All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 The Witch and the Rainbow Cat

    • April 10, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories Young Rose finds a strange little house in a dark, mysterious wood. But when the witch who lives there imprisons her, Rose must answer three riddles posed by a magical stuffed cat to earn her freedom.

  • S01E02 The Big Noses

    • April 17, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories A comic story about an imaginary island where everyone's nose is far too big, and their chief, Mugwump, decides to do something about it.

  • S01E03 The Boat That Went Nowhere

    • April 24, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories A streetwise young boy from a high-rise block in a modern industrial town runs away into an 18th-century dreamworld to earn money to help his widowed mother.

  • S01E04 The Silly King

    • May 1, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories A princess who's worried that a king won't let her marry his son, because of her embarrassing father, devises a clever plan to win his approval.

  • S01E05 Jack One-Step

    • May 8, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories After a difficult first day at a new school, Jack finds and frees a trapped fairy, who grants him a wish as a reward. Jack's wish leads to a magical adventure.

  • S01E06 Far-Away Castle

    • May 15, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories A passenger on a train is transported back in time to a medieval castle.

  • S01E07 The Fly-By-Night

    • May 22, 1988

    A selection of surreal tales based on Terry Jones' fairy stories A strange nocturnal creature who rides on the back of a magic cat invites a girl to join him on a flight to the clouds, where they meet the moon and a chorus of tap-dancing stars