• 1989
  • 11m
Grim Tales

Summary Comedian and actor Rik Mayall energetically narrates a series of stories adapted from the tales written by the Brothers Grimm View more details

  • 1989
  • 11m

Grim Tales

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Rik Mayall

All cast & crew

8.9

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Genres : Adventure Comedy Fantasy Animation

Release date : Apr 13, 1989

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Central Independent Television Initial Film and Television

Summary Comedian and actor Rik Mayall energetically narrates a series of stories adapted from the tales written by the Brothers Grimm View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy Fantasy Animation

Release date : Apr 13, 1989

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : Central Independent Television Initial Film and Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 13, 1989
The Three Feathers
A dying king gives three quests to his three sons to decide who the heir to the throne will be. His two "clever" sons immediately resort to cheating, but the "stupid" one still wins thanks to a strange helpful frog living in the cellar.
Episode 2 • Apr 20, 1989
The Spirit in the Bottle
A poor woodcutter's son rescues a trickster spirit trapped in a bottle and is rewarded with a magic rag that can turn things into silver.
Episode 3 • Apr 27, 1989
The Hare and the Hedgehog
A turnip thieving hedgehog challenges a posh hare to a race. The prize? A gold coin and a silk hanky.
Episode 4 • May 04, 1989
The Valiant Little Tailor
The valiant little tailor who claims he can kill 'seven in one blow' is tasked by the king to take care of two troublesome giants.
Episode 5 • May 11, 1989
Rapunzel
Rapunzel, a girl kidnapped as a baby by an evil witch and locked away in a tower that no one can climb, risks enraging the witch by using her own impossibly long hair to help prince charming reach her and keep her company in secret.
Episode 6 • May 18, 1989
The Fisherman and his Wife
The tale of the honest fisherman and his greedy wife who find an enchanted wish-granting fish.
Episode 7 • May 25, 1989
The Three Little Men in the Wood
A good-natured woman is blessed with three wondrous gifts by three mysterious men in the woods. Her evil stepmother decides to send her ill-natured daughter to also visit the men, but the outcome ends up being quite different.
Episode 8 • Jun 01, 1989
Hansel and Gretel
Abandoned by their impoverished parents, wily brother and sister run into a witch in the forest, who tries to eat them.
Episode 9 • Jun 08, 1989
Rumpelstiltskin
Forced to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold for the greedy king, a miller's daughter asks in desperation a trickster creature named Rumpelstiltskin for help, but his assistance has a steep price.
Episode 10 • Jun 15, 1989
The Twelve Huntsmen
Princess Finella disguises herself as one of king Stefan's huntsmen to be close to him, her true love, and try to win him back somehow. However, his pet lion suspects something, but can it prove its suspicion?
Episode 11 • Jun 22, 1989
Sweet Porridge
Rik beats his chair for playing his guitar, improvises a sad tale of Horace the frog who wanted to be the first frog on the Moon, and tells the tale of a poor, hungry girl who receives a magic cooking pot which produces unending porridge.
Episode 12 • Jun 29, 1989
The Three Doctors
Three braggadocios doctors try to prove to a skeptical innkeeper that they are so good they can operate on themselves.
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