Malorie Blackman tells of her brush with death and love of sci-fi that fed into her writing ''Pig-Heart Boy''.
Helena Bonham Carter reads an excerpt from Julia Donaldson's ''Princess Mirror-belle''.
James McAvoy reads an excerpt of Julia Donaldson's ''Stick Man''.
Imelda Staunton reads an excerpt from ''The Gruffalo''.
Nadiya Hussain reads a short excerpt from Julia Donaldson's ''The Hospital Dog'' and others discuss the...
A performance of "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns, followed by an analysis by Professor Gerad Carruthers.
Julia Donaldson talks about the modern Princess in her book ''Zog and the Flying Do...
A discussion of the historical context of George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', including the influence of the British att...
A discussion of the book Ted Hughes wrote about his relationship with Slyvia Plath.
An exploration of life in the trenches through R. C. Sherriff's writing in his diary entries and ...
From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies': the fire goes out when Jack and his group prioritise huntin...
The poem that Ted Hughes wrote about his first meeting with Slyvia Plath.
Scott's "The Lady of the Lake" was very popular for its quality of nature writing and sparked ...
A reading of Ted Hughes' poem 'The Thought Fox'.
Bob Cratchit is late to work, much to Scrooge's disapproval. Bob tries to explain that he was looking after Tiny Tim, but to Scr...
Jackal hears a rhythmic drumming sound and goes to seek out where it is coming from.
When an acorn fell on Henny Penny's head she thought the sky was falling in and decided she must tell the King.
Three travellers knock on the door of a Welshman singing alone in his house and find him warm and welcoming.
Watched by the highland cow and a stag, the golden eagle, wren, grouse and other highland birds compete to see who can fly high...
When the mighty lion discovers the jackal has stolen his food, he lies in wait for the thief in a deep gorge.
Crafty Fox spies Crow with a tasty piece of cheese, and devises a clever plan to use the crow's love of singing to take the cheese fo...
When their watering holes dry up, two geese and a very talkative tortoise have a plan to find a new home with plenty of water, ...
The hippopotamus keeps his name a secret, but when a clever tortoise discovers the name the hippo finds himself up t...
A farmer grows a turnip so gigantic she has to enlist the help of her husband, horse, dog, cat and a mouse to try and pull it fro...
Lion and Jackal are the best of friends until Bull arrives. Lion is thrilled to meet someone as loud as him. A new f...
A young piper is whisked away to a fairy island by the magical Puca who orders him to play for the fairies.
The rat was sure he moved faster than the beetle so when Parrot suggested a race he was convinced he would win.
Anansi the spider accepted eight different invitations to dine. To get to all eight proved a stretch too far!
Three Billy Goats Gruff longed to cross a bridge to graze on a lush meadow beyond, but a big bad troll who liked to eat goat li...
A lady who loved to sing lived in a small village on the Cornish coast and always sang alone. Until one day she was walking on the...
A family of mice are in danger of being trampled by an elephant herd until a wise old mouse and the Elephant Queen talk, and agree, ...
A frog lived alone at the bottom of a deep dark well until a tiny sparrow flew him up high to see the world above.
A young farm boy has a very special magic cow which catches the eye of two naughty trolls who plan to steal the cow.
A giant from Scotland decides to cross the sea to Ireland but comes face to face with an Irish giant determined the Scottish...
The wind and the sun have a competition to see who is strongest. The challenge is to see who can remove the coats from the backs o...
Dramatic interpretation and reading of T S Eliot's A Game of Chess from 'The Waste Land.'
Dame Patricia Routledge discusses how Wilfred Owen captured the horror of war in his poetry before readi...
Stick Man, his Stick Lady Love and their three children have a jolly Christmas morning, opening presents and frolicking in the snow.
In Gareth Lancaster's Sailing out to Space, Simon explores the planets that make up the universe.
Liz Lochhead reads her poem 'A View of Scotland/ Love Poem'.
Hammed Animashaun and Fiasyo Akinade talk to Ace about the Inua Ellams' play Barber Shop Chronicles, which is ...
In Polly Findlay's Royal Shakespeare Company production 'The Merchant o...
In an adaption of 'Much Ado About Nothing' set in 1918, soldiers return from war ...
King Lear asks his daughter's to express their love for him.
From Iqbal Khan’s ground breaking 2015 production, the opening scene between Iago and...
From the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' by Trevor Nunn, Orsino declares his love for Olivi...
From a film adaptation of 'The Tempest', Ariel begs Prospero for his freedom.
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