The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends


The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends is a British animated anthology television series based on the works of Beatrix Potter, featuring Peter Rabbit and other anthropomorphic animal characters created by Potter. Fourteen of Potter's stories were adapted into nine films, and the series was originally shown in the U.K. on BBC between 20 December 1992 and 25 December 1998. It was subsequently broadcast in the U.S. on Family Channel between 13 May 1992 and 26 June 1995. For the initial VHS releases, some of the characters' voices were dubbed-over by actors with more American-like accents.
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Production

TVC London, in association with the BBC and the Japanese companies Pony Canyon Inc. and Fuji Television Network, Inc., produced the show for the publishing company Frederick Warne & Co. The first six episodes cost approximately £5 million to produce. Dianne Jackson, director of the 1982 Christmas special The Snowman, was involved in the planning of the series and received series director and writer credit on the first six episodes, but she died of cancer on New Year's Eve 1992. The animation style of The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends keeps very close to Potter's artwork in the original books. The main title song for the show is Perfect Day sung by Miriam Stockley. The live-action scenes in Potter's cottage and grounds were filmed on location at her actual cottage, 'Hill Top', in Cumbria, which is maintained unchanged as a museum by the National Trust.

Contents

Each episode opens up with a live-action Beatrix Potter, portrayed by actress Niamh Cusack, coming to her farmhouse out of the rain, either after finishing a watercolour painting and running home with her pet dog, Kep, or after doing the shopping in town and hitching a ride home on a horse-drawn vehicle, sitting down to some tea with her pet rabbit, Peter, and then setting up the featured story. Once Potter finishes the story, she either posts the picture letter herself or asks a boy to do it.
An exception to this is The Tailor of Gloucester episode, which takes place at Christmas time. The Tailor of Gloucester, unlike the other episodes, begins with Potter's maid, Daisy, serving out mince pies to some carol singers who sing the Sussex Carol while Potter and her pet cat, Simpkin, listen to them, and it ends with pictures taken from the main story. Some of the episodes include storylines from two separate books, either told one after the other or intermingled.

Cast

Documentaries

When the films were released on VHS, they featured a special mini documentary at the end.
DocumentarySummaryVHS releaseRelease date
Beatrix Potter's WorldBeatrix Potter's stories were inspired by the world around her.The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck15 March 1993
Beatrix Potter A Victorian ChildhoodBeatrix Potter was born in the Victorian era.The Tailor of Gloucester11 October 1993
Beatrix Potter The Story LettersMany of Beatrix Potter's stories started off as letters written to children.The Tale of Mrs Tiggy Winkle and Mr Jeremy Fisher14 March 1994
Beatrix Potter The ConservationistAs well as writing books, Beatrix Potter protected the land where she lived and left all her property to the National Trust.The Tale of Pigling Bland1 August 1994
The Legacy of Beatrix PotterWillow Taylor, a Lake District local shares her memories of Beatrix Potter.The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly Poly Pudding17 October 1994