Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree

Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree is a 1971 British children's television show which featured a variety of poems, songs, and comedy sketches.

Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree
Genre	Children's
Written by	Various Ian Davidson
Directed by	Robert Reed
Starring	Ann Beach Richard Beckinsale John Gould David Rowlands Paul Whitsun-Jones
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Pamela Lonsdale
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Thames Television
Original release
Release	29 March (1971-03-29) – 3 May 1971 (1971-05-03)

Premise

The show featured recitations of works from such writers as T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, and Spike Milligan.^[1][2] The cast of the show would often dress up as the characters in the poems and songs that were being recited.

Cast

• Ann Beach
• Richard Beckinsale
• John Gould
• David Rowlands
• Paul Whitsun-Jones

Production

The series was recorded at Teddington Studios in Studio 2.^[3]

Episodes

Three of the six episodes of Elephant's Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree were filmed in black and white due to the Colour Strike in 1971. All six episodes are missing, believed wiped.^[4]