The mystery of the pictures: plus four other stories

United Kingdom, 1998

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Episode number 5 of Series “The Animal shelf”.
Five stories are contained on this tape comprising THE MYSTERY OF THE PICTURES, TIMOTHY’S GUEST, LITTLE MUT FINDS AN EGG, KINKER’S CAMPING HOLIDAY and TIMOTHY’S HOMEWORK. THE MYSTERY OF THE PICTURES: The animals take some pictures with Timothy’s Polaroid camera and are surprised when dark shapes appear in them. While trying to solve the mystery the animals discover an unexpected visitor living opposite their shelf. TIMOTHY’S GUEST: The animals have a new friend to play with when Timothy offers to look after his cousin’s dog for the weekend. LITTLE MUT FINDS AN EGG: While Timothy is off playing golf the animals search for birds’ nests in Bluebell Wood. Little Mut finds what he is looking for as well as an unexpected visitor. KINKER’S CAMPING HOLIDAY: It seems like Kinker’s holiday is about to turn into one big disaster, but with a little help from the animals and their invention of a home made telephone system, things may turn out alright. TIMOTHY’S HOMEWORK: The animals help Timothy with his homework and do such a good job that Timothy wins a prize.

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Credits

director

Ellen Meske

producer

Jackie Cockle

production company

Cosgrove Hall Films

Duration

00:51:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1998

Appears in

The Animal shelf

Group of items

The Animal shelf

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310730

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs for children

Childrens Films

Childrens Films → Children 0-6

Childrens Films → Children 6-12

Literature → Children's literature - Film and video adaptations

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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