Episode 102: Fearnot

The StoryTeller
Air Date	October 26, 1987
Written by	Anthony Minghella, from an early German folk tale
Director	Steve Barron

Fearnot is a young man who is incapable of feeling fear. He leaves his home and his true love to embark on a vast journey to experience the shudder of fear. However, no monster he meets - no matter how horrible or terrifying - makes him afraid. It is only upon his return that he learns that true fear exists in the places he is closest to.

Cast

• Reece Dinsdale as Fearnot
• Willie Ross as Mr. McKay (Tinker)
• Frederick Warder as Half Man
• Gabrielle Anwar as Lidia
• James Donnelly as Lidia's Father
• Peter Jonfield as Fearnot's Father
• Mark Williams as Fearnot's Brother
• Lucy Harte as Water Nymphs
• Michael Cuckson as Pond Sprite

Notes

• The story is loosely based on "The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear", collected by the Brothers Grimm.

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