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Words and Music

Poetry, prose and music on the theme of fairy tales, with Pearce Quigley and Lydia Wilson reading from classic stories by Hans Christian Anderson, the Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault as well as modern retellings from Nikita Gill and Helen Oyeyemi. There is music from Tchaikovsky's ballet Sleeping Beauty, Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods and Ravel's Mother Goose.

Genre: Arts

When is Words and Music next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 3 April 19th, 7:45pm and on BBC Radio 3 April 26th, 7:45pm. See more...

Main Cast

Image for Derek JacobiDerek Jacobi
Image for Barbara FlynnBarbara Flynn
Image for Simon CallowSimon Callow
John Nettles
Image for Art MalikArt Malik
Image for Debra StephensonDebra Stephenson
Emma Fielding
Emily Bruni
Image for Nicholas FarrellNicholas Farrell
Philip Franks
Image for Hugo SpeerHugo Speer
Image for Sarah ParishSarah Parish
Image for Sally PhillipsSally Phillips
Image for Niamh CusackNiamh Cusack
Kenneth Colley
John Sessions
Image for Robert PowellRobert Powell
Image for Harriet WalterHarriet Walter
Image for James BolamJames Bolam
Anton Lesser