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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 2

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Tellytales: Series 2: Episode 2: The Flying Carpet

Episode 2

Episode 2: The Flying Carpet

Series 2

The Flying Carpet

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In this Arabian Nights story, the magical carpet is ready to fly - but where will it go?

Myths and tales from around the world jump off the pages. In this Arabian Nights story based in Persia, the magical carpet is ready to fly - but where will it go?

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.

This tale has been adapted from a story from the Arabian Nights based in Persia. The magical carpet is ready to fly - but where will it go?

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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