a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown.[1] The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV from 1989 to 1991. There was also a release on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title Grimm Tales.Mayall tells the tales in his own inimitable way from his armchair, designed by David Barrington Holt, complete with paws and ostrich legs. The set was designed by building designer Julian Cripps. The Stories are almost all interspersed with animation, often fairly abstract, and are directed by Bob Baldwin, with music by composed by Ged Haney & arranged by Clive Bell. The stories were adapted by Anne Caulfield and Anthony Horowitz.Episodes Edit Series 1 Edit The Three Feathers (First Broadcast 14 April 1989) Animation by Emma Calder Ivor Wood and Ged Haney Pearly Oyster Productions Woodland Animations Ltd The Spirit in the Bottle (First Broadcast 21 April 1989) Animation by Jonathan Hodgson Moises Macasinag The Hare and the Hedgehog (First Broadcast 28 April 1989) Animation by Mike Bennion Andrew Gentle & Keith Rogerson & David Hilberman The Valiant Little Tailor (First Broadcast 5 May 1989) Animation by Jonathan Webber Larry Scholl & Gary Hurst Rapunzel (First Broadcast 12 May 1989) Animation by Gill Bradley Derek Carter The Fisherman and His Wife (First Broadcast 19 May 1989) Animation by Andy Staveley Derek Mogford 3 Peach Animation The Three Little Men in the Wood (First Broadcast 26 May 1989)Animation by Anna Louise Roberts Hansel and Gretel (First Broadcast 2 June 1989) Animation by Mole Hill Ivor Wood & Julian Roberts & Steve Roberts FilmFair Rumpelstiltskin (First Broadcast 9 June 1989) Animation by Faulty Optics Theatre of Animation A miller boasts to a King that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The King promptly locks the daughter in a room full of straw, demanding she spin it all into gold or she'll lose her head. She