Fairy Tales

Latest Episodes

• Season 1 Episode 4: Billy Goat

  Modern fantasy updating of classic childhood story Three Billy Goats Gruff. Billy Goat are a boy band enjoying relative success in Northern clubs, but craving to expand into pastures new. The only problem is their manager - a troll who knows the music business and has them locked in a watertight contract. With Mathew Horne, Bernard Hill and Paul Nicholls. Last in the series

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Empress's New Clothes

  Denise Van Outen stars in The Empress's New Clothes, a modern twist on classic childhood story The Emperor's New Clothes, adapted by True Dare Kiss and Cutting It writer Debbie Horsfield. Michaela is a fading soap star determined to outshine her competitors in the fashion stakes before her character is killed off. Shannon (Life on Mars actress Liz White) offers to help her outdress her rivals and get all the exposure she could ever dream of. Kenny Doughty and Tobias Menzies co-star

• Season 1 Episode 2: Cinderella

  Modern reworking of Cinderella, adapted by two writers of Goodness Gracious Me, Richard Pinto and Anil Gupta. Charismatic Professor Prince (James Nesbitt) plans to investigate the origin of the human species but lowly cleaner Cindy tries to prove he has a calculation wrong. Maxine Peake plays Cindy with Harriet Walter as Professor Brooks