Mr Piper
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Mr Piper was a Canadian
children's TV series made in 1963. The series was created by Martin Andrews and Allan Wargon, who was also the producer.
The show's host was a large Canadian opera tenor Alan Crofoot
, dressed as a Pied Piper with a flower in his hat. He would introduce four segments in each half hour programme:
Thirty-nine episodes were produced.
It was originally shown by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
and also became well-known in the UK
, where it was repeated on ITV
throughout the 1960s and 1970s and became a fixture of school summer holiday programming, in much the same way as Robinson Crusoe
and Belle and Sebastian
were on BBC1
. In May /June, 1972, some Mr. Piper episodes have been trasmitted, dubbed into Italian, by the RAI-TV network.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
children's TV series made in 1963. The series was created by Martin Andrews and Allan Wargon, who was also the producer.
The show's host was a large Canadian opera tenor Alan Crofoot
Alan Crofoot
Alan Crofoot was a Canadian operatic Heldentenor and character tenor specialist, as well as actor, who is best remembered as the host of Mr Piper, a children's television series made in 1963. It was originally shown by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and also became well-known in the...
, dressed as a Pied Piper with a flower in his hat. He would introduce four segments in each half hour programme:
- Teletune - as a narrator of a fantasy stories illustrated with graphics;
- Port of Call - presenter of films about children and events in other lands;
- Bag of Tricks - Crofoot performs magic tricks;
- Animal Farm - many farmyard characters telling the story of the day in miniature barnyard sets, featuring Rupert the Rat, Bessie the Bunny, Kookie the Kitten, Harriet Hen, Freddie Frog, Calvin (Rac)Coon and Charlotte Cow.
Thirty-nine episodes were produced.
It was originally shown by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
and also became well-known in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, where it was repeated on ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
throughout the 1960s and 1970s and became a fixture of school summer holiday programming, in much the same way as Robinson Crusoe
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (TV series)
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was a French children's television drama series made by Franco London Films . The show was first aired in Germany in October 1964 under the title Robinson Crusoe as four 90 minute episodes by co-producers ZDF television, and syndicated in the USA the same year...
and Belle and Sebastian
Belle et Sébastien
Belle et Sébastien is a novel by Cécile Aubry about a six-year-old boy named Sébastien and his dog Belle, a Pyrenean Mountain Dog, who live in a small French Alps Mountain village on the French side of the border between France and Italy...
were on BBC1
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. In May /June, 1972, some Mr. Piper episodes have been trasmitted, dubbed into Italian, by the RAI-TV network.
Episode list
- Ali-Baba
- The Magic Horn
- Brave Molly
- Hasty and the Princess
- Kindhearted Girl
- Three Sisters
- Proud Princess
- The Wild Swans
- Ahmed the Merchant
- Hansel and Gretel
- The Tin Soldier
- Three Brothers
- Hassan the Simple
- The Three Soldiers
- Santa Piper