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Myths and tales from around the world, told using a mix of animation and live action.

An innovative mix of animation and live action where children help create the artwork and play all the characters in re-tellings of myths, legends and tales from around the world.

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Tellytales: Series 1

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Tellytales: Series 1: Episode 6: The Emperor and the Nightingale

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Episode 6

Episode 6: The Emperor and the Nightingale

The Emperor and the Nightingale

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An adaptation of the tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a Chinese emperor.

Tales from around the world jump off the page. Featuring an Andersen story in which a Chinese emperor learns that all that glitters is not gold.

Myths, legends and tales from around the world jump off the pages and straight into children's imagination in this innovative mix of animation and live action. Children help create the artwork and play all the characters, creating a fantastic mix of multi-layered pop-up book and magical stage play. 

The episodes combine traditional lighting, props, humour, make-up and costumes with cutting-edge virtual studio technology to immerse the audience in some of the world's most exciting stories, some well known, others less so.

Featuring the Hans Christian Andersen tale about a Chinese emperor who learns that all that glitters is not gold.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes.

The UK's most watched and most loved channel for the under-sixes, dedicated to delighting and surprising its pre-school audience.

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