Just So Stories

1979 - 1979

The Beginning Of the Armadillos

3rd April 1979

Episode 1

A young painted jaguar learns how to hunt a hedgehog and a tortoise.

How The Whale Got His Throat / How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin

10th April 1979

Episode 2

A greedy whale swallows a shipwrecked mariner and a grumpy rhinoceros steals Parsee’s cake.

The Butterfly That Stamped

17th April 1979

Episode 3

A butterfly shakes up an entire empire simply by showing off.

The Cat That Walked By Himself

24th April 1979

Episode 4

A wily, wild cat pretends he’s been tamed, while the dog, the horse and the cow have to serve man.

How The Camel Got His Hump & The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo

1st May 1979

Episode 5

An idle camel is given a hump so he can work harder and a conceited kangaroo is tricked by the Big God Nqong.

The Crab That Played With The Sea

8th May 1979

Episode 6

A crab decides to swap his great size with a little girl’s scissors.

How The First Letter Was Written

15th May 1979

Episode 7

The little neolithic girl Taffy has a new idea to communicate with her mother and hits upon a great invention, drawing the first letter.

How The Alphabet Was Made

22nd May 1979

Episode 8

The little neolithic girl Taffy finds out the big secret of the world: writing.

The Elephant's Child

29th May 1979

Episode 9

An insatiable elephant’s child’s curiosity leads him to get a new nose from the crocodile, to the distaste of his entire family.

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Frankie Howerd

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A short series of animated shows for kids depicting the "Just So" stories by Rudyard Kipling.

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