Jackanory Playhouse (1978)

Concept and creative process

The titles for 'Jackanory Playhouse', a strand of children's drama plays, were inspired by children's picture books which were cut in strips, allowing the random re-arrangement of bodies. In the title sequence the illustrations of storybook characters were playfully animated and swapped to make new, unusual and surprising combinations. The curtain-up animation delivered the expectant audience to the ensuing drama.

Illustrator - Cynthia Pickard.

Animator - Roy Jackson.

Music - Jo Horovitz.

Editor - Rod Longhurst.

Designer/Director - Pauline Carter.

Winner of a Design & Art Direction Wood Pencil for Television Graphics 1978.

Jackanory Playhouse titles designs