Tales from Europe

How it feels

This is a British anthology series that aired European fairy tales and fantasy films in the 1960s. The episodes were adapted from international movies and shown to children as short, episodic stories.

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What happens

Tales from Europe was a British children's television anthology strand, first broadcast on BBC 1 between 1 October 1964 and 22 May 1969. The series presented narrated or dubbed European films, primarily fairy tales and fantasy adventures, in episodic form for British audiences. The programme consisted of a curated selection of films sourced from across Europe, including Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The films were originally produced for cinema release, and were edited by the BBC into episodic format for television broadcast. Tales from Europe was an early example of international content acquisition in British children's broadcasting, which introduced British children to other cultures, languages and aesthetics. It is especially remembered for the East German film The Singing Ringing Tree. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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