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Episodes
- The Shepherdess and the Sweep
(25mb)
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:00:42 +0000
A charming story about two ornaments who fall in love and run away together to the big wide world. - The Boy Who Flew Too High (10mb)
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:15:33 +0000
The myth of how Daedalus made wings out of feathers and wax and flew away from imprisonment by King Minos on the island of Crete. His son Icarus ignored his warnings and flew too close to the sun. - Bertie and the Lion (19mb)
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:59:06 +0000
The story of how Prince Bertie kept a lion as a pet when he was a small boy living in the palace, and what happened when the lion grew too big to keep. - The Thieving Monkey (19mb)
Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:10:09 +0000
Theo is a good monkey really. He's not nearly so bad as people make out. But when a new keeper is put in charge of the monkey cage, he chooses Theo to help in out with a crime. - Tim Learns About the Olympics (10mb)
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:08:52 +0000
A short history of the Olympics for Tim the Tadpole explaining how they began in Ancient Greece, and have always held the ideal of peace between nations, though it has been hard to live up to. - Gladys the Music Maker (12mb)
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:12:45 +0000
The second part of the Gladys and the chiX - the girl band has some words for their first song, but no music. Laura says she has a friend in the music business who can help - but will he do all the work for the girls? - Robin Hood and Maid Marian (12mb)
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:00:13 +0000
Maid Marian is traveling through Sherwood Forest with her family. They are robbed on the way. Later, Marian runs away from home to the woods where she meets - and fights - Robin Hood. - Introducing Twister (1mb)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:24:22 +0000
The Twister Podcast - Tongue Twisters with Natasha - Jack and the Beanstalk (19mb)
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:16:02 +0000
Jack exchanges the family cow for five beans. His mother is furious and throws them out of the window. The beans sprout into a stalk and jack climbs up to the sky and the land of giants. - The Sheriff Who Came to Dinner with Robin Hood (13mb)
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:24:07 +0000
Little John is Robin Hood's most trusted outlaw. He wins an archery contest and the Sheriff of Nottingham employs him in his service. Little John swears to be the worst servant he ever did have. - Gladys and the chiX (14mb)
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:48:31 +0000
Three sisters, Mandy, Laura and Sam set up a girl band. Their younger sister, Gladys, is not allowed in the band because she is to geeky - even though she is the one with the best the ideas. - The Emperor?s New Clothes (18mb)
Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:24:01 +0000
Two rogues come to the court of the Emperor and persuade everyone that they can make clothes that are invisible to anyone who is simple in the head or unfit for their jobs. The whole court praises the beautiful clothes. - The Guest of Robin Hood (14mb)
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:54:02 +0000
Robin Hood was the politest robber in all history. He liked to entertain his victims at his table in Green Wood. In the first of our series, his guest is a sad knight who has fallen on hard times. - The Minotaur (16mb)
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:22:03 +0000
How Theseus killed the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne - an exciting myth from Ancient Greece with some historical background about King Minos and Crete woven in. - The Zoo That Bit Back (15mb)
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:16:04 +0000
The animals at the zoo live a life of luxury until a new head-keeper is appointed. The monkeys must give up their TV, and the Lion has to stay awake in visiting hours. They plot revenge. - Bertie?s Double (25mb)
Sun, 25 May 2008 12:23:54 +0000
The Wicked Queen is determined that Princess Beatrice should marry a rich prince - but Beatrice stays true to her long lost Prince Bertie - then the Queen finds someone who looks just like Bertie. - The Hare and the Tortoise (13mb)
Sun, 18 May 2008 13:35:56 +0000
The hare from the famous tale by Aesop tells his version of the race with the tortoise - just in case you thought that he really was slower than his rival. The real winner is the cunning fox. - The Golden Goose (15mb)
Mon, 12 May 2008 05:29:17 +0000
An amusing tale about a boy whose parents called him "Dummy" - but he can't have been that much of a dummy because he found a golden goose and made the grandest people of the town look like fools. - Beauty and the Beast (28mb)
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:34:36 +0000
Beauty and Beast by Charles Perrault is one of the great romantic tales of all time. With exotic music and sound effects. - Lazy Jack (9mb)
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:33:52 +0000
Lazy Jack goes out to work, but he's not used to earning a living, and he gets into all sorts of muddles. An amusing fireside tale from the North of England. - St. George And The Dragon (8mb)
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:52:56 +0000
The story of how George saved a town and a princess from a fearful dragon. He is associated with courage and chivalry and several countries have chosen him as their patron saint. - The Homecoming of Odysseus (30mb)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:25:10 +0000
Odysseus returns home 20 years after leaving for Troy. He arrives on his rocky island kingdom of Ithaca disguised as a beggar and finds that his palace is full of suitors wooing his wife, the faithful Queen Penelope. - The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal (9mb)
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:38:51 +0000
This tale from India is about a good-hearted Brahman - or holy man - who is helps a tiger out of a trap. - The Ugly Duckling (28mb)
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:05:55 +0000
This is the classic story of somebody who is a "bit different". - The Nose That Ran Away (21mb)
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:31:41 +0000
The strange story of a nose that ran away from its owner, a little girl called Isis. Soon the nose was making havoc all over her school. Only Katie the witch knew the full truth... - St. Patrick (8mb)
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:16:19 +0000
St. Patrick is famous for banishing the snakes from Ireland. But there are loads more legends about Ireland's patron saint who is celebrated with parties and parades on March 17th. - The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate (17mb)
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:45:59 +0000
When Theo the monkey tastes chocolate for the first time, he goes crazy for it. He breaks out of the zoo and goes on smash and grab raids across the town. Will there be any chocolate left for Easter? - The Three Little Pigs (13mb)
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:03:17 +0000
One of those stories that you can hear again and again. The wolf huffs and puffs and the three little pigs exclaim by the hairs of their chiny chin chins and only the best build house won't fall down. - The Jumblies (6mb)
Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:54:49 +0000
They went to sea in a Sieve, they did, In a Sieve they went to sea... And when the Sieve turned round and round, And every one cried, 'You'll all be drowned!' They called aloud, 'Our Sieve ain't big, But we don't care a button! we don't care a fig! By Edward Lear. - The Swineherd (21mb)
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:00:14 +0000
A princess is spoiled and unable to appreciate the gifts of natural beauty that her prince sends her. And then she sees a clever little toy that she really, really wants. It belongs to the keeper of the Emperor's pigs - the Imperial Swineherd.
