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Running Time: 30 minutes (approx)

A touching and innovative series of half-hour programs based on European folk tales and retold in nine new stories.

A human storyteller narrates each tale; mythological and folk creatures are supplied by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. The result is magical for children and parents alike.

Stories include:

A woman bears a hedgehog-child who grows up to live alone in a castle until he does a king a favour and gets the princess's hand in return.

A fearless young man sets out to learn to shudder.

A soldier captures Death in a magic sack.

A storyteller must spin tales to stay alive.

An ogress keeps a princess locked away.

A princess runs away from wedding her father and disguises herself as an ugly forest creature.

A princess searches the earth for her stolen bridegroom.

A princess must keep silent while she works to free her brothers from an evil spell.

A young boy must overcome a heartless giant.

Main Cast

Jennifer Saunders
Jane Horrocks
Bob Peck
Pauline Moran
Richard Vernon
Image for Miranda RichardsonMiranda Richardson
Image for James WilbyJames Wilby
Steven Mackintosh
Image for Dawn FrenchDawn French
Alison Doody
Eric Richard
Phillip Jackson
Image for Jonathan PryceJonathan Pryce
Gabrielle Anwar
David Swift
Image for John HurtJohn Hurt
Image for Reece DinsdaleReece Dinsdale
Geoffrey Bayldon
Joely Richardson
Willie Ross
Cathryn Bradshaw
Frederick Warder
Sarah Crowden
Jackson Kyle
Anthony O'Donnell
Brian Henson
John Kavanagh
Bryan Pringle
Charlie Condou
Maggie Wilkinson
Alistair Fullarton
John Franklin-Robbins
Alexander Crockatt
James Donnelly
Image for Sean BeanSean Bean

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