R. Panufnik: Beastly Tales, The Crocodile and the Monkey
On the Ganga's greenest isle lived Kuroop the crocodile (Narrator, Monkey, Mr Crocodile)
Roderick Williams, Sian Edwards, Yvonne Howard, City of London Sinfonia, Patricia Rozario
Roxanna Panufnik: Beastly Tales
Vikram Seth: Beastly Tales, The Crocodile and the Monkey
One day, Mrs Crocodile, gorged on mangoes, with a smile (Narrator, Mrs Crocodile, Mr Crocodile)
R. Panufnik: Beastly Tales, The Crocodile and the Monkey
When the monkey saw Kuroop he let out a joyful whoop (Narrator, Monkey, Mr Crocodile)
Vikram Seth: Beastly Tales, The Crocodile and the Monkey
Death by drowning, death by slaughter - death by land or death by water (Monkey, Narrator, Mr Crocodile)
R. Panufnik: Beastly Tales, The Frog and the Nightingale
Brekek, ko-ash/Once upon a time a frog croaked away in Bingle Bog (Frog, Narrator, Nightingale, Creatures of the Bog)
Vikram Seth: Beastly Tales, The Frog and the Nightingale
Next night when the nightingale shook her head and twitched her tail (Narrator, Nightingale, Frog)
R. Panufnik: Beastly Tales, The Frog and the Nightingale
Though next morning it was raining, he began her vocal training (Narrator, Nightingale, Frog)
Vikram Seth: Beastly Tales, The Frog and the Nightingale
Every day the frog who'd sold her songs for silver tried to scold her (Narrator, Frog, Nightingale)
Once or twice upon a time in the land of Runnyrhyme (Narrator, Hare, Mouse, Vole, Tortoise)
One day by the Fauna Fountain near the noble Mammal Mountain (Narrator, Hare, Mouse, Tortoise)
'Here!' the hare said: 'Sunday noon'...So, at the appointed time all the beasts of Runnyrhyme (Hare, Narrator, General Public, Reporters, Secretary Bird, Tortoise)
Suddenly the dizzy hare saw a field of mushrooms where (Narrator, Hare)
Off the hare went, fancy-free. One hour passed, then two, then three (Narrator, Tortoise)
But it was in fact the hare, with a calm insouciant air (Narrator, Pressmen, Will Wolf, Hare, Mole, Mouse)
Production
- David GrovesProducer