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Rhianna Pratchett meets mythical creatures to discover what they reveal about us.

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to find mythical creatures and uncover what they can tell us about our history, world and lives today.

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to discover mythical creatures that lurk in all corners of the land.  She uncovers what they can tell us about our history, our world and our lives today.

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Mythical Creatures: 7. Giants

7. Giants

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Rhianna Pratchett looks for giants, as she continues her quest to meet mythical creatures.

Rhianna Pratchett looks for giants in the Welsh mountains, in her quest to meet mythical creatures and discover what they reveal about us.

Fantasy writer Rhianna Pratchett takes us across an enchanted British Isles to discover mythical creatures that lurk in all corners of the land.  She uncovers what they can tell us about our history, our world and our lives today.  

As a child Rhianna was told of sleeping giants on the hilltops near her grandparent’s house in Wales.  Now she returns to the Welsh mountains and to Cader Idris – a striking mountain in the Eryri National Park – to meet a particularly intriguing giant.  Rhianna discovers why giants have been important to humans for centuries.  She explores what they can reveal about ourselves and our landscape, and what giant tales might offer us in the present day.

Storyteller: Peter Stevenson
Other Contributors: Erin Kavanagh, Dr Mary Bateman

Presenter: Rhianna Pratchett
Producers: Lorna Skingley and Sarah Harrison 
Executive Producer: Mel Harris
Production Manager: Nikki Cannon
Original Music by Ben MacDougall
Sound Design and Mixing: John Scott

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