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  1. Child’s Play (2003 Television)

    aka: Out with the Crowd/Child’s Play

    Series
    Time Squad

    American animated television series following the adventures of a trio of hapless ‘time cops’ from the year 100,000,000 AD, who travel back in time attempting to correct the course of history. In this...

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  2. Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made on (2002 Television)

    Series
    Mentors

    Children’s television series. Simon Cates, a teenage genius, has control the Visicron, a machine which has the power to bring famous faces from the past forward in time for 36 hours. During that short...

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  3. Dreaming Shakespeare (2001 Television)

    Series
    Between the Lions
    Director
    Ted May

    A PBS television live action/animation series designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers, while demonstrating the pleasures of reading. Each show aims to give children aged between 3 and 7 some of...

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  4. Hamlet (1994 Television)

    aka: Monsterpiece Theatre

    Series
    Sesame Street

    Children’s television series. An episode from the Muppet’s Monsterpiece Theatre interlude, presented by Muppet Cookie Monster (as Alistair Cookie) - a spoof on Masterpiece Theater presented by Alistair...

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  5. Muppet Show, The [07/02/1980] (1980 Television)

    Series
    Muppet Show, The

    Children’s puppet/live-action television series. The guest star is Christopher Reeve who is to play Hamlet with Fozzie, Link and Yorick the Skull when Gonzo sprains his nose and has to pull out. The...

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  6. William (1973 Television)

    Director
    Ian MacNaughton

    A programme combining comedy, drama and song to introduce young children to William Shakespeare. John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson read excerpts from Hamlet, Richard III, and As You Like It; Lynn Redgrave...

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  7. Tempest, The (1951 Television)

    Series
    For the Children
    Producer
    Rex Tucker

    Televised version of the play arranged and produced by Rex Tucker for the BBC’s For the Children slot. With Godfrey Kent as Prospero. Special effects by Alfred Wurmer.

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  8. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1951 Television)

    Series
    For the Children
    Producer
    Joy Harington

    Televised adapation of the play for children. Written by Ian and Robert Atkins, starring Robert Atkins as Bottom.

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  9. King Henry IV. Part 1 (1951 Television)

    Series
    For the Children
    Director
    Anthony Quayle
    Producer
    Naomi Capon

    Excerpts of the play, taken from Anthony Quayle’s well-received Stratford production (1951), were shown as part of the BBC’s For the Children slot. The broadcast was never recorded, but according to...

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  10. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1950 Television)

    aka: Transformation of Bottom, The

    Producer
    Joy Harington

    First part of a televised adapation of a play for children. Robert Atkins, who wrote the script for the play and also stars as Bottom, introduces and explains the play. Part 2 was was televised a week later,...

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