Twelve hunters, three lovers, and one sexist lion - join us for the Brothers Grimm story The Twelve Huntsmen!
A prince and princess are happily engaged. But when the prince’s dying father makes him promise to marry another, the princess is cast aside. Unperturbed, the princess gathers together twelve doppelgangers and gets the team employed as her ex's huntsmen. But when a magical sexist lion threatens to reveal her identity, she finds herself facing two impossible challenges.
Will the game be up? And what does the new bride think of all these shenanigans? Find out (or possibly don't find out) in this week's exciting Grimm tale.
After the story, we unpick the manifold plot holes before exploring the 'forgotten fiancé' trope in an erased Grimm tale called Prince Swan.
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Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko
Other Music: Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 18 in E Flat Major 'The Hunt', Op. 31 no. 3 - II. performed by Paul Pitman // The Carnival of the Animals - XIII. The Swan (Solo piano version) performed by Markus Staab.
35. The Three Spinners
34. The Pack of Ragamuffins (The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet Part 1: How They Went to the Mountain to Eat Nuts)
33. The Golden Goose
32. Rapunzel
31. The Hare's Bride
30. The Juniper Tree
29. The Riddle
28. The Fox And The Cat (The Fox Quadrilogy Part. IV)
27. Thumbling As Journeyman
26. The Wishing-Table, The Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack
The Strange Feast + The History Of The Erased Stories + Competition Results
25. The Straw, The Coal And The Bean
24. The Wolf and the Man + The Wolf and the Fox (The Fox Quadrilogy Part. I & II)
23. The Queen Bee
22. Hansel And Gretel
Christmas Special 2018
21. The Singing Bone
20. The Three Snake-Leaves
19. The Pink
18. The Fox And His Cousin (The Fox Quadrilogy Part.III)
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