Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories is a children's television show hosted by Mother Goose, who tells her three goslings the stories behind well-known nursery rhymes and fairy tales. The show featured child actors and elaborate puppets created by the Creature Shop. The first release of the series came in 1988 through a home video release. The series was originally conceived as a co-production for British television and was first broadcast on Children's ITV in the UK in 1988. It finally found a home as a broadcast series on The Disney Channel starting on August 25, 1990.