Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree (TV series)

Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree is a 1971 British children's show which featured a variety of poems, songs, and comedy sketches.

Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree
GenreChildren's
Written by
Directed byRobert Reed
Starring
Country of originUK
Original language(s)English
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producer(s)Pamela Lonsdale
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Thames Television
DistributorITV Independent Television
Release
Original release29 March (1971-03-29TUK) 
3 May 1971 (1971-05-03TUK)

Premise

The show featured recitations of works from such writers as T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, and Spike Milligan.[1][2] The cast of the show would often dress up as the characters in the poems and songs that were being recited.

Cast

Production

The series was recorded at Teddington Studios in Studio 2.[3]

Episodes

Three of the six episodes of Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree were filmed in black and white due to the Colour Strike in 1971. All six episodes are missing, believed wiped.[4]

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gollark: Um. Not really.
gollark: The door is an invulnerable forcefield, *but* you can probably just dig into a random corridoooorr.
gollark: Terra's base looks like this outside and is hilariously insecure.
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References

  1. Williams, Andrew (April 1971). "Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree". Look-in.
  2. "Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree". NostalgiaCentral. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "Newsletter". thames.today. 29 January 1971. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. "Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree". tvbrain.info.
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