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| 1x01 - Rapunzel: | | Rapunzel, the first fairy tale in the anthology, has been updated by Ed Roe (Smack The Pony, Teachers) and tells the story of Jimmy Stojkovic, a terrible tennis player. Ranked a humiliating 1,004th in the world, he has never won a tennis competition in his life. His father, Sava, is desperate to see his son win a Grand Slam tennis final but the only way he can see this happening is if he disguises Jimmy as a woman.
After a narrow escape from baseball bat-wielding thugs, Jimmy discovers his father [...] (More) |
| 1x02 - Cinderella: | | Maxine Peake, James Nesbitt, Harriet Walter, Lucy Punch, Lucinda Raikes and Mona Hammond star in Cinderella, the second episode in BBC One's anthology of contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales.
Cindy Mellor is a cleaner at a university but desperately wants to study anthropology. When Professor HM Prince comes to lecture, he announces that he's preparing for an expedition to Borneo and is in search of a female assistant. He is intent on proving his acclaimed theory on the primary role [...] (More) |
| 1x03 - The Empress's New Clothes: | | Denise Van Outen, Liz White and Kenny Doughty star in the third episode in BBC One's anthology of contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales. In The Empress's New Clothes, adapted by Debbie Horsfield (Cutting It, True Dare Kiss), a young couple move from their idyllic country home to a new town, changing their lives in ways they never imagined.
Shannon has been busy raising the couple's two children and has started to feel frustrated with her life. Stuck at home, she regularly loses herself [...] (More) |
| 1x04 - Billy Goat: | | 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. |
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