[1] The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC.
The story was adapted by Andrew Birkin (who would subsequently become a leading Barrie scholar) and Jack Burns.
Although part-funded by NBC with two American stars, most of the cast was British and it was shot at ATV's Elstree Studios, near London.
[2] (alphabetically) In 1976, this was the second of two TV musical adaptations of a children's classic which starred Danny Kaye opposite a woman playing the part of a young boy.
On March 27, 1976, CBS telecast Pinocchio with Kaye as Gepetto and Sandy Duncan in the title role.