Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧
Writer: Jo Steer ✍️
Sound design: crickets 🌾
Includes mentions of: Food, Magic, Summer, Romance, History, Alcohol, Fantastical Creatures, Music, Humour.
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have a sleepy and faithful re-telling of William Shakespeare’s classic tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. And dreamlike it truly is – a t ... Show More
Yesterday
Encore #3: Daria's Daydream
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Shady Grove Oliver ✍️ Sound effects: rainy city ambience 🌧️ 🏙️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, taken from the archives of late 2020, we’ll follow a girl named Daria into a magical daydream on a rainy morning. 😴 Get Sleepy Premium Listen ... Show More
51m 34s
Jul 16
A Relaxing Camel Ride to the Siwa Oasis (Egypt #2)
Narrator: Arif Hodzic 🇺🇸 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: African birdsong, desert breeze 🦜🌴 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be journeying to a vast desert in western Egypt. There, we’ll visit the peaceful sanctuary of the Siwa Oasis. This urban oasis is an ... Show More
49m 10s
Jul 15
A Dream of the Winter Cabin
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: car on gravel road 🚘 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll head up into the foothills and wait out a winter storm at a charming mountain cabin. With your pyjamas, your favourite book and all the necessary ... Show More
2h 33m
May 2023
A Midsummer Night's Dream retold by Edith Nesbit
<p>Tonight's sleep story is A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, retold by Edith Nesbit. You might know the story of Hermia and Helena, their love square ,and the mischievous sprite Puck originally written by William Shakespeare. This adaptation by Edith Nesbit conde ... Show More
37m 18s
Jun 2025
Grimm's Fairytales: 12 Dancing Princesses & The Frog Prince | Sleep Stories
Looking for a nostalgic story to fall asleep to? Join Geoffrey by the campfire as we dive back into his big book of Grimm’s Fairytales, hearing about twelve dancing princesses, the frog prince, and the tale of the Elves and the Shoemakers. You'll be asleep before you know it. Lov ... Show More
49m 10s
Oct 2022
The Sandman's Hour: Stories for Bedtime
<p>Struggling to fall asleep? Quiet your mind with bedtime stories from The Sandman's Hour. This episode includes the stories The Disorderly Girl, The Poppies, The Shoemaker Rat, Hilda's Mermaid, and Why the Morning Glory Sleeps by Abbie Phillips Walker.</p><br><p>Interested in m ... Show More
30m 18s
