Nursery Rhymes

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Nursery Rhymes (1982)

Directed by Mike Milburn-Foster

Family, Music · 1h 00m

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).

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Cast

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Isla St Clair narrator Floella Benjamin narrator
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Martin Carthy narrator
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Shirley Collins narrator Valentine Dyall narrator John Du Prez narrator

Crew

Director
Mike Milburn-Foster
Original Music Composer
John Du Prez
Producer
Dan Maddicott

Details

Release date
1982-03-31
Runtime
1h 00m
Genres
Family, Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Production
Granada Ventures Ltd., AB+C Longman Video, ADS, California