966
48. Episode 48
Aired 16 February 1966
49. Episode 49
Aired 17 February 1966
50. Episode 50
Aired 18 February 1966