Magical retellings of three classic fairy tales, read by Tamsin Greig & Stephen Mangan. Aladdin, read by Stephen Mangan
- Aladdin is a tailor's son who dreams of making his fortune & marrying the Sultan's daughter, but is tricked into becoming apprentice to a cunning magician. He needs Aladdin to do a very special job. The Elves & the Shoemaker, read by Tamsin Greig
- The shoemaker can only afford the leather to make one more pair. He cuts it & lays it on his workbench
- & the next morning, there are two perfectly finished shoes! But who could have made them? Thumbelina, read by Tamsin Greig
- A poor peasant woman wishes for a child: but when a sorceress gives her a brown bulb, it grows a flower
- & inside is tiny, perfect Thumbelina!