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Nursery Rhymes
1982 9.0 (1 votes) 1h 0m
Genres
Family Music
Production Companies
Granada Ventures Ltd.
AB+C Longman Video
ADS, California

Nursery Rhymes

Overview

70 favourite traditional songs and rhymes presented as a pop-up book which comes to life through animation, puppetry & live performances. The beautiful visual world draws on the work of such classic children's illustrators as Arthur Rackham (Peter Pan) & John Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland). A delightful musical score by Tony & Grammy winning composer John Du Prez, features everything form Northumbrian pipes to Baroque orchestra, folk guitar, early instruments, military band, fairground organ & even a singing sheep (courtesy of Percy Edwards).

Key Crew

Producer: Dan Maddicott

Director: Mike Milburn-Foster

Top Cast

Isla St Clair

narrator

Floella Benjamin
Floella Benjamin

narrator

Martin Carthy

narrator

Shirley Collins

narrator

Valentine Dyall
Valentine Dyall

narrator

John Du Prez
John Du Prez

narrator

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