Long Ago and Far Away (TV series)

An opening screenshot from Long Ago and Far Away

Long Ago and Far Away is a television 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 the 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 the room was sitting out in space or the night sky.

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 (who narrated "The Happy Circus"); Kim Loughran (who narrated "Bill and Bunny"); David Suchet (who narrated "The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship"); and Mia Farrow (who narrated "Beauty and the Beast" and "Pegasus").

In the episode "Emperor's New Clothes", Regis Philbin provided the voice of the Emperor.

Awards

Episodes

1. Abel's Island
2. As Long As He Can Count the Cows
3. Beauty and the Beast
4. Bill and Bunny
5. Bill the Minder
6. The Boy in the Oak Tree
7. Circus Dreams
8. The Emperor's New Clothes
9. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
10. Frog and Toad are Friends and Frog and Toad Together
11. The Happy Circus
12. Hungarian Folk Tales
13. Jazztime Tale
14. The Man Who Planted Trees
15. Merlin and the Dragons
16. More Hungarian Folktales
17. The Nightingale
18. Noah's Ark
19. Oh, Mr. Toad!
20. Pegasus
21. The Pied Piper of Hamelin
22. Rarg
23. The Reluctant Dragon
24. The Silver Cornet
25. The Sleeping Princess
26. Svatohor
27. The Talking Parcel
28. Uncle Elephant
29. The Wind in the Willows
30. Where The Wild Things Are
31. Bunny Cakes

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