Help identifying two late 1980’s - Kids TV Shows

[jaygon]

It’s possible that neither show was UK-produced but both shows were certainly broadcast in the UK in the late 1980’s.

1. A series which featured a bearded narrator, sitting by the fireside and who introduced a story in each episode.

2. An episode which I believed to be from the Australian- Around The Twist series (but seemingly not) whereby a family win the lotto by means of inviting some sort of wish-maker/genie into their home only to subsequently offend it. In anger it eats the winning ticket at the celebration party, leaving the ungrateful family penniless.

Any suggestions?

[Richard1978]

1. Could be Puddle Lane.

[George 1978]

Jackanory seemed to be an obvious guess, but apart from that, the bearded narrator could be Postman Pat author John Cunliffe when he presented Rosie and Jim?

[catflap]

'The StoryTeller' may be #1 - was about that time but sans beard.

[jaygon]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! Having watched a clip on YouTube, I do believe that the first series actually was Storyteller. The fireside and the dog confirm the memory. I can only assume the ‘bearded narrator’ to be a false memory or perhaps a hybrid-memory from the TV show Knightmare. But Storyteller is certainly the series which I had in mind.

The other series is really baffling. I have tried to remember a few more details though not much more to offer other than what has already been posted above :

A family experiences a spell of good luck having given refuge to a man with some sort of magical powers only to subsequently offend him and lose the fortune. In anger the man/genie/magician eats the family's winning lottery ticket, vanishing and leaving them penniless once again.
I believe the genie/creature became angry with the family as it needed to be fed regularly ; hence it ate the lottery ticket in a rage once the family began neglecting it. This happened whilst the family were celebrating having just won a fortune with the ticket.

[jaygon]

This second of the two queries is still driving me nuts!!

I definitely saw the episode repeated more than once c. 1989-1991 and on a UK TV Channel. Hoping somebody might remember something!