Original version

BBC World Service Online

The Forum

Documentaries

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

The programme that explains the present by exploring the past

The programme that explains the present by exploring the past.

The Forum: Myth

Discussion & Talk

The Forum Main Image (storybook) photo by BBC (with some photoshop for the Myth logo by Shan Pillay/BBC)

23/05/2015 GMT

Myth

BBC World Service - The Forum, Myth

Why myth and storytelling is important and what it tells us about ourselves.

Why myth, storytelling and fairy tales are important, what they tell us about ourselves and our communities and what happens when they turn bad. With Jack Zipes, Emeritus Professor of German, Angie Hobbs, Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy and entomologist, ( insect expert ) May Berenbaum.

Photo: a large storybook of myths (BBC)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Forum

Myth

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service