East of the Sun and West of the Moon

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**** This programme was suggested by Jenny Bayliss as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend **** Coronation Street's Helen Worth and Martin Jarvis star in a Norwegian fairy tale. A polar bear s really a bewitched prince... Dramatised by Louis MacNeice Helga .... Helen Worth Bear Prince / East Wind / South Wind .... Martin Jarvis Mother .... Victoria Hardcastle Father / West Wind / North Wind .... Christopher Godwin Halvor .... Tony Robinson Stepmother .... Rosalie Williams Longnose .... Vikki Chambers First / Second / Third crone .... Kathleen Helme Prisoner / Parrot ... Charles Cookson Music composed by Anthea Gomez and sung by Sally Jones Directed by Alfred Bradley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1983. **** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk and tell us why****