Timothy West, Julia McKenzie and Oliver Peace star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Charles Kingsleys 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 Careys 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 childrens classics lives on in BBC Radios acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Bbc Childrens Classics, Childrens Classics, Classics, Collins Classics, Good Night, Sleep Tight Stories, Hamlyn Classics, Penguin, Penguin Popular Classics, Puffin, Puffin Classics, Purnell Classics, Purnell Picture Classics, Storybooks, The Water Babies, Tribute Series, Wordsworth Childrens Classics, Wordsworth Classics .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.

This book was published in 2017 by BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House .

Kingsley resigned from Cambridge in 1869 and between 1870 and 1873 was canon of Chester cathedral. He was appointed canon of Westminster cathedral in 1873 and remained there until his death in 1875.