There's a question at the heart of this 2007 documentary. Did children become more sophisticated and demand more than simply being read a story, or was it that adults lost confidence in that format and spoilt Jackanory as a result?
Whichever view you take, there's a lot to enjoy here - both social history and glimpses of famous figures when they were much younger than we normally see them. So it's worth a watch even if you don't, as I do, remember Little Nose.
For more on the history of Jackanory, see my post on the programme's 1969 dramatisation of Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone.
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