Fairytales and Storytelling
A selection of programmes and clips celebrating fairytales and storytelling.
Lewis Carroll and the Story of Alice.—Start the Week
Andrew Marr with Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, Gillian Beer, Katherine Rundell, Damien Kempf.
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Kenneth Branagh, Noah Baumbach, Wild Tales, Blind—The Film Programme
Kenneth Branagh talks about Cinderella, and Noah Baumbach discusses While We're Young.
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Fairy Tales and Forests: The Grimms and Caspar David Friedrich—Germany: Memories of a Nation
Neil MacGregor on how the Grimms and painter Caspar David Friedrich shaped German identity
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The Brothers Grimm—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm.
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What Big Teeth You Have...—Archive on 4
Anthony McGowan uncovers the dark story behind the Grimms beloved fairy tales.
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Grimm Tales with Philip Pullman—Start the Week
Andrew Marr with Philip Pullman, Sara Maitland, Tim Supple and Keith Warner.
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Tales—The Digital Human, Series 2
Aleks Krotoski looks at whether how we tell stories has changed with the digital world.
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Storytelling in Japan and Morocco - Coastal Stations—Excess Baggage
John McCarthy explores storytelling in Japan and Morocco and coastal weather stations.
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Maths and Storytelling—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg examines whether it is possible to apply mathematical logic to literature.
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Jane Yolen's Sleeping Beauty set in The Holocaust
Jane Yolen reads from Briar Rose - her version of Sleeping Beauty set in The Holocaust.
Jorge Luis Borges—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Jorge Luis Borges.
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Grimm's stories 'full of sex and violence'
It is 200 years since Grimm's Fairy Tales were first published. Steve Evans reports.
History of Metaphor—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of metaphor.
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