Overview - Nursery Rhymes

Date of release

Genres

  • Family
  • Music

Runtime: 60 minutes

Homepage: Nursery Rhymes

Budget

Budget data not disclosed

Revenue

Revenue data not disclosed

Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Granada Ventures Ltd.

    Production country

  • Name: AB+C Longman Video

    Production country

  • Name: ADS, California

    Production country

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).

Cast

  • Name: Isla St Clair

    Character: narrator

    Popularity: 0.0595

  • Name: Floella Benjamin

    Character: narrator

    Popularity: 0.3456

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  • Name: Martin Carthy

    Character: narrator

    Popularity: 0.0286

  • Name: Shirley Collins

    Character: narrator

    Popularity: 3.3246

  • Name: Valentine Dyall

    Character: narrator

    Popularity: 4.4529

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  • Name: John Du Prez

    Character: narrator

    Popularity: 0.3398

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