Faerie Tale Theatre
Inspired by an earlier children's series, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Shelley Duvall hosted this series featuring some of the best known actors and actresses in Hollywood performing adaptations of traditional stories.
- 1982-1987
- 6 seasons
- Showtime Networks
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- TV-PG
Inspired by an earlier children's series, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958), Shelley Duvall hosted this series featuring some of the best known actors and actresses in Hollywood performing adaptations of traditional stories.
Season 3 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1984
Episode 1
Goldilocks and the 3 Bears
Mon, Jan 9, 1984 48 mins
A spirited young girl disobeys her parents and runs off to the woods for the afternoon. She visits a seemingly empty house, eats from three bowls of porridge, sits in three chairs, breaking one, and then falls asleep in the littlest bed. When she's caught, she learns an important lesson about respecting other entities' rights to privacy and another about being truthful.
Episode 2
Princess and the Pea
Mon, Apr 16, 1984 53 mins
A bored prince realizes he would like a wife. His mother, the Queen, searches through all the kingdoms far and wide for a "suitable" princess. In the meantime, a charming and witty young lady, who claims to be a princess, shows up on the castle doorstep with a sprained ankle and is shown hospitality by the prince and his best friend, the Fool.
Episode 3
Pinocchio
Mon, May 14, 1984 51 mins
A lonely woodcarver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. Sophia, the Blue Fairy, comes and partially grants it by turning his latest puppet, Pinocchio, into a living one. He can fulfill Geppetto's wish of a real son if he can prove himself to be a good soul. However, the road to becoming one seems to never end, since his innocence continuously causes a problem, especially when the evil Gypsy and his two goons, Mario and Vince, want to exploit him. Not to mention, every time that he misbehaves or lies, his nose grows.
Episode 4
Thumbelina
Mon, Jun 11, 1984 51 mins
Thumbelina is the answer to her mother's prayers, but she is all too soon stolen away by Mother Toad as a wife for her son, Herman. With the help of many different woodland creatures, especially the Swallow, she overcomes many obstacles to try and get back to her mother.
Episode 5
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Mon, Jul 16, 1984 54 mins
Snow White must flee from her evil stepmother, the Queen. She's taken in by the lovable seven dwarfs. Will the queen be able to get rid of her rival?
Episode 6
Beauty and the Beast
Mon, Aug 13, 1984 52 mins
A merchant's beautiful daughter sacrifices her freedom to save him from a cursed beast's punishment.
Episode 7
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Mon, Sep 17, 1984 52 mins
An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of "the shivers". The king hires him to rid the castle of ghosts and evil spirits.
