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.

Premise The show featured recitations of works from such writers as T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, and Spike Milligan. 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.

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, It is believed they have been wiped somehow.

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