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Faerie Tale Theatre Season 5 Episodes

  • 1982-1987
  • 6 Seasons
  • Showtime Networks
  • Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
  • TV-PG
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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 5 Episode Guide

Season 5

2 Episodes 1986 - 1986

Episode 1

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Mon, Jul 14, 198648 mins

This is a retelling of "The Arabian Nights" folk tale about a Middle Eastern boy who obtains a mysterious magic lamp.

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Episode 2

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

Mon, Aug 11, 198652 mins

After his wife's death, a grieving king becomes serious and closed, prompting everyone in the realm to act the same, just when his young daughter starts to discover what it's like to have fun, laugh, and do everything a girl her age does.

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