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Once Upon a Time...Episodes

  1. Mon 29 Jun 202622:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Mermaid by David Almond

    David Almond reimagines The Little Mermaid on Holy Island.

  2. Tue 30 Jun 202622:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Kakapos by Jo Lloyd

    In Jo Lloyd’s story, very ordinary Muriel meets Rip Van Winkle in the below world.

  3. Wed 1 Jul 202622:45
    BBC Radio 4

    The Three of Shoes by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

    Frank Cottrell-Boyce reimagines the story of the Elves and the Shoemaker.

  4. Thu 2 Jul 202622:45
    BBC Radio 4

    When a Bell Rings in Heaven by Ben Okri

    Ben Okri riffs on a Yoruba tale. Read by Burt Caesar.

  5. Fri 3 Jul 202622:45
    BBC Radio 4

    Cinderella and the Duke by Katherine Rundell

    Katherine Rundell rewrites Cinderella to Jazz Age New York. Read by Helena Bonham Carter.