History Trivia / TheStoryteller

** A video game adaptation has also been in DevelopmentHell.

* AcclaimedFlop: The show was picked up on the critical acclaim of the pilot alone, but was never a ratings hit, leading to it's short run.

** It has also been confirmed that an episode based on Literature/VasilissaTheBeautiful (a Cinderella variant with Literature/BabaYaga as the WickedStepmother) was also in development. The unused teleplay was adapted into a comic book for "The Storyteller: Witches" spin-off.

** A video game adaptation has been in DevelopmentHell

** It has also been confirmed that an episode based on Literature/VasilissaTheBeautiful (a Cinderella variant with Literature/BabaYaga as the WickedStepmother) was also in development. The unused teleplay will be adapted into a comic book for "The Storyteller: Witches" spin-off.

** It has also been confirmed that an episode based on VasilisaTheBeautiful (a Cinderella variant with Literature/BabaYaga as the WickedStepmother) was also in development. The unused teleplay will be adapted into a comic book for "The Storyteller: Witches" spin-off.

* AllStarCast: Each episode had at ''least'' one British famous actor ranging from [[Series/FrenchAndSaunders Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders]] to Creator/DerekJacobi. The Storyteller himself was Creator/JohnHurt while his Greek counterpart was Creator/MichaelGambon.

* ThrowItIn: The dog talking back to the Storyteller was a happy accident. Creator/AnthonyMinghella just assumed that a dog in a Creator/JimHenson production would talk, and wrote him that way, though Henson had said nothing about whether or not the dog would talk.

* AllStarCast: Each episode had at ''least'' one British famous actor ranging from Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders to Creator/DerekJacobi. The Storyteller himself was Creator/JohnHurt while his Greek counterpart was Michael Gambon.

* AllStarCast: Each episode had at ''least'' one famous actor ranging from Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders to Creator/DerekJacobi. The Storyteller himself was Creator/JohnHurt while his Greek counterpart was Michael Gambon.

* HeyItsThatGuy: It casts tons of famous British actors, ranging from Dawn French to Creator/DerekJacobi.

** It has also been confirmed that an episode based on VasilisaTheBeautiful (a Cinderella variant with BabaYaga as the WickedStepmother) was also in development. The unused teleplay will be adapted into a comic book for "The Storyteller: Witches" spin-off.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Press release material mentions an episode that seems to be based on an Italian folktale, "Petrosinella" (a "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}" variant), but it has never been released, or likely ever made.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Press release material mentions an episode that seems to be based on an Italian folktale, "Petrosinella" (a "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}" variant), (it mentions a princess being the prisoner of an ogress) but it has never been released, or likely ever made.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Press release material mentions an episode based on an Italian folktale, "Petrosinella" (a "Literature/{{Rapunzel}}" variant), but it has never been released, or likely ever made.

** Henson planned to expand the show to have hour-long episodes, allowing for more complex stories and more time to show off the Creature Shop's work, but the show was cancelled before any could be made.

* ThrowItIn: The dog talking back to the Storyteller was a happy accident. Anthony Minghella just assumed that a dog in a Creator/JimHenson production would talk, and wrote him that way, though Henson had said nothing about whether or not the dog would talk.

** A finished but unproduced script was a retelling of the Russian folktale "The Witch Baby", and would have included the Storyteller and his tarot-reading abilities as part of its events, as in "Hans My Hedgehog". The story of a prince who must confront his demonic cannibal sister (who can grow to the size of Godzilla) was adapted into the 2011 graphic novel anthology.

* HeyItsThatGuy: It casts tons of famous British actors, ranging from Dawn French to DerekJacobi.
* ThrowItIn: The dog talking back to the Storyteller was a happy accident. Anthony Minghella just assumed that a dog in a JimHenson production would talk, and wrote him that way, though Henson had said nothing about whether or not the dog would talk.

** A finished but unproduced script was a retelling of the Russian folktale "The Witch Baby", and would have included the Storyteller and his tarot-reading abilities as part of its events (as in "Hans My Hedgehog"). The story of a DefectorFromDecadence who must confront his demonic, cannibal sister (who can grow to the size of Godzilla) was adapted into the 2011 graphic novel anthology by ArchaiaPublishing.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Press release material mentions an episode based on an Italian folktale, Petrosinella (a Literature/{{Rapunzel}} variant), but it has never been released, or likely ever made.

* ThrowItIn: The dog talking back to the Storyteller was a happy accident. Anthony Minghella just assumed that a dog in a JimHenson production would talk, and wrote him that way, though Henson had said nothing about whether or not the dog would talk.

* HeyItsThatGuy: It casts tons of famous British actors, ranging from Dawn French to DerekJacobi.

* HeyItsThatGuy: It casts tons of famous British actors, ranging from Dawn French to Derek Jacobi.