Lovely, warm adaptation of the Disney classic – or rather, classic Disney version of the classic. There are grabs from the most important songs: ‘When You Wish Upon a Star’, ‘I’ve Got No Strings On Me’, etc and the story is quite effective on radio. Jiminy Cricket is perhaps less annoying here because a narrator is more useful. This story is as good a warning for children as any about stranger danger – trusting one stranger leads Pinocchio into a travelling show, trusting another makes him wind up on donkey island (this is still really scary, even as an adult). I still find it a bit hard to believe that he tracks down a whale so easily, but nothing’s perfect…
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