A surprise story this time - the Grimms' version of Beauty And The Beast! Called ‘The Summer And Winter Garden’, join us on a breathtaking journey of kidnapping, heartache, and love against the odds.
In the deep of winter, a father’s most beautiful daughter asks him to bring back a rose from his work trip. When he takes a rose belonging to a hideous beast, the monster demands the man’s daughter in marriage - to which he agrees. Can the daughter escape this fate? Or will she perhaps see another side to this supposed beast?
A powerful tale of inter-species love, this gargantuan episode is one of our longest yet so settle in for a biggie where we explore the meaning behind the tale, its French origins in the Salons of Paris, and its ancient roman cousin, Cupid And Psyche.
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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko
Other Music: Dvořák's Slavonic Dances Op.72 No. 2: Allegretto Grazioso (Herbert von Karajan; Berliner Philharmoniker) // Mozart's Serenade in G, Eine kleine Nachtmusik // Chopin's Valse No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 ('Minute' Waltz).
53. Fitcher's Bird
The Extraordinary Lives Of The Brothers Grimm – A Brothers Grimm Biography
52. King Thrushbeard
51. The Frog King, Or Iron Henry (aka The Frog Prince)
50. The Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)
49. Thousandfurs
An Interview With Maria Tatar
48. The Three Languages
47. The Gold Children
46. The Water Nixie
45. The Dog And The Sparrow
44. The Thief And His Master
43. The Wedding Of Mrs Fox
42. Gambling Hansel
41. The Death Of The Little Hen (The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet Part 3: How Partlet died and was buried, and how Chanitcleer died of grief)
40. The Devil With The Three Golden Hairs
Christmas Special 2019
39. The Seven Ravens
38. Sweetheart Roland
37. Mr Korbes (The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet Part 2: How Chanticleer and Partlet Went to Visit Mr. Korbes)
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