Once Upon a Time...

Did fishermen really find a mermaid in their net when Joseph was a boy? David Almond reimagines The Little Mermaid.

There's nothing surprising about Muriel, or her life. Until she falls through a portal and meets Rip Van Winkle. Jo Lloyd's modern fairy tale is read by Yasemin Özdemir.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce reimagines the Elves and the Shoemaker in a world of AI agents.

Ben Okri contemplates the meaning of power as he riffs on a Yoruba tale with hints of Jack and the Beanstalk. Read by Burt Caesar.

Cinderella, jazz clubs and movie stars collide in Katherine Rundell's modern fairy tale, read by Helena Bonham Carter.