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Hans My Hedgehog

From an early German folk tale. A farmer's wife drives her husband mad with her desperate measures to have a baby. On the advice of the village Midwife, she tries sleeping upside down, bathing in nettles and so on. She wants a baby so badly that she doesn't care what she gets, even a hedgehog. That, of course, is she gets: a baby covered in quills, as soft as feathers. His mother calls him 'Hans My Hedgehog' and she is the only one to love him. The farmer grows to hate him, people laugh at him and children call him names, like 'Grovelhog'. Finally, Hans asks his father for a saddle for his rooster (which is the size of a small horse), so that Hans can leave for a place where he can't hurt anyone and where no one can hurt him. Twenty years later, a king gets lost in a dark forest. Coming to a strange palace he asks the owner, the now grown Grovelhog, for food and a place to sleep. The king wants to reward his host, and asks him to name the gift he desires.

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  • Originally Aired June 12, 1988
  • Runtime 25 minutes
  • Network Channel 4
  • Created January 13, 2018 by
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Name Type Role
Anthony Minghella Writer
Ailsa Berk Guest Star
Helen Lindsay Guest Star
Eric Richard Guest Star
Abigail Cruttenden Guest Star
Jason Carter Guest Star
Maggie Wilkinson Guest Star
Robin Summers Guest Star
David Swift Guest Star
Steve Barron Director