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Title details for The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley - Available

The Water Babies

by Charles Kingsley
Julia McKenzie
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Timothy West, Julia McKenzie and Oliver Peace star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Charles Kingsley's classic tale of a chimney sweep who becomes a water baby.
Forced up the chimneys of Hartover Hall by his cruel master, Grimes, young Tom gets lost and comes down the wrong one, frightening little Miss Ellie. In the chase that follows, he is rescued by the fairies and taken to be a water baby under the waves. There, he makes friends with sea creatures such as the Lobster and meets the beautiful, kind fairy Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby and her ugly, unpleasant sister Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid. When he is introduced to the other Water Babies, he is reunited with Ellie, who has also been transformed. With her support, he sets off on a quest to the Other-End-Of-Nowhere. But first he must find Mother Carey's peace pool – and help out the last person he wants to save: his former master...
Oliver Peace stars as Tom, with Timothy West as Charles Kingsley and Julia McKenzie as Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby and Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid. Dramatised by Berlie Doherty. The wonder and excitement of much-loved children's classics lives on in BBC Radio's acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.

  • Creators

  • Series

    BBC Children's Classics

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 7, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781785298462
      • File size: 82189 KB
      • Duration: 02:51:13

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When background music surrounds you and a host of voices joins in the storytelling and singing, it is effortless to take the leap into the story world. In this full-cast presentation of Kingsley's nineteenth-century tale, the listener enters the oppressive world of chimney sweeps and poor apprentices, of fairies and underwater realms, of the end of the earth and the comforting, serene existence of the water babies, once hero Tom has come to the aid of his old enemy. The production is rich; the narrator is expressive and quick of pace. Tom is eager and full of wonderment; the fairy mothers, Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby and Mrs. Bedonebyasyoudid, are elegant and mysterious as they wrap the listener in their stories. Music and voices fade in and out, bringing dimension to the events. A.R. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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