The Magician of Samarkand
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The Magician of Samarkand is a children's book by Alan Temperley which was made into a Jackanory
special television program in 2006 starring Ben Kingsley
and produced and directed by Nick Willing
.
Jackanory
Jackanory is a long-running BBC children's television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap o' Rushes read by Lee Montague. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 24 March 1996,...
special television program in 2006 starring Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor...
and produced and directed by Nick Willing
Nick Willing
Nick Willing is a British director, writer and producer of films and television programs.Willing is the son of Portuguese painter Paula Rego and English artist Victor Willing and was largely brought up in Portugal, but settled in England at the age of 12...
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External links
- BBC relaunches Jackanory http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5216650.stm