Grim Tales

Grim Tales
Directed by	Bob Baldwin
Narrated by	Rik Mayall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	22
Production company(s)	Central Independent Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	14 April 1989 – 17 March 1991

Grim Tales is a British children's television program based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, featuring Rik Mayall as the storyteller dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown. The twenty-two episodes were broadcast on ITV from 1989 to 1991. There was also a release on video and audio cassette, with the slightly different title Grimm Tales.

Mayall tells the tales in his own inimitable way from his armchair, designed by David Barrington Holt, complete with paws and ostrich legs. The set was designed by building designer Julian Cripps. The Stories are almost all interspersed with animation, often fairly abstract, and are directed by Bob Baldwin, with music by composed by Ged Haney & arranged by Clive Bell.

The stories were adapted by Anne Caulfield and Anthony Horowitz.

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