- Title: The Childs Eye The Triumph Of Nonsense And Fantasy
- Date: 20th June 1989
- Summary: THE NURSERY RHYME IS ONE OF THE OLDEST WAYS OF ENTERTAINING AND STIMULATING CHILDREN BUT AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A PURITAN REVIVAL ATTEMPTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL CHILDREN'S BOOKS WERE EDUCATIONAL AND WORKS OF FANTASY OR NONSENSE WERE TO BE BANNED FROM THE CHILD'S BOOKSHELF. TONIGHT'S FILM CONSIDERS THE ILLUSTRATORS OF NURERY RHYMES, THE VICTORY OF WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS EDWARD LEAR, LEWIS CARROLL AND JOHN TENNIEL OVER THE MORALISTS AND EDUCATIONAL PURISTS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A RICH FANTASY WORLD IN THE WORK OF ARTHUR HUGHES AND RICHARD DOYLE. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM IRENE WHALLEY, MAURICE SENDAK , IONA OPIE AND GILLIAN AVERY.
- Description:A HISTORY OF THE IMAGES FROM CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY USING THE RESOURCES OF THE MORGAN LIBRARY IN NEW YORK AND THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY IN THE UK.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Swann Associates Limited
- Programme Episode:Episode 2
- Transmission Date:20/06/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s