https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/english-programme--6177145Fun with The English Programme.enDramaSteve Rimmerhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6552871901dccbb579d7190fb1ee0971.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/english-programme--6177145Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:41:03 +0000Steve RimmerProgramme news and reviews.A what's on guide to the Beeb.noepisodickids,family,charity,community,societyenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.ukSteve Rimmerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pinocchio-episode-5--72435076https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72435076Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:01:12 +0000SJRA boy’s appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.323falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-little-princess-episode-6--72435030https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72435030Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:53:25 +0000SJRSara was sitting quietly in her seat, waiting to be told what to do. She had been placed near Miss Minchin's desk.  She was not abashed at all by the many pairs of eyes watching her. 319falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-railway-children-episode-3--72416131came in. Her dear face was as white as her lace collar, and her eyes looked very big and shining. Her mouth looked like just a line of pale red--her lips were thin and not their proper shape at all.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72416131Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:40:04 +0000SJRThere was more talking. Then the bell rang again, and Ruth fetched a cab. The children heard boots go out and down the steps. The cab drove away, and the front door shut. Then Mother came in. Her dear face was as white as her lace collar, and her...came in. Her dear face was as white as her lace collar, and her eyes looked very big and shining. Her mouth looked like just a line of pale red--her lips were thin and not their proper shape at all.]]>306falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pinocchio-episode-4--72416103https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72416103Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:32:56 +0000SJR256falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-little-princess-episode-5--72415794https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72415794Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:24:16 +0000SJR322falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-case-of-trespass-episode-4--72415661https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72415661Mon, 08 Jun 2026 10:15:50 +0000SJR507falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-little-princess-episode-4--72402180https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72402180Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:28:13 +0000SJR327falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-case-of-trespass-episode-3--72400592https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72400592Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:19:23 +0000SJR324falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-little-princess-episode-3--72400556https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72400556Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:09:54 +0000SJR306falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-railway-children-episode-2--72400526https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72400526Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:02:13 +0000SJRFather had been away in the country for three or four days. All Peter's hopes for the curing of his afflicted Engine were now fixed on his Father, for Father was most wonderfully clever with his fingers. He could mend all sorts of things.314falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pinocchio-episode-3--72398997https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72398997Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:41:23 +0000SJR432falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-railway-children-episode-1--72398969https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72398969Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:33:07 +0000SJRThey were not railway children to begin with. I don't suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cook's, the Pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud's.354falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pinocchio-episode-2--72394807https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72394807Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:49:00 +0000SJR309falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-little-princess-episode-2--72394757https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72394757Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:37:24 +0000SJR303falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-case-of-trespass-episode-2--72393648https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72393648Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:44:29 +0000SJRIt was the forenoon of a hazy, breathless day, and Dan Phillips was trouting up one of the back creeks of the Carleton pond. 340falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-little-princess-episode-1--72393581https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72393581Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:33:34 +0000SJROnce on a dark winter's day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was...341falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pinocchio-episode-1--72393388https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72393388Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:14:24 +0000SJRHow it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.317falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,societyhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-case-of-trespass-episode-1--72377893https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72377893Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:38:00 +0000SJRIt was the forenoon of a hazy, breathless day, and Dan Phillips was trouting up one of the back creeks of the Carleton pond. It was somewhat cooler up the creek than out on the main body of water, for the tall birches and willows, crowding down to the...332falsefullenglishprogramme@hotmail.co.uk (Steve Rimmer)kids,family,charity,community,society