• Baba Yaga And The Brave Youth (Halloween Special 2024)
    Oct 27 2024
    It’s getting spooky in the castle as we read Baba Yaga and the Brave Youth. Will our hero escape the clutches of our favourite Slavic witch? Why does Baba Yaga love spoons so much? And has she secretly been a mother all along? Join us round the fire to find out all this and more. Happy Halloween everyone!

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Rachmaninoff's Canon in E Minor, performed by Luis Kolodin // Rachmaninoff's String Quartett No. 2 performed by Steve Jones // Rachmaninoff's Etudes-Tableaux Op. 39 performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni // Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor

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    47 mins
  • The Four Skillful Brothers
    Oct 13 2024

    We’re back with a brand new series and a brand new volume of tales...

    And we begin with The Four Skillful Brothers, a story of masterly thievery, improbable astronomy, dastardly dragons, and a man who sews up eggs.

    After the story, we explore its origins before doing a deep dive on dragons: including the history of rescuing princesses from dragons in storytelling, and a patriotic stretch where we look into the Welsh red dragon and the story of St. George.

    We can’t wait to get stuck into Volume 2; thanks for sticking around!

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Dvorak's Romance for violin and piano, performed by Goldstein and M Pavel // Schubert's Fantasy in C Major Op.15 D.760 'Wanderer' - I. Allegro con fuoco

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Grimmbledon: Grand Final Results
    Jul 21 2024

    We have our winner! Step on into the castle for a glitzy awards night where we reveal the Grimmbledon champion, as well as the results of the Special Awards.

    Thank you so much to everyone who's listened and taken part.

    We're away now for the rest of the summer. Click here to pick up a copy of our special Aladdin episode to see you through the hot (northern) summer days, otherwise we'll meet again round the fire for the Grimms' Volume 2 later in the year! As always, keep it grimm.

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, op. 58, G major (1st movement, allegro moderato), performed by Debbie Hu // Brahms' Waltz op. 39, No. 15, performed by Paul Cantrell

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Semi-Final Results + Grand Final Launch
    Jun 16 2024

    Find out which four stories survived the Semi-Finals and made it to the finals! Voting for the final is live right now. Cast your vote here:

    https://forms.gle/xkvy8aVEd9EH4qkT9

    Or visit www.grimmreading.wordpress.com/final

    In the episode, we also read out voters' comments with their reasoning for their choices. And we launch a final Special Awards Poll. It's all go here as we ramp up for the final!

    We'll be back soon to crown a champion. In the meantime, keep it grimm!

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Beethoven's Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Pathétique, Op. 13 - III. Rondo - Allegro 1

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Children's Legends: Part 2
    Jun 2 2024

    The time has arrived to finish off the Grimms’ Children’s Legends, and in this episode we hear the four remaining stories: The Twelve Apostles, Poverty And Humility Lead to Heaven, The Heavenly Wedding, and The Hazel Branch.

    We again do our best to parse the piety and manage the misery, and rate them out of 10.

    Still one day left to vote in Semi-Final 2. Link here: https://forms.gle/TjJnhyuZ3uVKEvrRA

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Brahms' Piano Sonata no. 3 in Fm, Op. 5 - I. Allegro maestoso, performed by Luis Sarro

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    49 mins
  • Grimmbledon: Semi-Final 2
    May 19 2024

    It's the second (and last) of the Semi-Finals. Re-discover the sweeping and strange histories of the four competing stories and then cast your vote!

    Semi-Final 2 voting link: https://forms.gle/TjJnhyuZ3uVKEvrRA

    Battling it out are the tales:

    • The Two Brothers
    • The Valiant Little Tailor
    • The Fisherman And His Wife
    • The Elves And The Shoemaker

    The top two tales from the poll will secure themselves a place in the Grand Final.

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Brahms' Cello Sonata Cello Sonata No.1, Op.38, performed by Colliard and Ligoratti

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    57 mins
  • Grimmbledon: Semi-Final 1
    May 12 2024

    It's the first of the two Grimmbledon Semi-Finals, where four of the stories that survived the Group Stage are battling it out for a place in the Grand Final...

    Semi-Final 1 voting poll link: https://forms.gle/DeeZ9bpmxsMUFDJ86

    After recapping the stories in the Group Stage, this episode we delve a little deeper into some background information, ATU types, and related tales, to help inform your decisions.

    The top two tales from the poll will secure themselves a place in the Grand Final... so vote carefully!

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Brahms' Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn Op. 56b Var. VII performed by Neal O'Doan

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    53 mins
  • Grimmbledon: Group Stage Results
    Apr 28 2024

    Twenty Grimm stories have fought it out in the Group Stages, but only eight have made it through to the Semi-Finals...

    Find out which tales got the most public votes and secured their spot!

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    Theme music: Bicycle Waltz by Goodbye Kumiko

    Other Music: Beethoven's Sonata No. 8 in C Minor Pathétique, Op. 13 - III. Rondo - Allegro 1

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    56 mins