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1. The Myth of Maui (Encore)

   28 Aug 2026 · 37 min

   Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Diana Avram-Anghel ✍️ Sound effects: sea waves 🌊 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's encore episode takes us to the beautiful Hawaiian islands, where we'll join Kai, a young boy,…

2. The True Story of the Baby Hippo and the Tortoise

   27 Aug 2026 · 43 min · Episode 731

   Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound effects: flowing river, Kenyan birdsong, crickets 🌊🦜🌴 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story is a special one all about the true friendship that developed…

3. The Creation of the Nine Worlds (Norse Myths #8)

   26 Aug 2026 · 3 h 02 min · Episode 730

   Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Norse mythology encompasses many worlds and races of creatures. But how did this come to be? Where did the universe begin for these…

4. Dreaming with Diego Rivera

   25 Aug 2026 · 3 h 02 min · Episode 729

   Narrator: Arif Hodzic 🇺🇸 Writer: Nicole Griffin ✍️ Sound effects: gentle birdsong 🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be taking a journey through a work by Diego Rivera. It’s an epic mural called Pan…

5. Star Tours #2: The Big Dipper

   24 Aug 2026 · 3 h 02 min · Episode 728

   Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: countryside at night, crickets 🌾🌌 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be travelling to South Korea to visit an ancient astronomy tower. From…

6. The Cave of Sleep (Encore)

   21 Aug 2026 · 38 min

   Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Diana Avram-Anghel ✍️ Sound effects: sea waves 🌊 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we replay an episode from May 2020 in which we follow a woman whose love for Greek mythology…

7. Auggie and Meatball Host a Sleepover (Auggie #7)

   20 Aug 2026 · 3 h 47 min · Episode 727

   Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: heavy rain on window 🌧️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll hear how Auggie and Meatball handle a children’s sleepover. As they oversee…

8. A Dreamy Dinner on Maple Street

   19 Aug 2026 · 1 h 00 min · Episode 726

   Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: birds, distant traffic 🐦🚕 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in a follow-up to 'A Dreamy Day of Good Deeds' from late September 2025, we’re going…

9. A Magical Visit to the Home of the Gnomes

   18 Aug 2026 · 51 min · Episode 725

   Narrator: Nadine Brown 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound effects: crackling fire 🔥 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we will venture into the world of Gnomes and embark on a magical, cosy adventure. 😴 Includes…

10. Star Tours #1: Al Lul

    17 Aug 2026 · 1 h 13 min · Episode 724

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: spaceship interior 🚀 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be boarding the Interstellar spaceship for a trip to the stars. In this new series,…

11. The Bremen Bedtime Musicians (Encore)

    14 Aug 2026 · 47 min

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Shady Grove Oliver ✍️ Sound effects: crickets 🌌 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we dust off a lovely fairytale from our 2020 archives. It's about four famous musicians, all of…

12. A Body Scan Meditation for Sleep

    13 Aug 2026 · 35 min · Episode 723

    Writer & Narrator: Nicky Branagh-Schmidt 🇬🇧 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's meditation is a slow invitation for every single part of you to rest; to soften; to welcome in sleep. 😴 To receive our FREE weekly…

13. A Luxury Train Ride Across India

    12 Aug 2026 · 1 h 42 min · Episode 722

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound effects: train in motion 🚊 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll head to Agra, in India, and visit the famous Taj Mahal. Then we’ll return to the comfort of…

14. A Starry Night in Ancient Petra

    11 Aug 2026 · 1 h 06 min · Episode 721

    Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧 Writer: Angela Wood ✍️ Sound effects: port ambience ⚓️🛥️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel back over a thousand years to discover the ancient city of Raqmu, known…

15. A Sleepy Day at the Roman Baths

    10 Aug 2026 · 1 h 18 min · Episode 720

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: footsteps on dusty road, passing horse, distant river 👣🐴 🌊 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be travelling back in time almost 2,000 years.…

16. The Stars of Tekapo (Encore)

    7 Aug 2026 · 31 min

    Writer & Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Sound effects: crickets 🌌 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's episode was first heard on Get Sleepy in 2019, just a few weeks after the show launched. Based on Tom's trip to New…

17. A Dreamy Journey on a Historic Flying Boat

    6 Aug 2026 · 49 min · Episode 719

    Narrator: Nadine Brown 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound effects: port ambience ⚓️🛥️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we're going back to the late 1930s to board the luxurious Yankee Clipper – a flying boat that will…

18. The Slow Train to Sleepville

    5 Aug 2026 · 51 min · Episode 718

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Angela Wood ✍️ Sound effects: countryside train platform 🚊🐦 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re embarking on a relaxing adventure through beautiful landscapes and enchanting…

19. The Silent Princess

    4 Aug 2026 · 1 h 17 min · Episode 717

    Narrator: Chloe de Burgh 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound effects: garden birdsong 🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be travelling hundreds of years into the past for a sleepy retelling of an old…

20. The Odyssey: Part 8 - Odysseus at the Palace

    3 Aug 2026 · 3 h 31 min · Episode 716

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: ship sailing on the sea ⛵️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in our penultimate episode in the series, Odysseus reunites with dear friends and…

21. Travels in Hawaii: Parts 1-3 (Bonus)

    1 Aug 2026 · 2 h 02 min · Bonus

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Laila Weir ✍️ Sound effects: floating on the sea 🌊 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we visit some of Hawaii's most breathtaking and unique natural wonders in a 3-part compilation…

22. Brocade of the Moon Palace (Encore)

    31 Jul 2026 · 43 min

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️ Sound effects: gentle breeze, crickets 💨 🌾 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we bring back another classic episode with a retelling of an old fairytale from Asia,…

23. Flying over the Okavango Delta

    30 Jul 2026 · 46 min · Episode 715

    Narrator: Marcellus Shepard 🇺🇸 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: morning ambience in Botswana 🌅 🌴 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re going to follow Juliet as she soars high above the Okavango Delta…

24. The Cosy Treehouse in the Forest

    29 Jul 2026 · 3 h 32 min · Episode 714

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Christa Adams ✍️ Sound effects: forest ambience 🌳🐦 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll visit a unique castle-like treehouse, set amidst lush greenery in a mystical forest. 😴…

25. A Peaceful Day at the Dog Park

    28 Jul 2026 · 51 min · Episode 713

    Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦 Writer: Alicia LeVesque ✍️ Sound effects: dawn birdsong, dog panting 🐦⬛🐶 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we will be rejoining Alice and her rescue dog Quill for a slow, peaceful…

26. Þrymr and the Hammer of Thor (Norse Myths #7)

    27 Jul 2026 · 3 h 32 min · Episode 712

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound effects: crickets 🌌 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's Norse myth features the story of the goddess Freyja’s false wedding. We'll see the bravery of Thor,…

27. Cora's Perfect Day (Encore)

    24 Jul 2026 · 36 min

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Thomas Jones ✍️ Sound effects: garden birdsong 🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in a republish of one of our earliest episodes, we'll follow a day in the life of a cherished…

28. A Peaceful Summer’s Evening on London’s Canals

    23 Jul 2026 · 3 h 32 min · Episode 711

    Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧 Writer: Jessica Miller ✍️ Sound effects: Camden Market ambience 🌆 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story will guide you through the waterways of London – from Regent’s…

29. The Infinite Loop

    22 Jul 2026 · 37 min · Episode 710

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Dee Ahmed ✍️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's episode is something of a hybrid between a plotless story and a meditation. It's sure to lead you into a deep, nourishing night's…

30. A Quiet Morning at the Historic Manor House

    21 Jul 2026 · 3 h 02 min · Episode 709

    Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧 Writer: Sara Williams ✍️ Sound effects: dawn birdsong 🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re going to join Zola as she heads to work in a historic manor house, nestled deep in the…

31. The Farmer’s Market by the Mountain Cabin

    20 Jul 2026 · 3 h 32 min · Episode 708

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Christa Adams ✍️ Sound effects: birdsong and breezes outside the window 🐦 🌬️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we rejoin Sara for our ninth instalment from this series. The sun is…

32. Daria's Daydream (Encore)

    17 Jul 2026 · 52 min

    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…

33. A Relaxing Camel Ride to the Siwa Oasis (Egypt #2)

    16 Jul 2026 · 49 min · Episode 707

    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…

34. A Dream of the Winter Cabin

    15 Jul 2026 · 2 h 33 min · Episode 706

    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.…

35. A Lazy Morning on the Nile River (Egypt #1)

    14 Jul 2026 · 3 h 27 min · Episode 705

    Narrator: Arif Hodzic 🇺🇸 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: flowing river, distant call to prayer 🌊 🙏 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in the first of a two-part story, we’ll be travelling to Egypt, where…

36. A Secret Chapel in the Peacock House (Peacock House #4)

    13 Jul 2026 · 57 min · Episode 704

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: trickling water fountain ⛲️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we make a long-anticipated return to the Peacock House, where you'll wander from…

37. The Valley of Steam (Encore)

    10 Jul 2026 · 32 min

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Thomas Jones ✍️ Sound effects: car driving on road 🚗 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we return to one of our earliest episodes - from late 2019. Reykjadalur is a spectacular…

38. A Midsummer Dream in Epping Forest

    9 Jul 2026 · 42 min · Episode 703

    Narrator: Chloe De Burgh 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound effects: woodland ambience, birdsong 🌳🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be following a lady named Gwen as she explores the secrets of Epping…

39. A Relaxing Journey through Benin City (Nigeria #2)

    8 Jul 2026 · 51 min · Episode 702

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: distant city hum, crickets 🏙️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we continue our travels in Nigeria, West Africa, as we take a tranquil journey…

40. A Summer Evening at a 1950s Drive-In Movie

    7 Jul 2026 · 41 min · Episode 701

    Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writer: Angela Wood ✍️ Sound effects: car driving on highway 🚙 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, on a balmy summer evening in the late 1950s, we’ll watch the screen from the front seat…

41. A Relaxing Bus Ride through Lagos (Nigeria #1)

    6 Jul 2026 · 43 min · Episode 700

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kathleen Fowlds ✍️ Sound effects: distant busy city, car horns 🏙️ 🚘 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll explore the vibrant city of Lagos, in Nigeria – a place full of wonder,…

42. The Peacock House: Parts 1-3 (Bonus)

    4 Jul 2026 · 4 h 02 min · Bonus

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: water fountain ⛲️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re bringing together three stories from our series set in The Peacock House. With a…

43. The Rainy Day Bakery (Encore)

    3 Jul 2026 · 43 min

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Shady Grove Oliver ✍️ Sound effects: rainy morning 🌧️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have our very first Friday night encore episode, where we'll dip into the archives to…

44. Queen Seraphina and the White Doe

    2 Jul 2026 · 44 min · Episode 699

    Narrator: Jessika Downes-Gössl 🇬🇧 Writer: Mersiha Bruncevic ✍️ Sound effects: birdsong, garden warbler 🐦🐦⬛ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re going on a magical quest with Queen Seraphina and a mysterious…

45. The Odyssey: Part 7 - The Return to Ithaca

    1 Jul 2026 · 57 min · Episode 698

    Get Sleepy is now coming to you 5 nights a week! Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️ Sound effects: crickets 🌌 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, at long last – after 10 years of war, and another…

46. A Relaxing Visit to Brighton Beach in the 1950s

    30 Jun 2026 · 52 min · Episode 697

    Get Sleepy is now coming to you 5 nights a week! Narrator: Nadine Brown 🇬🇧 Writer: Jo Steer ✍️ Sound design: rolling waves, voices, gulls 🌊🗣️🐦 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll journey back in time for a…

47. A Dreamy Day at the Wildlife Preserve

    29 Jun 2026 · 58 min · Episode 696

    Get Sleepy - now coming to you 5 nights a week! Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️ Sound design: birdsong, cars on gravel 🐦🚙 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story is inspired by a request…

48. Ada and the Robot

    24 Jun 2026 · 48 min · Episode 695

    Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦 Writer: MJ Lyons ✍️ Sound design: garden birdsong 🐦⬛🤖 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be visiting a town on the day of the summer solstice, where a little girl is about to make…

49. Freyja and the Prayers of Óttar (Norse Myths #6)

    22 Jun 2026 · 48 min · Episode 694

    Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️ Sound design: meadow ambience, birdsong 🐝 🐦 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re continuing our marvellous Norse mythology series. This time, we'll join…

50. Across the Pond (Bonus)

    19 Jun 2026 · 55 min · Bonus

    Narrators: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 & Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writers: Jo Steer & Alicia Steffann ✍️ Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's special bonus story is something a little bit different. It takes the form of an email…