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All featured the same stock characters, in similar archetypal roles. "''Life''" was the only one to not feature the children as grown up or adolescent archetypes of said characters, but as parts of the human organism.
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===[[Once Upon a Time... Man]]===
Originaly produced in 1978, this series is the original seris of the franchise, detailing the overall history of mankind. It was directed by Albert Barillé.
===[[Once Upon a Time... Space]]===
Produced in 1982, this series was a science fiction follow up to the last episode of "Man", which was futuristic in scope. Several episodes of this series were
===[[Once Upon a Time... Life]]===
Produced in 1987, this series focuses on the workings of the human body, and has the children shown as the archetypes of various parts of the organism (cells, bacteria, etc.). It was directed by Albert Barillé.
===[[Once Upon a Time... The Americas]]===
Produced in 1991,this series focuses on the history of the American continent through all its settlements
===[[Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers]]===
Produced in 1994, this series focuses on various thinkers and inventors throughout history, from the ancient chineese, through Henry the Navigator, Gutenberg, Leonardo Da Vinci,
===[[Once Upon a Time... The Explorers]]===
Produced in 1996, this series focuses on various explorers, from "The First Navigators", through Vasco de Gama, Cabeza de Vaca and Humboldt, to Lewis & Clark and Alexandra David Neel. It was, as all the series before it, directed by Albert Barillé. It was the last series in the franchise to date and has ended the cycle of the franchise after 18 years of production.
==Characters==
The series ''Once Upon a Time...'' illustrated the various subjects (as listed above) from the point of view of a group that is always composed of similar recurring figures that represent different archetypal roles.:
*'''Maestro''' ([[Roger Carel]]) - The wise old man. He usually serves as the head of the tribe, as a religious priest, as an adviser to the king and as an inventor. Maestro has long white hair and beard that covers his entire body. He is seen to stash things away in this beard, sometimes loitering quite a bit to find the object he wishes to present. He serves as the mentor to the children, telling them about the various subjects.
*'''Peter / Pierre''' (Roger Carel) - The courageous and handsome young man. He represents the image of the good person.
*'''Jumbo / Le Gros''' ([[Yves Barsacq]]) - The strong young man. Jumbo is Peter's best friend. A quite large person, with red hair and great physical powers. At times he tends to be a little clumsy but he is very strong. He often defends Peter, Pierrette (and Psi in the spinoffs) from the bad bullies.
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*'''The Clock''' - Displays the year when the events occur. Sometimes it has a character and reacts to what the screen shows. For example complains when narration proceeds many years forwards or glares to the scenery when something interesting is shown.
Some of them had historical roles. For example Pest as [[Goliath]] and Pierrot as [[David]]. Maestro had the role of [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] and generaly of benevolent or enlightened rulers (amongst
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