- Title: Painted Tales: Monet - The Water Lily Pond
- Date: 9th March 1990
- Summary: IN EACH STORY, A DIFFERENT PAINTING BY A WELL KNOWN ARTIST, EITHER ACTS AS THE T RIGGER FOR THE TALE, OR IS WOVEN INTO THE STORY. THIS EPISODE' THE WATER LILY P OND' BY MONET. IT IS A SPRING DAY IN THE PARK. THE OLD LADY (OBSERVED BY A TOURIST FAMILY FROM JAPAN) IS DETERMINED TO LURE GEORGE OUT OF HIS GALLERY. HE IS DUSTING 'THE WAT ERLILY POND' AND GRUMPILY INSULTS HER DUCK HANDLED UMBRELLA WHO TAKES UMBRAGE. THE BROLLY CREATES AN ACCIDENT, CAUSING GEORGE TO BE KNOCKED OUT. IN HIS ENSUIN G DREAM, 'THE WATERLILY POND' COMES TO LIFE AND WE FOLLOW HIS DREAM ABOUT A JAPA NESE HOUSE AND PUPPET SHOW.
- Description:A SERIES OF ANIMATED TALES BASED ON THE ADVENTURES OF CHARACTERS OUT OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS IN AN ART GALLERY TO INTEREST CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ANIMATOR IS KATE CANNING.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:PRODUCTION STUDIO
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:09/03/1990
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s