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Synopsis

This educational cartoon series tells a classic, well known fairy tale and then compares it to two similar lesser known fairy tales from different parts of the world.

Episodes

Season 1

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1. Beauty and the Beast/The Chinese Parrot/SednaNow viewing1990-12-3130mA Tale from China, Greenland and France. Beauty and the Beast (France): The beast is massive, powerful, and ugly to behold, yet only the love of a young girl can save him. The Chinese Parrot (China): A magical parrot must save the love between a scholar and the servingmaid of an evil sorcerer. Sedna (Canada): A mighty bird spirit disguises itself as a young hunter to win the heart of a lovely Inuk girl.
2. Sleeping Beauty/The Petrified Palace/The Sun, the Moon, and Talia1991-01-0730mA tale from France, Bangladesh and Italy.
3. Cinderella/Maria Cinderella/The Maiden, the Frog, and the Chief's Son1992-01-1430mTales from France, Chile and Nigeria. Cinderella (France): Her stepsisters will never make fun of Cinderella again, thanks to help from a fairy godmother. Maria Cinderella (Chile): Maria gets a magic wand and more from a kind lady in the woods - a gold star for her forehead. The Maiden, the Frog, and the Chief's Son (Nigeria): When a mistreated girl feeds the frogs in the river, the "King of the Frogs" decide to reward her.
4. Rumpelstiltskin/St. Olaf and the Troll/King David and the Giant1993-01-2030mTales from Germany, Norway and Israel. Rumpelstiltskin (Germany): St. Olaf and the Troll (Norway): King David and the Giant (Israel):
5. Hansel and Gretel/The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister/Pedro and the Monster1993-01-2530mTales from Germany, Syria and The Philippines. Hansel and Gretel (Germany): The Woodcutter's Wealthy Sister (Syria): A poor and mean-spirited woodcutter encounters a mysterious and wealthy woman claiming to be his sister. She lures him and his wife and ten children to her palace, only for his wife to discover that the "sister" is a demonic monster planning to eat the woodcutter's entire family. But the woodcutter refuses to believe her. Pedro and the Monster (Philippines):
6. Rapunzel/Fenchelchen/The Princess in the Tower1993-01-2630mThree tales from Germany, Malta and Israel. Rapunzel (Germany): The only way into the tower is up Rapunzel's long, long hair. A prince climbs up to meet her. Fenchelchen (Malta): A young girl learns a witch's magical power and uses it to make an unforgettable escape. The Princess in the Tower (Israel): King Solomon locks his daughter in a tower to prevent her from marrying a poor man.
7. Hansel and Gretel/Tangled Up2012-01-2730mTwo Tales from Germany.

Cast

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Pat Morita
Narrator
Lucy Childs

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Britannica's Fairy Tales From Around the World has 1 season and 7 episodes.

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Britannica's Fairy Tales From Around the World first aired in 1990.

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