Marilyn Fox is a British television producer, director and writer, who was strongly associated with

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children's programmes from the 1960s to the 1990s, working on many drama series and enjoying a long association with ''

Jackanory ''Jackanory'' was a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in Reading (activity), reading. The programme was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the ...

''. Her credits include: * ''Jackanory'' (119 episodes, 1967–1991) * '' The Island of the Great Yellow Ox'' (1971, as adapter) * '' Treasure Over the Water'' (1972) * ''

Carrie's War ''Carrie's War'' is a 1973 English children's novel by Nina Bawden set during the Second World War. It follows two young London evacuees, Carrie and her younger brother Nick, into a Welsh village. It is often read in schools for its literary a ...

'' (1974, as adapter) * '' King Thrushbeard and the Proud Princess'' (1974) * '' The Day I Shot My Dad'' (1976) * '' Graham's Gang'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1980) * '' Our John Willie'' (1980) * '' The Bells of Astercote'' (1980) * '' Codename Icarus'' (1981) * '' The Toy Princess'' (1981) * '' With My Little Eye'' (1982) * '' The Baker Street Boys'' (1983) * '' Seaview'' (1983) * '' Running Scared'' (1986) * '' The Cuckoo Sister'' (1986) * ''

The Chronicles of Narnia ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, the series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia (wor ...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a portal fantasy novel written by British author C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956 ...

'' (1988) * '' Not the End of the World'' (1989) * ''

Five Children and It ''Five Children and It'' is a fantasy children's novel by English people, English author E. Nesbit. It was originally published in 1902 in the ''Strand Magazine'' under the general title ''The Psammead, or the Gifts'', with a segment appearing ...

'' (1991: aka ''The Sand Fairy'' on its American

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release) * '' Archer's Goon'' (1992) * '' The Return of the Psammead'' (1993: aka ''The Return of It'' on its American

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release, and ''The Return of the Sand Fairy'' on its American video release) * '' Earthfasts'' (1994) * '' Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars'' (1996)

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