Long Ago and Far Away is a TV series that aired on PBS Television from 1989 to 1993. It was created by WGBH, a public television broadcast service located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member of PBS, which allowed for this TV series to be viewed on various other PBS stations. Each episode began with host James Earl Jones sitting in a chair in a room with a table, lamp and window. The walls were blue with white dots in order to make it appear as if these living room items were sitting out in space. James Earl Jones talks during the short opening section, then acts as narrator for the balance of an episode. This series, aimed at children aged six to nine years old, presents stories based on traditional fairy tales. A number of presentation methods were used to tell these stories, with stop motion animation, live-action or cel animation being used depending on the episode. Long Ago and Far Away also featured a number of guest narrators including: Tammy Grimes, Kim Loughran, David Suchet, and Mia Farrow.
35 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1989
Rating
9.0/10
1 votes • HD
Episodes
Episode 1 • Feb 11, 1989
A piper rids a town of rats.
Episode 2 • Jan 01, 1990
A boy befriends a peaceable dragon.
Episode 3 • Sep 08, 1990
A mouse is stranded on an isolated island.
Episode 4 • Jan 01, 1989
3 Tales in clay animation
Episode 5 • Jan 01, 1989
Three animated stories. Janko Raven; Plinko; The Hedgehog
Episode 6 • Jan 01, 1981
Penelope finds a parrot.
Episode 1 • Jan 01, 1990
A beauty agrees to live in a beast's castle.
Episode 2 • Jan 01, 1990
God commands Noah to build an ark. Animated.
Episode 3 • Jan 01, 1990
People discover they exist in a man's dream.
Episode 4 • Jan 01, 1990
Three tales in clay animation. Circus Dream - by Franck Flanquart and Pierre Scarella; The Elephant and the Whale - by Jacques-Remy Girerd; Timber the Woodsman - by Alexandre Fletchet
Episode 5 • Jan 01, 1990
The Poor Man’s Vineyard; First the Dance, Then the Feast; The Wandering of the Needle, the Dog, the Egg, and the Rooster; The Astronomer, the Thief, the Hunter, and the Tailor
Episode 6 • Jan 01, 1990
A boy refuses to eat peas.
Episode 1 • Jan 01, 1991
A Czar declares that whoever makes him a ship that could sail through the air would marry his daughter.
Episode 2 • Jan 01, 1991
Pytor may die.
Episode 3 • Jan 01, 1991
A child shames a vain ruler.
Episode 4 • Jan 01, 1991
A young elephant goes to live with his eccentric uncle when his parents are lost at sea.
Episode 5 • Jan 01, 1991
Two girls become friends in 1919 Harlem.
Episode 6 • Jan 01, 1991
Merlin tells King Arthur a tale.
Episode 1 • Jan 01, 1992
An emperor learns a lesson from a tiny bird.
Episode 2 • Jan 01, 1992
A mouse's tales distract a hungry weasel.
Episode 3 • Jan 01, 1992
Magic transforms poor siblings' lives.
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