Tales & Tea with Nanny Bea
85 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Nanny Bea lives in a cottage she calls Dave and likes nothing more than telling stories, except maybe rich tea biscuits (which are far from rich and taste nothing of tea). Crammed full of professional character voices to engage, inspire and occupy young minds (4-10 in human years) with stories and banter written to uphold values such as kindness and respect, oh and silliness, lots and lots of silliness. We pretend the episodes range from 8-25 minutes to give you variety not because we lack the self control to do otherwise.
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Episodes
The Easter Basket
March 29, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 8.12 MBThe Easter story from Myriam's point of view. She was tormented by seven rats until the Nazarene came to town. He not only freed her from the rats, he carried her load and she followed him faithfully to the very end and back. Support the show
Buggins and Gubbins Go to the Flea Circus
March 22, 2021 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MBA teeny, tiny tale of identical twin fleas. Support the show
Dave, the Reluctant Cowboy
March 15, 2021 13:00 - 14 minutes - 9.75 MBYoung Dave was full of spit and vinegar until he met the perfect antidote, Jet and Blizt, a couple of even ornerier horses. Support the show
Snakes and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
March 08, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.8 MBGeorge with a G has a head full of thoughts, he thinks about how the moon hangs on in the sky, how ketchup hangs on in the bottle but mostly he thinks about...well probably better you hear for yourself. Support the show
The Shrinking Giant
March 01, 2021 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.65 MBIn the hidden land of Antarcticadia lived a very disagreeable giant until one day she met with a fully automatic, never problematic, entirely mechanic laundry facility that didn’t live up to its name. Support the show
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
February 22, 2021 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBThe great doctor of Puddleby-on-the Marsh preferred the company of the worst animals more than the best people so he learned how to speak their language. In this classic tale we follow his adventures around the world all because he can talk to the animals. Support the show
Message in a Teeny, Tiny Bottle
February 15, 2021 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.54 MBLong ago when the birds were the only ones tweeting and clocks were the only ones tic tocking, there lived a little red robin. All was going to plan until a cuckoo, cuckoo with a higgledy piggledy brain came to visit. Support the show
The Incredible Captain Tom
February 08, 2021 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MBSome times it takes 100 years to notice an extraordinary person. Some time it takes just 1 step to make extraordinary change. Go to https://captaintom.org/ to find out more about the incredible Captain Tom. Support the show
Jack and the Jelly Beanstalk
February 01, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBThere are many Jacks in the world of well known tales, the nimble one, the friend of Jill, Jack who ate no fat, Jack Horner who merely sat in that corner. But our Jack is a different Jack, not to be confused with the kind and grateful boy who went up the beanstalk either. Our Jack is neither kind nor grateful in fact he’s all together disagreeable. Support the show
The Interstellar Optic Smeller Radiographic Alien Teller
January 25, 2021 17:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBMarly lived on a farm, with some pigs, a couple cows and lots of chickens, there’s always room for chickens. What there wasn’t room for was the space ship she was trying to hide behind the barn when the corn was high, in the silo when the wheat was low and under the bales of hay when the cows weren’t hungry. Support the show
There's Snow School Today
January 18, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 7.73 MBWhen a snowball the size of the moon falls from the sky, school goes virtual and Seb is bored until a visitor arrives and changes everything. Support the show
The Truth Fairy
January 11, 2021 18:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MBCareer crisis for a potential Tooth Fairy. Will Penelope find her destiny in the mouths of babes? Support the show
Peter and his Peck of Pickled Peppers
January 04, 2021 17:00 - 10 minutes - 7.53 MBWhy did Peter, a piper by trade, go out and pick those pickled peppers? That’s where the story begins. Support the show
Twas the Night Before Christmas
December 21, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 3.39 MBThe well loved poem with some special visitors to wish you all a Happy, Merry, Jolly Christmas wherever you are and however you spend it. Support the show
The Nativity Story
December 14, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBThe story of the baby born to save the world. Support the show
The Nutcracker on Christmas Eve
December 07, 2020 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBJust before midnight on Christmas Eve the toys come alive, lead by the fearless Nutcracker against the Mouse King and his army. Support the show
The Velveteen Rabbit
November 30, 2020 10:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBThe classic tale of a little Rabbit stuffed with saw dust wants nothing more than to become Real. Support the show
Tilly the Travelling Turkey
November 23, 2020 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.58 MBJust as the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is setting up, Tilly the Turkey makes her escape all the way to Plymouth for a feast that would make the Pilgrim Fathers proud. Support the show
Lighthouses, Levers and Lasers
November 16, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBA mysterious visitor comes to class which turns into a circus and a city and a salty seaside, all in search of an answer. Where did the mobile phone come from? Support the show
Planet Zid v Planet Zod
November 09, 2020 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.14 MBA young boy named Dibit from planet Zid faces off the giant Grug from Planet Zod with nothing but a sling shot. A familiar story but with flying aliens, feathered sheep and an extra pair of arms. Support the show
The Wind in the Willows-The Riverbank
November 02, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBMole ventures up from underground to find life at its fullest particularly when he meets his new friends Ratty and the river. The first story from the classic tale. Support the show
Dr Frankenbeans and His Mashup
October 26, 2020 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBDr Frankenbeans is busy in his laboratory working on what some call an abomination, but he considers a masterpiece that will change the world forever! (well, change mealtimes...occasionally) Support the show
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Part 2
October 19, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBWe continue along the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends when they finally meet the Great and Powerful Oz, but is he a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was? (Part 2 of 2) Support the show
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Part 1
October 12, 2020 14:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBThere's no place like home and the Land of Oz proves that. This story is so big it requires two episodes. The concluding episode will be available next week. Support the show
The Knitted Boy
October 05, 2020 19:00 - 11 minutes - 7.95 MBThis boy’s story starts with the king, as do the stories of all the other boys and girls, birds and bees, buds and trees. You see this king created the kingdom, with his own hands. He is not one of those a jack of all trades, no, he’s a master of everyone. Support the show
Gordon Fox and the Three Hares
September 27, 2020 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MBOne windy winter’s day Gordon Fox stopped at the motorway services for some Doritos and a Diet Coke when off in the distance he saw not one, not two but three hares in matching leather coats. Support the show
Still Simon Wouldn't Bathe
September 21, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MBFrom the bed Simon managed to break his way loose but it’s not long before he encountered some mousse, the kind that you eat not the kind for your hair, unfortunately though it ended up there. Support the show
Stuck in the Stickiness
September 13, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.81 MBIn a place where left is right and east is west they like to do things differently. They drive on the pavement and walk on the road. They eat soup with a fork and spread butter with a spoon. It’s not so much that they want a more difficult life, it’s just that they’re sticky. And the longer they are sticky the more stuck they become. Support the show
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
September 06, 2020 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.76 MBA classic tale with a tail, Peter Rabbit's which follows him into mischief all the way to Mr. McGregor's garden. Support the show
The Little Red Hen
August 31, 2020 06:00 - 11 minutes - 8.14 MBOne day Little Red Hen was picketty pecketting at the ground when she came across the smallest worm she’d ever found, as she pecked away, she soon realised, this was not a worm of any shape or size. Support the show
Dream Weaver
August 19, 2020 20:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBNo hamster should reveal to a human the secret life they carry on in the night but somethings are worth risking everything for. Support the show
Little Red
August 13, 2020 15:00 - 11 minutes - 8.29 MBThere was a girl with a name nobody used, instead they called her Little Red for everyday rain or shine she wore a hooded cape of red, over her school uniform, over her Sunday best, over her pj’s until her mother mysteriously removed it in the night. Support the show
The Emperor's New Clothes
August 05, 2020 12:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBOne clothes obsessed emperor meets two greedy weavers and together they weave the most peculiar tale. Support the show
Three Not So Little Pigs
July 25, 2020 17:00 - 14 minutes - 9.69 MBWhether Wolf was bad to the bone because no one would talk to him, or no one would talk to him because he was bad to the bone was hard to tell. Either way the result was the same and today he has his heart set on a roast pig for dinner. Support the show
Once Upon a Lime
May 24, 2020 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBThere's a kerfuffle by the skate park and Pickles knows Pete can't resist a kerfuffle. An adventure on top of adventure as pals, Pete and Pickles unravel what nobody remembers. Support the show