Latest Spratt Podcast Episodes
Holiday Rerun - 'Macbeth' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - July 09, 2024 20:00 - 23 minutesI'm on holiday with my family this week so I'm planning this classic episode. I'll be back in two weeks with more adventures of 'Jason and the Quest for the Golden Sheet' cake. Best wishes, R.A. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase mer...
Part 3 - Jason and the Quest for a Snack
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - July 02, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutesOn his mission to fetch the Golden Sheet Cake, Jason and the Argonauts get peckish and stop in at Thrace for a snack. Things go horribly wrong when they sit down with King Phineas and they discover how Zeus has decided to punish him. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspr...
Part 2 - 'Jason and the Quest to be the Worst Dinner Party Guest Ever' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - June 25, 2024 20:00 - 22 minutesNanny Piggins continues telling the tale of Jason and his Quest to fetch the Golden Sheet Cake. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For information about live shows use this link....
'The Quest for the Golden Sheet Cake' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - June 18, 2024 20:00 - 16 minutesJason sets out to liberate his father and reclaim their kingdom from his wicked uncle, but ends up being set an impossible quest to fetch the Golden Sheet Cake. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt...
Nanny Piggins and the Campaign Strategy - Part 2
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - June 11, 2024 20:00 - 14 minutesNanny Piggins takes on her arch-nemesis, Nanny Anne in the 'Town to Tip' fun run. Not everyone has fun. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For information about live shows use th...
Nanny Piggins and the Campaign Strategy - Part 1
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - June 04, 2024 20:00 - 25 minutesWhen Nanny Piggins runs for mayor she is forced to adopt a desperate strategy to beat her rival, Mr Green in the election. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Podcast: Space Vacation, The Musical Space Vacation, the Musical, the sci-fi musical comedy for the whole ...
'Pigerella' as told by Nanny Piggins - Redux
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - May 28, 2024 20:00 - 17 minutesThis is a re-recording of the 3rd episode of the podcast, originally recorded back at the beginning of 2020 with the inline microphone on my apple earbuds. Now that I've had four years of practise I wanted to re-record this story. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt...
Yellowhead and the Three Traumatised Bears - Redux
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - May 21, 2024 20:00 - 13 minutesThis a re-recording of the second ever episode of this podcast. My version of the story of Goldilocks. Hopefully it sounds better now that I have proper equipment and a slightly better idea what I'm doing. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To p...
Mr Wolf Pie - Redux
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - May 14, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutesI was away on a trip with my mother this week, so I didn't have time to write a new story. Instead I did this re-recording of the first ever episode of 'Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt'. I wanted to re-record it because I didn't have a proper microphone or any experience as a narrator when I st...
'The Golden Fleece' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - May 07, 2024 20:00 - 20 minutesNanny Piggins tells another tale from the Ancient Greek story days. This time about the origin of the Golden Fleece. It turns out it didn't really come from a sheep. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://ras...
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Missing Passports
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - April 30, 2024 20:00 - 12 minutesWhile catching the train to Switzerland Friday tries to help two elderly passengers. It does not go well. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For information about live shows use ...
'The Story of St David' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - April 23, 2024 20:00 - 19 minutesNanny Piggins tells the story of the Patron Saint of Wales, his extraordinary mother and their relationship to King/Queen Arthur of Camelot and how this all involves the vegetable - leeks. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandi...
'Theseus and the Minotaur' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - April 16, 2024 20:00 - 23 minutesNanny Piggins tells the children the real story of Theseus' famous confrontation with the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. The historical version misses out many key facts involving fake moustaches. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merch...
'The Story of Hermes' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - April 09, 2024 20:00 - 27 minutesWhen Mr Green is sent home early from work because of a Hermes bag related head injury, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of the original Hermes from the Ancient Greek story days and how he invented the banjo. If you want to see a picture that was painted on an urn over 2000 years ago,...
Nanny Piggins and the Grandmaster - Part 2
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - April 02, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutesBoris competes in the chess tournament against the famous (and staggeringly beautiful) grandmaster - Olga Svinya. But Nanny Piggins thinks there is something suspicious about Olga. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit...
Nanny Piggins and the Grandmaster
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - March 26, 2024 19:00 - 26 minutesWhile sitting on the naughty bench outside their local supermarket, Nanny Piggins decides to enter the Regional Chess Championship because the prize includes a years supply of cheesecake (which she considered to be the 7th most delicious type of cake in the world. Support the show at https://ww...
'The Story of Pandora' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - March 19, 2024 19:00 - 21 minutesWhen Samantha asks where the expression, 'to open a Pandora's box' comes from, Nanny Piggins tells the tragic tale of Pandora from Greek Mythology. Not the version written by the no-good poet Hesiod. But the true story, handed down through generations of her own family. Support the show at http...
'The True History of St Patrick' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - March 12, 2024 19:00 - 20 minutesNanny Piggins tells the children the true story of St Patrick and what really happened with the snakes of Ireland. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For information about live s...
Q&A Anniversary Celebration
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - March 05, 2024 19:00 - 1 hourTo celebrate the 4th anniversary of this podcast and the 10th anniversary of the Friday Barnes book series, I asked listeners to send in their questions for me to answer. If you want to watch the video of this podcast, here's the youtube link... https://youtu.be/SShLeYTKNh8 Support the show at...
Friday Barnes 12, Collision Course - Opening Two Chapters
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - February 27, 2024 19:00 - 14 minutesHere are the first two chapters from my new book, the latest in the Friday Barnes series. If you like it - please do buy a copy - it's a great way to support this show. If you're overseas and the physical book is not available in your area, you can get the ebook or the audibook. Support the sho...
Friday Barnes and the Case of the Locked Door
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - February 20, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutesFriday and Melanie arrive in Paris for their undercover mission at the Louvre, there's one slight problem - they can't get into the bathroom. Their room mate has locked herself in, and Melanie just drank three bottles of water. Can Friday get that door open? Support the show at https://www.buym...
'The Six Labours of Theseus' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - February 13, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutesAfter accidentally destroying their television in an enthusiastic game of Dodge Shoe, Nanny Piggins tells the children the story of Theseus. Not the story in the Labyrinth, but his origin story where it turns out he is a she and a pig and related to Nanny Piggins, who battled six different guard...
'The Peasant's Wise Daughter' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - February 06, 2024 19:00 - 21 minutesNanny Piggins tells a story from Grimm's Fairy Tales that was based on her very clever distant cousin, who solved a king's riddle. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For informat...
'Hercules and the Golden Apples' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - January 30, 2024 19:00 - 30 minutesNanny Piggins tells the children the story of Hercules and how he rescued Prometheus, tricked Atlas and was responsible for the creation of a really top notch lemon tart. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Podcast: Space Vacation, The Musical Space Vacation, the M...
The Bremen Town Musicians
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - January 23, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutesNanny Piggins tells the story of her cousin Helga the donkey, how she fought off a crime wave and very nearly invented Rock 'n Roll 200 years ahead of schedule. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the show For information about live shows use this link... ht...
'The Bremen Town Musicians' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - January 23, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutesNanny Piggins tells the story of her cousin Helga the donkey, how she fought off a crime wave and very nearly invented Rock 'n Roll 200 years ahead of schedule. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt...
'Orpheus and the Underworld' as told by Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - January 16, 2024 19:00 - 29 minutesWhen the children come home from school and discover a 60 piece orchestra in their front yard, Nanny Piggins explains the importance of always carrying two marshmallows in your pockets. Something the women in her family have been doing ever since the Ancient Greek Story days. Support the show a...
'The Ballad of Mulan' according to Nanny Piggins
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - January 09, 2024 19:00 - 21 minutesNanny Piggins tells the story of her distant relative, Mulan, who fought in the Northern Chinese army 1600 years ago. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For information about liv...
'Boris the Big Star' with Nanny Piggins - Part 2
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - January 02, 2024 19:00 - 12 minutesNanny Piggins goes down to the movie set to get Boris fired. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https://raspratt.threadless.com/ For information about live shows use this link... https://raspratt.com/live-shows...
'Boris the Big Star' with Nanny Piggins - Part 1
Bedtime Stories with R.A. Spratt - December 26, 2023 19:00 - 20 minutesAfter a traumatising incident at the local honey emporium, Boris gets the oppurtunity to pay for the damages when he is offered a role in a Hollywood blockbuster movie. Support the show at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/storiesraspratt Support the Show. To purchase merchandise visit... https:/...