Name: Faerie Tale Theatre
Rating: 8.1

Synopsis

A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

First Air Date: 1982-09-11

Last Air Date: 1987-11-14

Number of Seasons: 6

Number of Episodes: 27

Networks: Showtime

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Ep. 1: The Tale of the Frog Prince (1982-09-11)

Robin Williams and Terri Garr star in this wonderful adaption of the frog prince. Angered by the lack of an invitation to the christening, the prince's godmother goes into a rage and transforms the baby into a frog. A few years later the beautiful and vain princess loses her magic ball down the well,the frog takes pity on her and gets it out in exchange for a night in the castle, he will eat with her and sleep with her.she tries to blow him off but the king (Rene` Auberjournois) finds out and forces her to let the frog stay.after a brilliant battle with a scorpion the princess kisses him and "POOF," he turns back into a prince.
Ep. 2: Rumpelstiltskin (1982-10-16)

Boasting about one's daughter is one thing, Telling the king she can spin straw into gold is quite another- especially when the penalty for failure is death!What will the millers daughter do? call on the assistance of a strange little man who in exchange for spinning straw into gold -- wants her first born child! The only way to save herself from a terrible fate is to guess the little man's name.