Marilyn Fox
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Marilyn Fox is a British
television director and writer, who was strongly associated with BBC
children's programmes
from the 1960s to the 1990s, working on many drama series and enjoying a long association with Jackanory
.
Her credits include:
United Kingdom
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television director and writer, who was strongly associated with BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
children's programmes
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
from the 1960s to the 1990s, working on many drama series and enjoying a long association with Jackanory
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,...
.
Her credits include:
- Jackanory (119 episodes, 1967–1991)
- The Island of the Great Yellow Ox (1971, as adapter)
- Treasure Over the Water (1972)
- Carrie's WarCarrie's WarCarrie's War is a 1973 children's novel by Nina Bawden, set during the Second World War and following two evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick. It is a common fixture in secondary schools.-Plot:...
(1974, as adapter) - King Thrushbeard and the Proud Princess (1974)
- The Day I Shot My Dad (1976)
- Graham's GangGraham's GangGraham's Gang is a British children's comedy first broadcast by the BBC in 1977 and 1979.The gang consisted of five boys - Graham, William, Lux, Robert and Keith - and one girl, Mildred. Plots often revolved around the boys trying to exclude Mildred, who would often use her influential family to...
(1977) - Spine ChillersSpine ChillersSpine Chillers was a 1980 British children's supernatural television series broadcast on BBC1. It featured readings of classic ghost and horror stories aimed at older children, and ran for 19 episodes ....
(1980) - Our John Willie (1980)
- The Bells of Astercote (1980)
- Codename IcarusCodename IcarusCodename Icarus is a British television serial made by the BBC in 1981.The series combined elements of teenage drama and conspiracy thriller...
(1981) - The Toy Princess (1981)
- With My Little Eye (1982)
- The Baker Street BoysThe Baker Street BoysThe Baker Street Boys is a British television series made by the BBC and first shown in 1983. The series is based around a gang of street urchins living in Victorian London who assist the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes in solving crimes and find themselves tackling cases of their...
(1983) - SeaviewSeaview (TV series)Seaview is a British children's television series produced by the BBC in 1983.Written by Chris Barlas, the series was a light-hearted comedy drama centred around a teenage girl, Sandy Shelton , and her younger brother George growing up living at her parents' guest house in Blackpool...
(1983) - Running ScaredRunning Scared (TV series)Running Scared is a British television children's drama serial produced by the BBC and transmitted in 1986, based on the Bernard Ashley novel and is set in Woolwich with the Woolwich Ferry featuring in a key scene....
(1986) - The Cuckoo Sister (1986)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Published in 1950 and set circa 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series. Although it was written and published first, it is second in the series'...
(1988) - Not the End of the World (1989)
- Five Children and ItFive Children and ItFive Children and It is a children's novel by English author Edith Nesbit, first published in 1902; it was expanded from a series of stories published in the Strand Magazine in 1900 under the general title The Psammead, or the Gifts. It is the first of a trilogy...
(1991: aka The Sand Fairy on its AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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release) - Archer's GoonArcher's GoonArcher's Goon is a 1984 fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones both for the young adult and adult markets. It was nominated for the 1985 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and is listed as an ALA Notable Children's Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor...
(1992) - The Return of the Psammead (1993: aka The Return of It on its American DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
release, and The Return of the Sand Fairy on its American video release) - EarthfastsEarthfasts (TV series)Earthfasts is a BBC children's drama series based upon the 1966 book of the same title by William Mayne. It was filmed on location in Richmond and Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, and was aired in 1994.-Plot summary:...
(1994) - Agent Z and the Penguin from MarsAgent Z and the Penguin from MarsAgent Z And The Penguin From Mars was a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom, based on the book of the same name by Mark Haddon.The six episode series followed the exploits of Ben Simpson, played by Duncan Barton, and his friends Barney, played by Andrew McKay, and Jenks, played by Reggie Yates, who together...
(1996)