The Pied Piper of Hamelin PBS part 1

[projecttopman29]

o my god memory rush of my childhood :)

[1Pantikian]

Hey whats the radiohead song about this?

[JackandSally4ever]

@highlytrainedmonkees Harry Potter is awesome :T

[LimeGirl08]

@highlytrainedmonkees : I have no explanation beyond what you just provided, also, the story doesn't provide or hint at the Piper bringing the rats into town. However, the story has many variants and it is possible, though unlikely, that he brought them in as the main reason to make money by driving them out. And at night, who would hear his pipe? It might be subtle...

[dreamywhisper]

I remember watching this as a kid in the 90s, cosgrove hall films were amazing, it's so sad they shut. Do you have the reluctant dragon by any chance? I can't find it anywhere!

[JackandSally4ever]

I'm digging on this music.

[jpsweet2010]

Makes me miss my childhood so much. Beautiful stories. I use to love this and Jim Henson's Storyteller. Memories.

[TheRodan77]

"Long Ago & Far Away" needs to be released on DVD already...

[dcconsi]

for hamlyn read ireland and eutope

[nicegirl333]

does any1 in this whole world know where i can watch the pegasus episode or better yet own it? it was my fave! plz i need help...it would mean so much 2 me...

[LimeGirl08]

Has it occurred to someone that it was the Piper who brought the rats into Hamelin in the first place?

[carloota2]

the pied piper reminds me of naruto that changed everyone. with his own skills that is.

[Julianselfkant]

The von Spiegelberg brothers saw to the eradication of pagan dancing rites performed on the heights of the Oberberg (earlier the Coppan) in 1284. Calvary is also named as the destination of the children but to the medieval mind Calvary connoted a place of execution .. Browning obviously interpreted Calvary in a positive sense as the place of the Crucifixion, a point well understood by the producers of this video as a white cross appears where the children are led into the mountain.

[durkin90]

Yes, RIP! I'm sad to report that Cosgrove Hall Films ceased operations for good on October of last year. ITV shut it down and the location where the studios once were was sold in 2009 to a housing development company in order to build retirement flats there(!). This is a most tragic end to an animation studio that was the biggest and most reputed in the UK during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s! I will never forget shows like 'Count Duckula' and especially 'The Wind in the Willows.'

[sillygrl23]

This was one of my favorite episodes of Long Ago and Far Away next to "Pegesus"

[martialtaichi]

Wonderful - the definitive version :)

[FritziTheEchidna123]

i wonder what would be the result if tim burton made a version of this.

[hamiltalis]

We were made to watch this at school and it still scares the bejesus outta me!

[diddymuck]

Saw it Christmas 1984 on the BBC during a trip to London. We get to watch Wiz of Oz each year...they get to watch this incredible stuff!

[dirty06maggot]

i find this creepy but i love the story.

[singar998]

Cook and classically awesome!!!

[dreamywhisper]

omg i remember this video, we had it recorded on a vhs along with loads of other weird stuff like this, it creeped me out then and still does!

[QueenBoadicea]

I remember this video. I was captured by its poetry, the artistry of the animation, its overall CREEPY charm, so much like that of "The Sandman", another animation that kept to the original Germanic story.

[SmellyApearms]

Just like the Pied Piper

led rats through the streets

we dance like marionettes

swaying to the symphony of destruction.

[blackmoongirl2424]

@SmellyApearms

Man I LOVE that song! XD

[klbates]

Thankyou for posting this Video @aaront596. I saw this before on TV. I miss this show so much. The other show I miss is a boy with his dragon. That the dragon fights with King George.

[7thrank]

Imagine that, a town with rats, where everyone in it talks in rhyme, a chance to visit I would like, if only even for a short time.

[Peadarisback]

@7thrank that would be to me most perfectly sublime!

[flip4pie]

I've been looking for this for years... i used to watch this too, the vhs i had was accompanied by a Cinderella claymation of the same type. Now to go look for that! Thank you for putting this up!

[Iminthecarsi]

I used to watch a vhs of this on my days off as a child ,I bet tim burtons seen this a fair few times aswell

[Francesc2000]

Funny, I don't find this story creepy or scary at all... perhaps he's some sort of angel taking the children away from such horrible town infested with such vile creatures... and I don't mean the rats.

Still the music is wonderful.

.. and he does return to check on the last kid.

[70marco80]

its not the last kid...if you're referring to the kid in the beginning. i think the beginning takes place in modern times and he's just telling the story

[Francesc2000]

Oh, I've been trying to find this for probably 20 years. I could never find it again. I so enjoyed it when I was a kid. It was a wonderful story and the music so beautiful... I surely am grateful you put it here.

[StefanoFan27]

I remember seening a CBS Storybrake Virsion Of This story (oh btw i think Malcom Jamal Warner was the host at that time). So If Anyone has that clip, put it on here. or even remembers it too.

[lobo26000]

does anyone remember that other animation film by the same people that involved a ship made out of ice? i cant remember what it's called..

[diddymuck]

brilliant work and a bit borderline creepy!

[BilalMir1982]

R.I.P. The age of creative, intelligent children's entertainment.

[Dragmack]

we hardly knew it.

[Blakefe]

@BilalMir1982 i feel your pain brother

[gregtestagent]

And I chiefly use my charm on creatures that do people harm. The mole, and toad, and newt, and viper. And people call me: "THE PIED PIPER!"

[crlgrl]

I have been looking for this video ever since the advent of the internet! I watched it on TV in the 80's and loved it then, but could never find it since. I was hoping if I waited long enough it would come out on youtube, so thank you for making that possible!

[lemonblossoms]

I have this new on dvd. I havent watched it yet but there was just one rare one on amazon I found and purchased it for £51.00. If anyone is interested in buying it? The is another short animated film on the same dvd called the reluctant dragon.

[Galisoneh]

The music at the beginning sounds a bit like a church hymn.

[Yanamation]

Yus! I really agree about the opening! I likes it as I always go to Cathedral service in Ely and heard such a style of music and I sing the hymn!

[boringalias]

It sounds like the "Romance" (second movement) from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite. Can anyone else confirm this?

[LostFan81516]

I loved this show when I was a kid,ty for uploading. Some episodes scared me like this one and the Beauty and the beast one..

[jamesoffutt]

I am going to find out where you live and kill you.

[jamesoffutt]

NOT!!!

[wizardspocket]

i live at 608 gallowgate glasgow scotland,i drink in a bar just down the road called the "heilin jessie" come down and i will introduce you to the area where we will bury your battered dead body!xxxxxx

[Xxfancythat79xX]

I had this on video as a kid (betamax lol) and it's weird watching it now cos I didn't realise at the time that he was bad...I always thought he was saving the kids for some reason and I felt sorry for the little boy that was left out :S Watching it now is frightening!

[Kyotta84]

r. kelly is the reincarnation of the pied piper. he gave himself that name.

[justinnumberone]

michael jackson is the reincarnation of the pied piper.

[estefez]

A lot of childhoods are in this video, including mine.

[kyral210]

I think this is the reason I am a goth!

[Heartborne7thSeeker]

Some time ago I saw a program on the Discovery

channel about myth's and legends and there is

quite a lot of historians who claim that this

story really did happen in Hamelin in real life,

only there the children was not taken into a mountain but was taken deep into the woods and

killed by the Piper and his followers.

[DementedDolphin]

he may well have been a pedophile!!

[RebelVoDKa]

That's probably why he slammed the cave door before the cripple got through. He didn't fancy him.

[kyral210]

scary

[Heartborne7thSeeker]

This Film is simply so AWESOME a fantastic

piece of work!

I remember it used to scare me when I was a little kid and even now it is quite a piece of

stop motion horror.

5 gigantic stars from me and 5 for AARONT596

for uploading this masterpiece.

[Iminthecarsi]

i love the music to this especially when the monks are on but when begins my ditty i still dance around like a titty

[gftyh]

i've had this on tape since i was 4, i'm now 20. I was amazed last year to find out that this was narrated by Robert Hardy aka 'Cornelius Fudge' his voice sounds very different today

[pokinsmot]

dude... you so friggen rule for this...

[Artoveli]

Ah, this is really interesting! I don't have time to watch the rest tonight, but I'll be back!

[smwild7727]

i had this on a tape with another short like it- Cinderella. It was, if possible, even creepier than this. could someone upload it?

[sicstyl]

I remember this! I remember how creepy it was.

[jalong21]

Someone please tell me how to get a hold of a copy of the "Long Ago and Far Away" series. I would do anything to to have my own copy.

[poplar456]

cool

[workwillsetyoufree]

Many, many thanks upon you.

[EviePunk]

this is the coolest vid in the world. watched it in social studies. does anyone know who the voice of the pied piper is?

[bdl218]

this film scared me horribly when i saw it as a child, i was afraid to go to sleep for years because i was convinced the pied piper lived in my bathroom

[mrnack]

thank you very much for putting this on here. i've never seen it before, but it's probably one of the coolest animated short films i've ever seen.

[KalleJularbo]

Remember it from my childhood. It was as great as it was terrifying. I was really scared of the Piped Piper but I loved the story (and this movie) nontheless. It should be released on dvd.

[meiray]

Such a great short. That's Robert Hardy of "All Creatures great & Small" and now "Harry Potter" fame narrating.

"Long Ago & Far Away" was an amazing collection of fantastic productions. Thanks for uploading!