A BBC Fairy Tale Collection

A BBC Fairy Tale Collection

Eight dramatisations of classic children's stories

Summary

At bedtime, in the car or just for fun!

This enchanting collection brings to life eight traditional fairy tales as full-cast recordings. Created with music, sound effects and all the expertise of the BBC, these much-loved stories will thrill a new generation of children.

The classic stories in this collection are:

Sleeping Beauty
A princess sleeps for a hundred years

Jack and the Beanstalk
A magic beanstalk just keeps on growing

Hansel and Gretel
Two children lost in the forest

Little Red Riding Hood
A cunning wolf gets up to some nasty tricks

The Ugly Duckling
A young bird surprises everyone

The Little Mermaid
A mermaid falls in love with a prince

The Emperor's New Clothes
One small boy speaks his mind

The Tinder Box
A soldier meets a dog with huge eyes

Encourage your child's enjoyment of listening and comprehension with BBC Audio.


Performed by Douglas Blackwell, Andrew Branch, John Bull, Teresa Gallagher, Kathleen Helme, Edward Kelsey, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jill Shilling, Ian Targett, Jo Manning Wilson, John Baddeley, Garard Green, Fred Harris, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Judy Parkin, Richard Pearce, Anne Rosenfeld, Susan Sheridan

Produced by Colin Smith

About the author

Various

Contributors include:

Ben Acker and Ben Blacker - Renee Ahdieh - Tom Angleberger - Meg Cabot - Rae Carson - Zoraida Cordova - Delilah S. Dawson - Paul Dini - Alexander Freed - Jason Fry - Christie Golden - Claudia Gray - E. K. Johnston and Ashley Eckstein - Paul Kemp - Mur Lafferty - Ken Liu - Griffin McElroy - John Jackson Miller - Nnedi Okorafor - Daniel Jose Older - Mallory Ortberg - Madeleine Roux - Gary D. Schmidt - Cavan Scott - Sabaa Tahir - Glen Weldon - Chuck Wendig - Gary Whitta - And more!
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