A Nottinghamshire woman is bringing happiness and escapism into the lives of 1.5 million children around the world. Former BBC producer Rehannah Mian launched a podcast called Magical Storybook: English Nanny Bedtime Stories just over two years ago, which has gone on to spark the interest of youngsters in 200 countries - from Thailand to Australia.
Kids love the stories and the sound of her voice, as one of the few children's storytellers in the world with an English accent. Children, aged three to eight, listen as Rehannah brings to life the long lost medieval fairytales and it's all for free.
Rehannah, who lives in Radcliffe-on-Trent, said: "I did lots of voluntary work with children and I realised most of them hadn't heard the old traditional fairytales that I grew up with but they'd seen the Disney films which are more sanitised versions of the fairytales.
