Children's and Family Programming

Ashpet: An American Cinderella

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Folktale Film Group, Delaplane, VA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1990 (first broadcast as part of Tales From the Brothers Grim)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mimi Davenport
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Tom Davenport
WRITER: Roger Manley
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tom Kaufman
EDITOR: Randall Horte
NARRATOR: Louise Anderson
CAST: Kelly Mancini, Susan Tolbert, Brilane Bowman, Louise Anderson, Nancy Robinette, Mitchell Riggs, Tim White

AWARDS: Houston International Film Festival, Gold Award; National Educational Film and Video Festival, Gold Apple; American Film Festival, Finalist; Sinking Creek Film Festival, Honorable Mention; CINE Golden Eagle; Baltimore International Film Festival, Bronze Medal; Columbus (OH) International Film Festival, Gold Award; New York Exposition of Short Films & Videos, Juror Award; American Library Association, Notable Film for Young Adults; International Film & Television Festival of New York, Bronze Medal; Rosebud Award, Washington, DC

PRINT MATERIAL: Study Guide available

FORMAT: 16mm, Video (45:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Davenport Films

Blind Tom: The Story of Thomas Bethune

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: KCET and The Beem Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1986
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Bette Cox
PRODUCERS: Jack Terry, Deke Simon, Pamela Elder
DIRECTOR: Mark Travis
WRITER: Kathleen McGhee Anderson
EDITOR: Arthur Klein
CAST: Bonnie Bartlett, Missy Gold, Ben Piazza, Fran Bennett, Jessie Ferguson, Vaughn Tyree Jelks, Darius Lawrence

AWARDS: International Children's Film and Television Festival, Ruby Slipper Award, Best Television Special, Children's Jury; National Educational Film and Video Festival, Gold Apple, Social Studies Category; NAACP Image Award, Best Children's Special; National Black Programming Consortium, Prized Pieces Competition, Children's/Teen Category; Local Emmy, Creative Technical Crafts

PRINT MATERIAL: Study Guide available

FORMAT: Video (28:48)

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

Booker

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: New Images Productions, Berkeley, CA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1983 (first broadcast on Wonderworks)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Avon Kirkland
PRODUCER: Whitney Green
DIRECTOR: Stan Lathan
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jon Else
EDITOR: Stephen Stept
WRITERS: John Allman, Charles Johnson
CAST: Levar Burton, Shelley Duvall, James Bond III, Marian Mercer, Shavar Ross, C.C.H. Pounder, Marian Mercer, Thalmus Rasulala

AWARDS/FESTIVALS: Banff Television Festival, Best of Festival, Children; Houston Educational Film Festival, Silver Award; Birmingham International Education Film Festival, Best of Festival; Odyssey Institute Media Awards Competition, First Prize, Educational/After School; National Educational Film Festival, Best Film, Social Science; Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Best of Festival; Los Angeles Herald Tribune, Selected among "Ten Best" TV programs; American Film Festival, Honorable Mention, Profiles; Writers' Guild of America, Best Script, Children's Category

FORMAT: 16mm, Video (40:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Coronet/MTI Film and Video, Inc. (for Disney Educational Productions)

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY
YEAR PRODUCED: 1983
PRODUCER: Dulcy Singer
DIRECTORS: Lisa Simon, Arlenne Sherman, Tony Geiss
WRITER: Tony Geiss
EDITOR: Matty Powers
CAST: James Mason, Fritz Weaver, Paul Dooley, the cast of Sesame Street

AWARD: International Children's Programming Festival, Prix Jeunesse

FORMAT: Video (60:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Random House Home Video

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Radio Series (Documentary and Drama)

Program 1
Origins
focuses on word derivations, music history, and etiological myths.

Program 2
Frontier Days
tells of the opening of the American West and explores the ways in which we learn about the past.

Program 3
Kings, Queens, and Castles
introduces aspects of medieval Europe through a mix of dramatized and documentary segments.

Program 4
Hail to the Chief
studies the nature of political power, the need for government, and the meaning of the U.S. Constitution.

Program 5
The Seasons
explores how people around the world interpret a common experience, the weather, through folklore and myth.

Program 6
Sail Away
concentrates on maritime history, the European encounter with the new world, and stories, poems, and myths that have resulted from man's contact with the sea.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: The Children's Audio Service, Chapel Hill, NC, with the Southern Educational Communications Association, Columbia, SC
YEARS PRODUCED: 1986-1990
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Jeanne Phillips
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Charles Potter
SEGMENT PRODUCERS: Candace Barrett Birk, Jack Ellis, Stephen Erickson, Stuart Leigh, David Leveille, Helene Potter, David Rapkin, D. Roberts, Judith Walcutt, Faith Wilding
HOST: John Lithgow

PRINT MATERIAL: A booklet on how to produce your own radio show is available from The Children's Audio Service, 808 Woodland Avenue, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, 909-933-0300

FORMAT: Audiocassette
6 (89:00) programs that can also be used as 8 (29:00) programs

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

The Fig Tree

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: KERA-TV, Dallas, TX and Lumiere Productions, NY
YEAR PRODUCED: 1987 (first broadcast on Wonderworks)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Patricia Perini, Calvin Skaggs
PRODUCER: Terry Benes
DIRECTOR: Calvin Skaggs
ADAPTATION: Stephanie Keys
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Frank Prinzi
EDITOR: Jay Freund
CAST: Teresa Wright, Doris Roberts, Olivia Cole, William Converse-Roberts, Karron Graves

FORMAT: 16mm, Video (60:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: WQED (Metropolitan Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting)

Historian As Detective

Radio Series (Drama and Documentary)

Program 1
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin
presents three segments from Franklin's life (1706–90): his arrival in Philadelphia as a runaway teenager from Boston; his split over the American Revolution with his son William, Governor of New Jersey, who remained loyal to England; and his close relationship with his illegitimate grandson, Temple.

Program 2
The Writings of Francis Parkman
dramatizes the efforts of historian Francis Parkman (1823–93) to recreate the seventeenth and eighteenth-century struggle between England and France for North America.

Program 3
Historians in Wartime Service/D-Day Deceptions
traces the successful Allied plan to mislead the Nazi armies as to the timing and location of the D-Day invasion.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WYNE-FM, Brooklyn, NY
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
COPRODUCERS: Phillip Lewis, Irwin Gonshak, Gary Defrancesco, Cindy Raabe
WRITER: Irwin Gonshak

PRINT MATERIAL: Discussion Guides available

FORMAT: Audiocassette
3 (30:00) programs

DISTRIBUTOR: New York City Board of Education

Long Ago and Far Away

Dramatic Series

The Endowment supported the acquisition and broadcast rights for the first two seasons; partial production of The Fool of the World for the third season; and partial production of three shows in the fourth season: Merlin and the Dragons, The Emperor's New Clothes, and Uncle Elephant

Program 1
Abel's Island
Abel, an articulate and sophisticated mouse, struggles to escape from an island after a torrential rainstorm leaves him stranded there.

AWARDS: Emmy nominee, Best Animated Television Program; Action for Children's Television Award, Outstanding Program; CINE Golden Eagle; American Film and Video Festival, Red Ribbon; Houston International Film and Video Festival, Gold Medal/First Prize for Animation

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: Michael Sporn Animation, Inc., New York, NY, and Italtoons Corporation/SSR-RTSI
YEAR PRODUCED: 1988
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Michael Sporn
ADAPTATION: Maxine Fisher, Michael Sporn (from the book by WilliamSteig)
VOICES: Tim Curry, Lionel Jeffries, Heidi Stallings

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Random House Home Video, ask for 39-489870-02

Program 2
As Long As He Can Count the Cows
When a boy's teacher tries to convince his family in Bhutan that he should have glasses, they are not persuaded that he needs them.

AWARDS: International Children's Programming Festival, Prix Jeunesse; German UNESCO Commission, Cologne, Special Prize and Prize in the Category of Information

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Wide Film Service, Danmarks Radio, and Dandia, Denmark
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Finn Clasen
ADAPTATION OR WRITER: Rumle Hammerick and Tim Cenius
NARRATOR: Brian Paterson
CAST: Ugey Dorji, Dawa Penior, Wangchuk Wangdi, Dago Tshering, Chopen, Tshering Dorji, Tashi Dori, Narjy

FORMAT: (30:00) Live-action

DISTRIBUTOR: Coronet/MTI Film and Video, Inc.

Program 3
Beauty and the Beast
A merchant's daughter volunteers to live in the enchanted castle of the Beast to save her father's life.

AWARDS: Chicago International Festival of Children's Films, First Prize, Animation/Short Videotape; National Educational Film and Video Festival, Bronze Apple; CINE Golden Eagle; Parents Choice Award

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Lightyear Entertainment
YEAR PRODUCED: 1988
PRODUCER: Joshua Greene
DIRECTOR: Mordicai Gerstein
ADAPTATION: Mordicai Gerstein (inspired by the original 18th-century French story by Madame Leprince de Beaumont)
MUSIC: Ernest Traost
NARRATOR: Mia Farrow

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Lightyear Entertainment (home video)

Program 4
Bill and Bunny
Bill and his family welcome the birth of his baby sister Bunny but have to come to terms with the fact that she is different.

AWARD: International Children's Programming Festival, Prix Jeunnesse, Best Children's Program

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Svenska Filminstitutet, Sweden
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984
PRODUCER: Lisbeth Gabrielsson
DIRECTOR: Jan Glasberg
ADAPTATION: Gunilla Bergstroms (from her own book)
NARRATOR: Kim Loughran

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Coronet/MTI Film and Video, Inc.

Program 5
Bill the Minder
This program relates the adventures of a boy who becomes a minder, or babysitter, for his two young cousins.

AWARD: London Film Festival, Outstanding Film of the Year

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: for Bevanfield Films, England, in association with Link Licensing Limited
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
PRODUCER: Mary Swindale
DIRECTOR: Timothy Forder
WRITER: Timothy Forder (based on the books by W. Heath Robinson)
NARRATOR: Peter Chelsom

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Link Licensing Limited

Program 6
The Boy in the Oak Tree
A young boy lives for years in a nest at the top of an oak tree to avoid eating his peas and mashed potatoes.

AWARD: International Children's Programming Festival, Prix Jeunesse

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Sveriges Television, Malmo, Sweden
YEAR PRODUCED: 1987
PRODUCER: Bert Sundberg
DIRECTOR/WRITER: Ake Sandgren
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lasse Bjorne
CAST: Richard Blom, Per Eggers, Sonja Hejdeman, Chess (the dog)

FORMAT: (30:00) Live-action, dubbed in English from the Swedish

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Sveriges Television

Program 7
Circus Dreams
Three episodes explore the world of the traveling circus: a boy finds a magical pet; a sympathetic elephant returns a whale to the sea; and a woodcutter joins the circus after his forest is cut down by developers. (See also The Happy Circus.)

AWARD: Cesar Award (French Oscar)

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: La Maison de Cinema de Grenoble, Antenne 2, and Folimage-Valence, for the French series Le Cirque Bonheur: YEAR PRODUCED: 1986
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jean-Pierre Bailly
CONCEIVED BY: Jacques-Remy Girerd with Annie Fratellini
DIRECTOR: Vincent Bidault, Jean-Pierre Chaligne, Guy Chanel
DIRECTORS/WRITERS: Circus Dream by Franck Flanquart and Pierre Scarella, The Elephant and the Whale by Jacques-Remy Girerd, Timber the Woodsman by Alexandre Fletchet
NARRATOR: Tammy Grimes

FORMAT: (30:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Fremantle International

Program 8
The Emperor's New Clothes
This is an animated adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.; Italtoons Corporation; and WGBH, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1990
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Michael Sporn
ADAPTATION: Maxine Fisher (from the tale by Hans Christian Andersen)
VOICES: Barnard Hughes, Kevin McCarthy

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Family Home Entertainment (home video)

Program 9
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
This classic Russian folktale concerns a Czar who announces he will give his daughter's hand in marriage to the first man who brings him a flying ship. A good-natured simpleton succeeds and marries the princess.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd., England and WGBH, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1990
PRODUCER: Chris Taylor
DIRECTOR: Francis Vose
ADAPTATION: John Hambley (from a classic Russian folktale)
VOICES: John Woodvine, Robin Bailey, Jimmy Hibbert, Barbara Wilshere, Alan Rothwell, Miriam Denham, Martin Jarvis, Edward Kelsey
NARRATOR: David Suchet

FORMAT: (60:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: WGBH

Program 10
Frog and Toad are Friends and Frog and Toad Together
These films present the adventures of the blustery Toad and patient Frog with a behind-the-scenes look at how the filmmaker creates and works with the puppets.

AWARDS/FESTIVALS: Frog and Toad are Friends: CINE Golden Eagle; ALSC Notable Children's Film; Birmingham International Educational Film Festival; National Educational Film and Video Festival; Frog and Toad Together: CINE Golden Eagle; International Film and Television Festival of New York; Parent's Choice Award; Los Angeles International Animation Festival; ALSC Notable Children's Film; Chicago International Festival of Children's Films; National Educational Film & Video Festival; Chicagoland Film Festival; Birmingham International Educational Film Festival

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Churchill Films, Los Angeles, CA
YEAR PRODUCED: Frog and Toad are Friends (1986), Together (1987)
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/ADAPTATION: John Matthews (from books by Arnold Lobel)
VOICES: Hal Smith, Will Ryan
NARRATOR: Arnold Lobel for Frog and Toad are Friends

FORMAT: (two parts, 30:00 each) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: SVE and Churchill Media

Program 11
The Happy Circus
Three episodes explore the world of dreams and fantasy: a boy trapped in a subway stumbles into a magical adventure; a seal leaves the circus to find its true vocation; and two children find excitement when they sneak out of their house at night. (See also Circus Dreams.)

AWARD: Cesar Award (French Oscar)

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: La Maison de Cinema de Grenoble, Antenne 2, and Folimage-Valence, for the French series Le Cirque Bonheur: YEAR PRODUCED: 1986
PRODUCER: Jean-Pierre Bailly
DIRECTOR/WRITERS: The Small Multicolored Circus & The Two Little Nightwalkers by Jacques Remy-Girerd; The Baby Seal by Pierre Veck
NARRATOR: Tammy Grimes

FORMAT: (30:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Coronet/MTI Film and Video, Inc.

Program 12
Hungarian Folk Tales
This program presents three classic Hungarian folktales: Johnny Raven, Pinko, and The Hedgehog. (See also More Hungarian Folktales.)

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Magyar Televizio
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
PRODUCER: Ferenc Mikulas
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Marcell Jankovics
DIRECTORS: Joszef Haui, Maria Horvath, Zsusanna Krioskovics, Zoltan Madarasz
ADAPTATION: Marcell Jankovics (based on three classic Hungarian folktales)
NARRATOR: Tammy Grimes

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Hungarian Television Enterprises

Program 13
Jazztime Tale
is an original story which takes place in 1919, at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Two girls, one black and one white, meet by accident, become friends, and see the first performance of their friend, the young "Fats" Waller, in a vaudeville show.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: Michael Sporn Animation, Inc. for Italtoons Corporation and WGBH, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1991
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Guiliana Nicodemi, Sandy Cohen
DIRECTOR: Michael Sporn
WRITER: Maxine Fisher
EDITOR: Ed Askinazi
NARRATOR: Ruby Dee

FORMAT: Video (30:00) Cel Animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Family House Entertainment

Program 14
The Man Who Planted Trees
A peaceful shepherd changes the face of a desolate mountain region and the lives of its inhabitants by planting thousands of trees.

AWARDS: Academy Award, Best Animation; International Animated Film Festival, Grand Prize; Ottawa International Animation Festival, Grand Jury Award

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Société Radio-Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Montreal
YEAR PRODUCED: 1987
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/DESIGN & ANIMATION: Frederic Back
ADAPTATION: Frederic Back (from the book by Jean Giono, translated by Jean Roberts)
EXECTIVE PRODUCER: Hubert Tison
NARRATOR: Christopher Plummer

FORMAT: (30:00) Rendered animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Direct Cinema Limited

Program 15
Merlin and the Dragons
A bedtime story from the magician Merlin dispels the doubts of young King Arthur about his ability to rule.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: Lightyear Entertainment, New York, NY for WGBH, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1990
PRODUCER: Joshua Greene
DIRECTORS: Dennis J. Woodyard, Hu Yihong
WRITER: original story by Jane Yolen based on Vita Merlini, Historia Brittonum by Nennius, and Historia Regnum Brittaniae by Jeoffrey of Monmouth
NARRATOR: Kevin Kline

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Lightyear Entertainment (home video)

Program 16
More Hungarian Folktales
Four traditional Hungarian folktales are recounted in this program: The Poor Man's Vineyard, First the Dance, Then the Feast, The Wandering of the Needle, the Dog, the Egg, and the Rooster, and The Astronomer, the Thief, the Hunter, and the Tailor, (See also Hungarian Folktales.)

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Magyar Televizio
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
PRODUCER: Ferenc Mikulas
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Marcell Jankovics
DIRECTORS: Joszef Haui, Maria Horvath, Zsusanna Krioskovics, Zoltan Madarasz
ADAPTATIONS: Marcell Jankovics (based on three classic Hungarian folktales)
MUSIC: Kalaka Hungarian Folk Group
NARRATOR: Tammy Grimes

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Hungarian Television Enterprises

Program 17
Nightingale
In 14th-century Japan, an Emperor enamored by the lovely voice of a beautiful nightingale falls ill when she departs and cannot recover until her return.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WGBH-TV, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1992
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Guiliana Nicodemi, Carol Greenwald
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Michael Sporn
WRITER: Maxine Fisher
EDITOR: Ed Askinazi
NARRATOR: Mako

AWARD/FESTIVALS: CINE Golden Eagle; American Film and Video Association Festival; Birmingham (England) Film Festival

FORMAT: Video (28:44)

DISTRIBUTOR: SVS, Inc. (Sony Video)

Program 18
Noah's Ark
Preparing to clear the world by flood, God instructs Noah and his family to build a huge ark and take on board one pair of every species of animal.

AWARDS: National Educational Film and Video Festival, Silver Apple; Action for Children's Television Award; CINE Golden Eagle

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Lightyear Entertainment
YEAR PRODUCED: 1989
PRODUCER: Joshua M. Greene
DIRECTORS: Richard T. Morrison, Steven Majaury
ADAPTATION: Barbara Brenner (based on the Book of Genesis and on Peter Spier's book, Noah's Ark)
ANIMATED AT: Shanghai Animation Studio
NARRATOR: James Earl Jones
MUSIC: Stewart Copeland

FORMAT: (30:00) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Lightyear Entertainment (home video)

Program 19
Oh, Mr. Toad!
Mr. Toad, the pompous aristocrat from Wind in the Willows, is humbled when the weasels kidnap him and hire an impersonator to take his place.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd., England
YEAR PRODUCED: 1988
PRODUCERS: Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
DIRECTOR: Jackie Cockle
WRITER: Brian Trueman (inspired by Kenneth Grahame's Wind in the Willows)
VOICES: Sir Michael Hordern, Peter Sullis, Richard Pearson, David Jason

FORMAT: (two parts, 30:00 each) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: D.L.T. Entertainment, Ltd.

Program 20
Pegasus
is the story of the fabulous winged horse, as told by Uranea, youngest of the Muses.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1991
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Arne Holland
PRODUCERS: Joshua M. Greene
DIRECTOR: Marek Duchwald
WRITER: Doris Orgel
NARRATOR: Mia Farrow

FORMAT: Video (30:00) Cel Animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Lightyear Entertainment (home video)

Program 21
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
A mysterious stranger saves the medieval town of Hamelin from a plague of rats by luring them away with his magic pipe, but then puts his pipe to a different use.

AWARDS: International Children's Programming Festival, Prix Jeunesse, Best Children's Program; British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Best Children's Program

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd., England
YEAR PRODUCED: 1980
PRODUCERS: Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall
DIRECTOR: Mark Hall
ADAPTATION: Rosemary Anne Sisson (from the poem by Robert Browning)
NARRATOR: Robert Hardy

FORMAT: (30:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Media Guild

Program 22
Rarg
The blissful inhabitants of Rarg discover they exist only in the dream of a man named Edwin Barnes, and must find a way to stop Barnes from waking up when his alarm clock rings.

AWARDS: British Animation Festival, Best Children's Animated Film; Chicago International Film Festival, Silver Plaque; British Academy of Film and Television Arts, nominated for Best Short Animated Film

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Hit Communications
YEAR PRODUCED: 1989
PRODUCER: Chris O'Hare
DIRECTOR/WRITER/ANIMATION: Tony Collingwood
VOICES: Nigel Hawthorne, Michael Gough, Ronnie Stevens

FORMAT: (30:00) Cell animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Hit Communications

Program 23
The Reluctant Dragon
A shepherd's son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.

AWARD: British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Best Animation

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd., England
YEAR PRODUCED: 1987
PRODUCER: Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
DIRECTOR: Bridget Appleby
ADAPTATION: Willis Hall (based on the book by Kenneth Grahame)
VOICES: Martin Jarvis, Simon Callow

FORMAT: (30:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact D.L.T. Entertainment, Ltd.

Program 24
The Silver Cornet
Filmed in rural England, this film tells of a young boy's determination to learn to play a cornet he has found in the barn.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Yorkshire Television, England
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
PRODUCER: Joy Whitby
DIRECTOR: Peter Tabern
WRITER: Neil Innes
CAST: Adam Sedgwick, Elizabeth Mickery, Neil Phillips, Steve Morley, John Whittock, Ian Bleasdale, Mike Kay

FORMAT: (30:00) Live-action

DISTRIBUTOR: Coronet/MTI Film and Video, Inc.

Program 25
The Sleeping Princess
This program retells the story of a young princess who, after being put to sleep for one hundred years by a wicked fairy, is awakened by the kiss of a brave prince

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: BBC, England, for the series Jackanory Playhouse: YEAR PRODUCED: 1976
PRODUCER: Angela Beeching
DIRECTOR: Paul Stone
ADAPTATION: Kay McManus (based on Sleeping Beauty as told by the Brothers Grimm)
CAST: Bernard Cribbins, Sylvia Syms, Gabrielle Hamilton, Vivian Pickles, Peggyann Clifford, Georgina Kean, Peter Settelen

FORMAT: (30:00) Live-action

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

Program 26
Svatohor
In this Russian folktale, Svatohor (Saint Mountain) is a young hunter who must complete seemingly impossible tasks to save the czar from his enemies and win the hand of his daughter, Maria.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Czechoslovak Television, Bratislava
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Ivan Renc
ADAPTATION: Ivan Renc (based on a Russian folktale)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Vladimir Malik
NARRATOR: Tammy Grimes

FORMAT: (30:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: No U.S. distributor, contact Ceskoslovenska Televizia

Program 27
The Talking Parcel
Parrot, accompanied by a girl named Penelope and a comic Cockney toad, must rescue H.H. Junketbury and the land of Mythologia from the talons of the evil cockatrices.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd., England
YEAR PRODUCED: 1978
PRODUCER: Brian Cosgrove, Mark Hall
DIRECTOR: Brian Cosgrove
ADAPTATION: Rosemary Anne Sisson (from the book by Gerald Durrell)
VOICES: Lisa Norris, Freddie Jones, Mollie Sugden, Roy Kinnear, Edward Kelsey, Windsor Davies, Sir Michael Horden, Peter Woodthorpe, Harvey Ashby

FORMAT: (two parts, 30:00 each) Cel animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Media Guild

Program 28
Uncle Elephant
After a young elephant loses his parents at sea, Uncle Elephant comes to comfort him with tricks, stories, and songs.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Churchill Films, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, and WGBH, Boston, MA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1991
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: John Matthews
ADAPTATION: John Matthews (from a book by Arnold Lobel)
VOICES: Not known yet
NARRATOR: Not known yet

FORMAT: (30:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: SVE and Churchill Media

Program 29
The Wind in the Willows
This is the story of an unusual group of friends: the wise Badger, the innocent Mole, the generous Rat, and the reckless Toad.

AWARDS: British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Best Children's Program; International Emmy

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Cosgrove Hall Productions, Ltd., England
YEAR PRODUCED: 1983
PRODUCER: Mark Hall, Brian Cosgrove
DIRECTOR: Mark Hall
ADAPTATION: Rosemary Anne Sisson (based on the book by Kenneth Grahame)
VOICES: Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, David Jason, Sir Michael Hordern

FORMAT: (90:00) Model animation

DISTRIBUTOR: Thames Video Collection (home video), ask for Wind in the Willows, Volume 1

SERIES PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: WGBH, Boston, MA, in partnership with the International Reading Association, the Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American Library Association, and the Library of Congress, Center for the Book
YEARS PRODUCED: see individual listings
SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: William Brennan (for Season I)
SERIES PROJECT DIRECTOR/EDITOR: Carol Greenwald (for Season I)
EXECUTIVE-IN-CHARGE OF SERIES: Kate Taylor
SERIES PRODUCER: Sandy Cohen
SERIES PROJECT DIRECTOR: Brigid Sullivan
HOST: James Earl Jones

SERIES AWARDS: National Education Association Award, Advancement of Learning through Broadcasting; Action for Children's Television, Achievement in Children's Television Award; National Catholic Association of Broadcasters and Communicators, Gabriel Award, Best National Children's Program; International Film and Television Festival of New York, Gold Medal; Connoisseur Magazine, Connie Award, Best National Children's Series; International Reading Association, Broadcast Media Award

PRINT MATERIAL: Educational materials available: Discussion and Activity Guide (32-pages, including lesson plans, written by Dr. Susan Hepler, children's literature specialist and co-author of Children's Literature in the Elementary School); student newspaper; booklists; poster

FORMAT: Video
Programs 1-8,11-16,18-23,25 (30:00); Programs 9,10,17,24 (60:00); Program 26 (90:00)

DISTRIBUTORS: See individual listings or contact: WGBH

Marion's Men: The Life and Times of The Swamp Fox

Dramatic Radio Series

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Radio Arts Productions, New York, NY
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Charles Potter
WRITER: Ralph Pezzullo
NARRATOR: Timothy Jerome
CAST: Chris Sarandon, Timothy Jerome, Paul Hecht, Merwin Goldsmith

FORMAT: Audiocassette
8 (30:00) programs on 4 cassettes

DISTRIBUTOR: Charles B. Potter

Mutzmag

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Davenport Films, Delaplane, VA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1991
PRODUCERS: Tom Davenport, Mimi Davenport
DIRECTOR: Tom Davenport
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Sarah Toth
WRITERS: Tom Davenport, Sarah Toth, Gary Carden
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Douglas Miller
EDITOR: Thom Sheperd
CAST: Robbie Sams, Bart Whitman, Stephanie Jones

AWARDS/FESTIVALS: Houston Worldfest Festival, Silver Award; Sinking Creek Festival, Cash Award; Athens (Ohio) Film Festival, Special Screening; The New England Children's Film and Video Festival, Best Short Feature Film; Parent's Choice, Gold Seal Award; Booklist, "25 Best Videos of 1993"

PRINT MATERIAL: Study Guide available

FORMAT: Video (51:00) (not 60:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Davenport Films

Out of Time

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Educational Film Center, Annandale, VA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984 (first broadcast on NBC)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Ira H. Klugerman
PRODUCER: Donald Fouser
DIRECTOR: Michael Schweitzer
WRITERS: Ruth Pollak, Ira Klugerman, Patrick Prentice
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tony Louis Cutrono
CAST: Adam Baldwin, Amy Locane, R.D. Robb

FORMAT: Video
(two versions, drama only 47:26, drama plus historical postscript 58:50)

DISTRIBUTOR: Family Express Video

Poetic License: An Introduction to Poetry for a Young Audience

Documentary and Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: ViceVersaVision
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Brooks Jones
EDITORS: Brooks Jones, Mary Jay Michel
WRITERS: Thomas Babe, James Thurman, Brooks Jones

FORMAT: Video (30:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

Rainbow's End: An Introduction to the Humanities for Deaf Children

Documentary

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONS: D.E.A.F. Media, Inc., Berkeley, CA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Susan Rutherford
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Michael Cunningham, Louise Lo
DIRECTOR: Robert Zagone
DRAMATIC DIRECTOR: Freda Norman
WRITER: Rico Peterson

FORMAT: Video (30:00)
With sign language, closed captioning, and voice-over

DISTRIBUTOR: D.E.A.F. Media, Inc.

Soldier Jack

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Folktale Film Group, Delaplane, VA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1987
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mimi Davenport
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Tom Davenport
WRITERS: Sarah Toth, Julian Yochum, Marcia Lynch, Tom Fuller
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Arnie Sirlin, Tom Kaufman
EDITORS: Marcia Lynch, Randy Horte
NARRATORS: Gary Slemp, Julian Yochum
CAST: Michael Heintzman, Kate Weber, Mark Jaster, Diane Couves, Nancy Robinette

AWARDS: International Festival of Children's Film, Best Live Action Film; New York Film and Video Festival, Best Film for Young Adults; Chicago International Film Festival, Best Short Subject; The American Film Institute and Billboard Magazine's American Video Conference, Best Short Fiction

PRINT MATERIAL: Study Guide available

FORMAT: 16mm, Video (40:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Davenport Films

Songs Jumping in My Mouth

Radio Series (Drama and Documentary)

Program 1
Why?
This program explores children's "why" questions and introduces the trio of animal characters—Hootenanny Granny, Ndovu, and Fe Fy Fly.

Program 2
How Things Came to Be
The animal trio wrestles with the origin of things and children give their original explanations.

Program 3
Mama's Talk and Daddy's Walk
Hootenanny Granny remembers the unusual ancestors in her family tree as children describe their own family traditions.

Program 4
What's In a Name?
Unusual naming traditions and how children feel about their names are the focus of this program.

Program 5
Word Play
Funny words, mispronounced words, and word origins lead to a contest between Fe Fy Fly and Hootenanny Granny.

Program 6
Rhythm and Rhyme
Listeners are introduced to city jump rope champions and the rhythms of traditional and current childlore.

Program 7
I Am What I Eat
Ndovu gives a party and Fe Fy Fly shares recordings of children's questions about family table customs.

Program 8
Past and Present Frogs
Nationally known storytellers share frog tales while children describe their own experiences with frogs.

Program 9
Imaginary Creatures
Ndovu meets the legendary hoop snake and children describe the creatures of their imagination.

Program 10
Inventions
Children learn about significant inventions and describe things they would like to invent.

Part 11
Marking Time
The animals celebrate a birthday and children describe personal milestones.

Part 12
Sharing With Others Across Time—Past
An antique music box links the past to the present as children describe family keepsakes.

Program 13
Sharing With Others Across Time—Future
The trio makes a time capsule for the future.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WETA, Washington, DC
YEAR PRODUCED: 1983 (first broadcast on WETA-FM, then released on NPR)
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER: Pamela Brooke
HOSTS: Yeardley Smith, Kelly Smith

AWARDS: Action for Children's Television Award; Corporation for Public Broadcasting Specialized Audience Award; Broadcast Industry Conference Media Award; American Association of University Women's Metropolitan Area Mass Media Award; National Education Association, Official Endorsement

PRINT MATERIAL: Discussion Guide available

FORMAT: Audiocassette 13 (30:00) programs

DISTRIBUTOR: Radio Road Gang, Inc.

A Story, A Story: Traditions in Storytelling for Children

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Weston Woods Institute, Inc., Weston, CT
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Morton Schindel
PRODUCER: Terri Payne Butler
PROJECT DIRECTOR: Bena Kallick
DIRECTOR: Jerry Hughes
WRITER: Robert Brush
NARRATOR: Neil Innes

AWARDS: The Foolish Frog: American Film Festival, Red Ribbon; Columbus (OH) Film Festival, Chris Certificate

FORMAT: Video (l8:00)
A Story, A Story(10:00); The Foolish Frog (8:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Weston Woods

Tales of the Unknown South

Dramatic Series

Program 1
Ashes
by Julia Peterkin, concerns an independent backwoods woman, who is threatened with eviction when a new landowner decides to construct a home near her old and unsightly log cabin.

Program 2
The Half-Pint Flask
by DuBose Heyward, tells of a visitor to the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina who unwittingly disturbs the superstitious population by removing a half-pint dispensary flask from the top of a grave.

Program 3
Neighbors
by Diane Oliver, was inspired by an event that took place in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1957 when a friend of the author's became the first black student to attend the previously all-white Harding High School.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: The South Carolina Educational Television Network, Columbia, SC
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Peter Anderson
PRODUCER/WRITER: Benjamin Dunlap
DIRECTORS: Jim McMahan, Randy Brinson, Jim Eddins
EDITORS: Elaine Cooper, Pat Kay
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bob Gilbert, Buck Brinson, Everett Davis, Joe Bowie
HOST: James Dickey
CAST:

Ashes:

Rosanna Carter, Dean Whitworth, Danny Nelson, Timisha Barnes

Half-Pint Flask:

John Malloy, Richard Leighton, Estelle Evans

Neighbors:

Sandra Mills Scott, Frances Foster, Mel Winkler, David Guider

AWARDS: Samuel G. Engle International Film and Television Drama Competition, First Place Award; Chicago Film Festival, Gold Plaque; Ohio State Award; Parents Choice Award; American Film Festival, Finalist; SECA Awards, Certificate of Merit; INPUT, Program Selection; Ashes: CINE Golden Eagle; The Half-Pint Flask: CINE Golden Eagle

PRINT MATERIAL: Viewer's Guide available

FORMAT: Video (117:00) Ashes (38:00); Half-Pint Flask (45:00); Neighbors (33:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

Time Warp Trio

Drama

Traitor in My House

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Educational Film Center, Annandale, VA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1989 (first broadcast on Wonderworks)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen L. Rabin
PRODUCERS/WRITERS: Laverne Y. Berry, Rosemary Puglia-Ritvo
DIRECTOR: Nell Cox
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bryan England
EDITOR: Gloria Whittemore
CAST: Mary Kay Place, Charles Dutton, Harris Yulin, Angela Goethals

FORMAT: Video (50:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Educational Film Center

The Web (Young People's Radio Theatre): Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century American Literature—Part 1

Radio Series (Drama and Documentary)

Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott (8)

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce (1)

The Sheriff's Children
by Charles Chesnutt (1)

Desiree's Baby
by Kate Chopin (1)

The Open Boat
by Stephen Crane (1)

Life in the Iron Mills
by Rebecca Harding Davis (1)

Blake (or) The Huts of America
by Martin Delany (4)

The Revolt of Mother
by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1)

The Return of a Private
by Hamlin Garland (1)

The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1)

The Man without a Country
by Edward Everett Hale (2)

Iola LeRoy (or) The Shadows Uplifted
by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper(3)

Young Goodman Brown
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1)

My Kinsman, Major Molineux
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1)

The Cop and the Anthem
by O. Henry (1)

Mammon and the Archer
by O. Henry (1)

Editha
by William Dean Howells (1)

Rip van Winkle
by Washington Irving (1)

Washington Square
by Henry James (4)

The Country of the Pointed Firs
by Sarah Orne Jewett (4)

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
by Mark Twain (1)

Billy Budd
by Herman Melville (2)

Bartleby, The Scrivener
by Herman Melville (2)

The Gold Bug
by Edgar Allan Poe (1)

The Purloined Letter
by Edgar Allen Poe (1)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain (8)

Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe (7)

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WGBH Educational Foundation
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Everett Frost
PRODUCERS: Wendy Schwartz, Francis Shrand
WRITERS/PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Erik Bauersfeld, Robert Billings, Perru Carter, Jim Cook, Don Fouser, Everett Frost, Midge Mackenzie, Marvin Manvell, Lee Ellen Marvin, Anthony Maulucci, Melvin Moore, David Ossman, Linda Patton, Jordan Pecile, Faith Wilding, Yuri Rasovsky, James Spruill
CAST: Series hosts and performers include Julie Harris, James Earl Jones, Lily Tomlin, Jane Alexander, Elma Lewis

FORMAT: Audiocassette
26 programs in 54 (30:00) episodes

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

The Web (Young People's Radio Theatre): Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century American Literature—Part 2

Radio Series (Drama and Documentary)

The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane (4)

The Silent Partner
by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (4)

The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James (4)

The White Heron
by Sarah Orne Jewett (1)

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WGBH Educational Foundation
YEAR PRODUCED: 1985
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Everett Frost
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Judith Walcutt, David Leveille
WRITERS/PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Erik Bauersfeld, Everett Frost, David Ossman, Faith Wilding

FORMAT: Audiocassette
13 (30:00) programs

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

The Web (Young People's Radio Theatre): Mythology Series

Radio Series (Drama and Documentary)

Program 1
Echo and Narcissus

Program 2
Deucalion and Pyrrha

Program 3
Prometheus and Pandora (Part I)

Program 4
Prometheus and Pandora (Part II)

Program 5
Demeter and Persephone

Program 6
Hermes and Apollo

Program 7
Daphne and Apollo

Program 8
Artemis and Actaeon

Program 9
Phaethon

Program 10
Theseus and the Minotaur

Program 11
Daedalus and Icarus

Program 12
Cupid and Psyche (Part I)

Program 13
Cupid and Psyche (Part II)

Program 14
Orpheus and Eurydice

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: WGBH Educational Foundation
YEAR PRODUCED: 1984
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Everett Frost
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Wendy Schwartz
WRITERS/PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Everett Frost, Charles Potter, Wendy Schwartz, Vanessa Whitburn, Faith Wilding

AWARDS: Gabriel Award; Odyssey Award; Ohio State Award; endorsed by the National Educational Association

FORMAT: Audiocassette
14 (30:00) programs

DISTRIBUTOR: Currently unavailable

Willa: An American Snow White

Drama

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: Davenport Films, Inc., Delaplane, VA in association with Image Film/Video Center, Atlanta, GA
YEAR PRODUCED: 1997
PRODUCERS: Tom Davenport, Mimi Davenport
DIRECTOR: Tom Davenport
WRITERS: Gary Carden with Sarah Toth, Roger Manley, Mark Jaster, Jonny Elkes, Tom Davenport
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Doug Miller
EDITORS: Jonathan Hamilton, Matthew Jones
Production Design: Doug Ball
Music: Robert Goldstein
CAST: Caitlin O'Connell, Floyd King, John Neville-Andrews, Becky Stark, Jonny Elkes, Mark Jaster, Sammy Ross

AWARDS/FESTIVALS: American Library Association Andrew Carnegie medal for Excellence in Children's Video

FORMAT: Video (85:00)

DISTRIBUTOR: Davenport Films

Word Stories

Radio Series (Drama and Documentary)

Program 1
Word Play
is an introduction to the variety of words in the English language.

Program 2
Word People
explains the nature of an eponym, or a word that comes from a person's name.

Program 3
Word Stories
traces the history of how some words came to be.

Program 4
Word Changes
explains how words change over time, and how they can start out meaning one thing and end up meaning another.

Program 5
Word Travels
explores how words travel when people do.

Program 6
Word Inventions
examines the idea and practice of creating words.

PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION: The Radio Road Gang, Inc., Washington, DC
YEAR PRODUCED: 1989
PRODUCER/WRITER: Pamela Brooke
SOUND RECORDISTS: Donna Fox, William Brown III
ENGINEER: Michael Zook
MUSIC: George Fulginiti-Shakar, Cathy Fink, Tom Jones, Marcy Marxer, Rico Petrucelli
MUSIC PERFORMED BY: D.C. Youth Ensemble
NARRATOR: Vincent Prevost
CAST: Dianne Bye, Michael Howell, George Fulginiti-Shakar, and children

PRINT MATERIAL: Companion book of family activities available

AWARDS/FESTIVALS: International Radio Festival of New York, Gold Medal; Ohio State Award; NHK Japan Prize, Special Jury Commendation; Parents Choice Honor Award

FORMAT: Audiocassette
6 (30:00) programs on 3 cassettes, sold only as a set

DISTRIBUTOR: Radio Road Gang, Inc.