Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as
Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre) is a live-action children's television anthology series retelling fairy tales. Shelley Duvall serves as narrator, host and executive producer
of the program, and occasionally stars in episodes. The series was
followed by another, albeit less successful shorter series called
Tall Tales & Legends which followed the same format as
Faerie Tale Theatre and focused on classic American folk tales. Both series feature well known actors and directors, and were inspired by the children's television series
Shirley Temple's Storybook. This was one of the first examples of cable original programming, alongside HBO's Fraggle Rock.
