What You May Have Mythed!
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LXV: Perse, Pirates, and Painted sails
03 Sep 2025
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Send a textAnother adventure of Perse and Englebert where they encounter Pirates! This is the last episode for a short while, but I shall be back on 9...
LXIV: Climbing lessons
27 Aug 2025
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Send a textWe are headed to New Zealand for the first time and into a peculiar tale about a pair of brothers who want to reach heaven. Support the sh...
LXIII: Anne story
20 Aug 2025
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Send a textWe return, once again, to history and the life of a woman who, as you may have guessed, was called Anne. Support the show
LXII: How to shave your goat
13 Aug 2025
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Send a textWe return this week to Nepal and into a story read by my friend and colleague at DMC Campus in Gorkha, Nepal, Krishna. Support the show
LXI: Speed freaks
06 Aug 2025
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Send a textThis week we delve into a tale from Hans Christian Anderson and it's rather weird. like, the fence post can talk level of weird. Enjoy...
LX: Owl about that!
30 Jul 2025
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Send a textWe return once more to a duo that have become a staple of these episodes for a curious tale about an unwitting bird and the populace of a s...
LIX: One Edward, Two Henrys, and many, many Richards.
23 Jul 2025
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Send a textFor the first time in a while we are delving into history and exploring (in a rather rapid telling) the Wars of the Roses, the dynastic dis...
LVIII: Half calf
16 Jul 2025
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Send a textWe return (for the first time in a while) to the land that is famous for its myths, legends, and monsters: GreeceSupport the show
LVII: A little tail
09 Jul 2025
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Send a textA short episode this week, courtesy of the Brothers Grimm. It's short, peculiar, and rather whimsical. Enjoy!Support the show
LVI: How to train your Dog (A Tales from the Trunk adventure)
02 Jul 2025
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Send a textThis week we delve into a story from Tales from the Trunk, with Perse (Persephone) and her adopted dragon, Englebert. So sit back, relax, a...
LV: A child called rampion
25 Jun 2025
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Send a textThis week heralds the return of the dynamic duo of fairytales, the bringers of fame and fortune, and death and destruction: The Brothers Gr...
LIV: Adventures across Nepal
18 Jun 2025
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Send a textThis week I am shutting my mouth and giving the stage (or rather the microphone) to four of the students I taught whilst out in Nepal. They...
LIII: Walled with love
11 Jun 2025
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Send a textThis week we head to Albania for a story about a castle and a poor woman who became a literal part of it...Support the show
LII: Welcome back!
04 Jun 2025
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Send a textWe are back! Only a short re-introduction this week and a little tale from the wondrous land of Nepal, but we are going to get well underwa...
LI: Flower Power
21 Nov 2024
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Send a textA tale of kindness from two countries this week, and also the last episode for a while. What You May Have Mythed! is going on hiatus until...
L: Curiosity kills
14 Nov 2024
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Send a textWe venture this time to the largest island in the world for a story about a sea monster with a taste for naughty children...Support the sho...
XLIX: A tail of magic
07 Nov 2024
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Send a textFor the first time we slither our way to the sixth largest island in the world for a wonderfully whimsical tale. Support the show
XLVIII: Light of my life
31 Oct 2024
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Send a textThis week we are venturing to the cold, northern wastes of Siberia for an odd tale about the Sun and the Moon. Support the show
XLVII: Fire, ash, and dust
23 Oct 2024
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Send a textWe return to the Roman Empire this week for a full 'on this day in history' episode as is is the 1,945th anniversary of the destr...
XLVI: Grind me a river
16 Oct 2024
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Send a textWe return once again to West Africa and a familiar face makes an appearance...Support the show
XLV: Bake-off
09 Oct 2024
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Send a textWe return to England this week and into a short story from Herefordshire.Support the show
XLIV: What a colossal building
02 Oct 2024
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Send a textWe return to an ancient city to look at one particular building. It's big. It's round. And it was a theatre of death. Hmm, I wond...
XLIII: Some peas and quiet
25 Sep 2024
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Send a textA short tale from one of our Danish friends, and a story about a very small vegetable and a rather large bed...Support the show
XLII: Thor's Toy Story
18 Sep 2024
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Send a textWe return to the cold lands of Jotunheim this week and back into Norse Mythology. Support the show
XLI: It's just one wall after another.
11 Sep 2024
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Send a textThis week we have a request episode from Yasmin and it concerns a city of many walls in the sunny south of France. Any guesses? Support th...
XL: Plough did you manage that?
04 Sep 2024
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Send a textWe return for the first time in over three years to Türkiye and a story very different from the one we heard when we were last here...Supp...
XXXIX: She made a pigs ear of that
28 Aug 2024
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Send a textWe return, for the first time in a while, to England for a peculiar tale involving a woman, a pig, and many other beasts and inanimate obje...
XXXVIII: Food for thought
21 Aug 2024
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Send a textA brief tale from the Brothers Grimm this week, but a thought provoking one. Support the show
XXXVII: I'm just lion around
14 Aug 2024
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Send a textA short episode this week that heralds the return of the German brothers and a story about a fox, a lion, and a horse. Support the show
XXXVI: I spy(der) with my little eye
07 Aug 2024
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Send a textA short tale about a Squirrel and a Spider (three guesses which one) from West Africa. Support the show
XXXV: Wet a catastrophe
31 Jul 2024
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Send a textOur first venture into the myths of The Philippines and it's going to get rather wet...Support the show
XXXIV: A mountainous tragedy
24 Jul 2024
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Send a textWe return to Japan for a rather peculiar episode about an old couple, a badger, and a hare...Support the show
XXXIII: Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
17 Jul 2024
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Send a textThis week we return to the homeland of mythology for a short tale of a father, his son, an island, and some feathers. Support the show
XXXII: A hair raising affair
10 Jul 2024
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Send a textApologies for the lack of an episode last week, but we are now back up and running with an tale from my favourite mythology...Support the s...
XXXI: Knightly visitations
26 Jun 2024
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Send a textThis week we return to a country we have visited before, although a long time ago. A land that is known for its Rising Sun...Support the sh...
XXX: Crikey, it's a scorcher today!
19 Jun 2024
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Send a textWe are heading down into the southern hemisphere for this episode and, for the first time, entering Australia. Support the show
XXIX: Oh, Canada!
12 Jun 2024
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Send a textThis week we venture west across the Atlantic to a country we have never visited before. Three guesses which one...Support the show
XXVIII: Give it the beans!
05 Jun 2024
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Send a textThere is a special kind of theatre that is a critical part of British culture, and this is one of the stories that is regularly told. I am ...
XXVII: Jumping Jacks - extreme edition
29 May 2024
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Send a textA tale from our friend in Denmark, Hans Christian Anderson, about some bugs and a jumping contest. Yeah, it'll be slightly odd. Suppo...
XXVI: It's a s-mole world after all
22 May 2024
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Send a textOur first foray into another county's fairytales. Another animal story, but I find that they are some of the more entertaining legends...
XXV: Owl be damned
15 May 2024
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Send a textAnother animal tale this week, but today it comes from Cherokee mythology. Support the show
XXIV: You have got to be kidding me
08 May 2024
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Send a textAn animal story from our favourite dynamic duo. No, not Batman and Robin. The other dynamic duo. Support the show
XXIII: What a funny face
01 May 2024
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Send a textWe have a request episode and it concerns those funny little faces that you can sometimes spot on religious buildings, in the woods, or in ...
XXII: Back to the Future
24 Apr 2024
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Send a textFor the first time, we are venturing forwards into a future that is eerily familiar in some respects, yet it was written down 172 years ago...
XXI: A necklace, a ring, and a child
17 Apr 2024
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Send a textOnce again we delve into The Brothers Grimm stories, but who is actually the villain in this tale...Support the show
XX: A fishy affair
10 Apr 2024
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Send a textWe venture once more into Norse Mythology and a nice little story about a fishing trip...Support the show
XIX: What a know it all
03 Apr 2024
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Send a textWe are returning to The Brothers Grimm this week for another weirdly fun short story about a man and his ambitions as a doctorSupport the s...
XVIII: Veni, Vidi, Vici
28 Mar 2024
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Send a textThree guesses who this week's episode concerns. Before you listen to the episode read the title aloud. I bet you read it incorrectly...
XVII: I see dead people
21 Mar 2024
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Send a textWe are returning to the land of the most inventive people in the world and into a story that doesn't include a single one of their inv...
XVI: Have you seen my flutter half?
14 Mar 2024
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Send a textWe make our first foray into the works of Hans Christian Anderson and a butterfly who is searching for love, even if his criteria is a tad....
XV: (Sass)long live the knight
07 Mar 2024
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Send a textWe are heading to the Dolomites of Northern Italy for the first time for a tale about a Princess and a nightingale. Or are they the same th...
XIV: Burn baby, burn
29 Feb 2024
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Send a textA diversion from mythology and into history this week. Enter the warrior queen who stood against the might of Rome. Support the show
XIII: Foot Fetish
22 Feb 2024
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Send a textWe return once again to the Grimm Fairy Tales and a story that you may have heard a version of before, but one thing is for sure: this one ...
XII: Festival of Love?
15 Feb 2024
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Send a textGiven that it's Valentine's Day (well, near enough) let's have a look at some of the deities of love from around the world. ...
XI: What a unique horn you have
08 Feb 2024
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Send a textThis week we are exploring the origins of one of the most famous mythical beasts the world has ever known: the unicorn.Support the show
X: Trust me, I'm a cat...
01 Feb 2024
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Send a textWe return once more to The Brothers Grimm and another story that involves animals that can talk. (side note: I am unsure why the audio of ...
IX: Don't touch that, you bell...
25 Jan 2024
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Send a textWe have a new country this week, one that it is remarkable we haven't visited before. A land of dragons, drizzle, sheep, and unapologe...
VIII: What could possibly go wrong?
18 Jan 2024
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Send a textFor this week's episode we are journeying back into The Brother's Grimm for a bit of a weird one involving a bird, a mouse, and a...
VII: Did you spot that deer?
11 Jan 2024
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Send a textWelcome to 2024! My apologies for lack of episode last week: I was taken out by a cough that rather rudely ran off with my voice. Anyway, b...
VI: I suspect fowl play
28 Dec 2023
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Send a textDon't get in the way of Gretel and her chickens... The first tale from a very famous book of fairytales written by a pair of brothers....
V: Wren you get too arrogant
21 Dec 2023
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Send a textShort and sweet, but there's an important message in there somewhere. A tale as old as Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.about some bird...
IV: Aesir you (Part 1)
14 Dec 2023
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Send a textWe have a request from Lucas! The first of a few episodes (probably) on a who's who in the Norse Pantheon. Support the show
III: Tales from the Trunk
07 Dec 2023
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Send a textA short digression from our regularly scheduled programming so please allow me this little self indulgence to tell you about my new venture...
II: Keep an eye out
30 Nov 2023
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Send a textOur first foray into history and a battle that changed English history. Support the show
I: The Way of Wolves
23 Nov 2023
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Send a textThe first of the shorter weekly episodes and we are exploring the role of wolves in mythology. If you have an episode suggestion then drop ...
4.10 Thor the love of god
16 Nov 2023
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Send a textWe pick up where we left off last week, after the tragic passing of Baldur and the onset of something terrible. Support the show
4.9 Don't be a prick
09 Nov 2023
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Send a textThe first part of the series finale and we are headed to an old friend. A double whammy from Norse Mythology. Hmm... I wonder what it could...
4.8 Mind your head
02 Nov 2023
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Send a textThis week we are travelling to the land of one of the most important beverages to ever be invented: Wine. But our tale is not about this re...
4.7 The Lion and the Jackal³
25 Oct 2023
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Send a textWho knew that three stories could have the same title? We are sticking with tradition this week and heading back to Africa for some animal ...
4.6 Goldilocks and the three...
18 Oct 2023
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Send a textA familiar title? Looks like it. A familiar name? Yes. A familiar story? I doubt it.Support the show
4.5 Well, have a gander at this...
11 Oct 2023
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Send a textWe are leaving Europe and heading to a country we have visited before on the other side of the world! And yes, there is another talking ani...
4.4 Some journeys just seem to Dragon and on
04 Oct 2023
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Send a textThe first official time we have visited this country, and we have nearly made it out of Europe, but not quite. Anyway, this story has drago...
4.3 These Boots are made for riding
27 Sep 2023
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Send a textAnother week, another tale of folklore from Europe! We have been here before, but only to discover myths and legends, but a tale of bravery...
4.2 Not Saint George...
20 Sep 2023
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Send a textWe are jumping into a new country this week; one we have skirted around but never entered. Welcome to Belgium and a story that may sound fa...
4.1 Daddy issues
13 Sep 2023
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Send a textWelcome to series four! In this first episode we are delving into a creation story brought on by one of the most dysfunctional families in ...
4.0 Series 4 Introduction
06 Sep 2023
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Send a textWelcome back and to Series 4 of What You May Have Mythed! Just a quick little episode to give you a quick glimpse as to what you can expect...
3.10 Raining Cows and Dogs
28 Sep 2022
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Send a textThe Series 3 Finale! And we pick up where we left off last week: The Labours of Heracles. Support the show
3.9 What a Laborious Task
21 Sep 2022
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Send a textThe first part of the Series 3 Finale, and it's amazing that this chap's story hasn't been told yet. So, get ready for one o...
3.8 What a liverly day
14 Sep 2022
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Send a textWe are returning to a land so steeped in mythology that it would be rude not to have one legend from here. A story of a Titan and how manki...
3.7 Be Careful What You Wish For
07 Sep 2022
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Send a textThanks to Disney you have probably heard an adaptation of this tale before, but you'll be happy to hear that this version is not a mus...
3.6 Adventure of a Lifetime
31 Aug 2022
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Send a textThis week we are returning to a land we have visited before and delving into the adventures of a wily young prince. Support the show
3.5 You can't worm your way out of this one
24 Aug 2022
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Send a textHawks and Chickens, the Sun and the Moon, Elephants and Worms. We are back in Africa for a trilogy of short but entertaining folktales!Supp...
3.4 Brother, Where Art Thou
17 Aug 2022
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Send a textOne Coward, two Brothers, three Trolls, four Princesses, many kings and even more dogs. We are back in Sweden for the story of heroic acts ...
3.3 From the Ears of a Horse
10 Aug 2022
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Send a textThis week we are venturing for the first time to the land of my youth for a bizarre tale of birds, giants, king's sons and some talkin...
3.2 It's a Three Fleet Problem
03 Aug 2022
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Send a textA blind king sends his arrogant sons to claim some magic water from the land of the giants. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show
3.1 Topsy Turvy, Dragon Scurvy
27 Jul 2022
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Send a textKicking of the third series with a double-bill from a new country: Spain. One of our tales it outlandishly bizarre, and the other more of a...
3.0 Series 3 Introduction
20 Jul 2022
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Send a textWelcome back to Series 3 of What You May Have Mythed! It's time for another action packed ten-episode series where we explore more myt...
2.10 Are We There Yet?
02 Dec 2021
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Send a textOdysseus, a couple of Sea monsters, a cunning scheme, an outlandishly strong bow, and a few gods. What more could you want? It's the ...
2.9 Holy Moly!
25 Nov 2021
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Send a textNot many survived the War of Troy, but one man and his men did. This is the first part of the story of their desperate journey home after a...
2.8 When Animals Ruled the World
18 Nov 2021
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Send a textIt's a triple whammy this week, and what better place to explore than the stories of the Pit River Tribe in the Eastern United States ...
2.7 Fool Me Once
11 Nov 2021
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Send a textThis week we return to the realms of Norse Mythology and an adventure concerning two of the most famous Gods, a servant, and the land of th...
2.6 Pretty Little Flutes and Big Ugly Devils
04 Nov 2021
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Send a textHeartbreak and devil hunting are on the cards for this week's episode, as well as a brief visit to a museum. Welcome to Japan.Support ...
2.5 The Kingly Detective
27 Oct 2021
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Send a textA selfish holy man is robbed by a person or persons unknown resulting in the king himself stepping in to assist in finding the perpetrator....
2.4 Crash, Bang, Splash
20 Oct 2021
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Send a textThis week we venture back to Africa for two more folktales from this incredible continent. A weird magician, a sultan who gives up his son,...
2.3 Bear, where?
13 Oct 2021
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Send a textThree princes, three old women, two princesses and a bear that isn't a bear. You guessed it, we're off to Sweden.Support the show
2.2 Rice to meet you
06 Oct 2021
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Send a textA cat and a dog attempt to save their master from a life of poverty. How? By committing a heist. What could possibly go wrong?Support the s...
2.1 If looks could kill...
29 Sep 2021
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Send a textThe son of Zeus heads out on a journey to save his mother from a predatory king. How? Well, by hunting a woman with a hissing head. Soun...
2.0 Series 2 Introduction
22 Sep 2021
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Send a textGet ready for some more Myth mayhem starting next week! Greece, India, Korea, France, and more feature in this second series of What you ma...
1.10 Hold on lads, I've had an idea...
25 Mar 2021
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Send a textThe second part of the last episode of the first series! Support the show
1.9 All the King's Men
18 Mar 2021
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Send a textAll the King's horses and all the King's men... took a bloody long time to make any real progress in this legend. Part one of the...