Michael Rosen's Treasury of Children's Literature
After Big Art Challenge, last year's six part series for Channel 5, Different TV have completed another programme for the broadcaster....
Michael Rosen's Treasury of Children's Literature is a 45 minute documentary celebrating the opening of Seven Stories - the first National Centre for Children's Books - set in an old flour mill in Ouseburn Valley, NewcastleGateshead. Award-winning broadcaster, writer and poet, and Radio 4 Home Truth's presenter Michael Rosen is joined by children's illustrator Quentin Blake to delve into rare manuscripts and drawings, including JK Rowling's own pictures of Harry Potter.
Featured in the Sunday Times' "Week's best TV", the reviewer commented "Many favourite literary characters ensure that this is viewing with cross-generational charm."
