- Title: Childs Eye The In The Beginning
- Date: 13th June 1989
- Summary: THE IMAGES A CHILD SEES SHAPES ITS IMAGINATION - BUT UP UNTIL THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY NOBODY THOUGHT TO PRODUCE BOOKS OR PICTURES FOR CHILDREN. BY EXPLORIING THE FAMOUS OPIE COLLECTION OF CHILDRENS BOOKS, THIS SERIES TRACES THE DEVELOPMENTS IN ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHILDRENS BOOKS. TONIGHT BEGINS WITH THE STORY OF THE MARKET FOR CHILDRENS BOOKS ESTABLISHED BY JOHN NEWBURY IN THE 1750' S,THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW COLOUR PRINTING PROCESSES IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF WALTER CRANE, KATE GREENAWAY AND RANDOLPH CALDECOTT. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MAURICE SENDAK, IRENE WHALLEY, DAVID HOUNSLOW 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 1
- Transmission Date:13/06/1989
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1980s