Sandra: The Fairytale Detective

SANDRA and her assistant FO travel into the tale of The Three Little Pigs. There, the story ended some time ago. The WOLF burnt his bum trying to get in down the chimney, and the LITTLE PIGS were saved thanks to their house made of bricks. But, though some time has now passed, the ELDEST LITTLE PIG continues to forbid his brothers from leaving the house, out of fear of the WOLF. The MIDDLE and YOUNGEST LITLE PIGS are fed up and are convinced that the WOLF has changed and is now a good wolf. SANDRA and FO must discover the truth, by investigating the WOLF, who now appears to be a model citizen, a vegetarian whose hobby is DIY. Nothing is what it seems.

SANDRA and her assistant FO travel into the tale of the Little Mermaid, having been called out by NEPTUNE, her father. When they arrive, they are surprised to discover that the LITTLE MERMAID is just a baby. She is in mortal danger, as the perfidious SEA-WITCH has stolen her voice. If SANDRA does not get it back within 12 hours, the LITTLE MERMAID will disappear, converted into sea foam. The detective and her assistant go on a fantastic underwater journey full of dangers and emotions

SANDRA and her assistant FO travel into the tale of “Hansel and Gretel”, called by the WITCH. The magic key to her larder, in which she is holding HANSEL and GRETEL prisoner, has disappeared. SANDRA will have to find the key and deceive the WITCH, in order to be able to help the little brother and sister escape

In the tale of Sleeping Beauty, the Prince kisses the Princess, expecting her to finally awaken from her long sleep. But, against all the odds, the Princess sleeps on. SANDRA, assisted by FO, discovers that the Princess’s lips are covered in magic dust. One of the characters in the tale of Sleeping Beauty does not want the princess to ever wake up

On this occasion, the fairytale detective SANDRA travels to the popular tale of Pinocchio, to help poor, distraught GEPPETTO. His son has once again turned into a lifeless puppet that not even the Blue Fairy can bring back to life. SANDRA and her assistant, FO, after discovering that the puppet in GEPPETTO’s house is simply an imitation, face a difficult investigation and end up discovering that the culprit is, once again, the evil STROMBOLI. This puppet master is using the innocent PINOCCHIO to commit one robbery after another, thanks to his astonishing growing nose.

In the story of Cinderella, our heroine flees the ball at the stroke of twelve, leaving behind one of her glass slippers. This, the Prince keeps in his bedroom until he can begin the search for the woman he intends to marry. But, the next day, when the Royal Secretary appears before the Prince, ready to begin his work, he discovers that the precious slipper has mysteriously disappeared.

Detective Sandra and her assistant Fo go to the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, having been called out by the Grandmother, whose knitting needles have mysteriously gone missing. Shortly after they arrive, and without Sandra realising it, the Wolf captures Fo and takes him to his lair in order to devour him. While Fo desperately uses his ingenuity - and a cookery book – to avoid becoming the wolf’s dinner, Sandra gets down to work in search of the knitting needles. The investigation will lead the detective to the Wolf’s lair, and thus she saves Fo. Sandra will also discover that Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf have reached an agreement to hide the knitting needles, because Little Red Riding Hood is sick of wearing the red hoods her grandmother knits for her.

SANDRA and her assistant, the elf Fo, travel into the story of the “Seven Little Kids”, having been called out by MOTHER GOAT. The WOLF is prowling around the house, waiting for a chance to eat her seven LITTLE KIDS, and she has to travel to another town to see to a very important matter. The detective and her assistant will have to use all their ingenuity to prevent the ferocious WOLF from getting into the house, while at the same time playing babysitter to 7 naughty, undisciplined little goats

Sandra and Fo go into the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin, called by the town’s schoolmistress. There, they discover that something very strange has happened in the story. The Pied Piper, with his magic flute, has taken off all the children and has left the mice in the town, contradicting the classic sequence of events. The detective and her assistant must solve the mystery and return the children to their families safe and sound.

On this occasion, SANDRA and her assistant FO travel into the tale of “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp”. The Sultan, the PRINCESS’s father, requires their detective services, as the evil magician ASSAF has returned and has stolen ALADDIN’s lamp. Not content with this, the perfidious magician has ordered the GENIE kill ALADDIN and then take his palace, with the PRINCESS inside, and transport it to his lair, in the distant Atlas Mountains. SANDRA will face the most powerful magician in the Thousand and One Nights with her only weapon: her ingenuity.

Everybody knows the story of the UGLY DUCKLING: the adventures and misadventures of a little swan that is born far from his family and is mocked and rejected by everyone. But nobody knows how the swan’s egg ended up in a duck’s nest. In this episode, SANDRA and FO have to resolve this mystery, having been called out by the parents of the UGLY DUCKLING, two swans who are the KING and QUEEEN of the birds. SANDRA will manage to thwart a plot to kill the “Ugly Duckling”, the prince of birds.

The fairytale detective SANDRA and her assistant FO travel into the story of the “Steadfast Tin Soldier”, having been called out by the soldier’s toy companions. SANDRA, who has always dreamt of changing this story’s tragic ending, hopes she will be able to prevent the Soldier and the Ballerina from being thrown into the fire. But, once they arrive in the toys’ room, it does not take SANDRA long to realise that her mission is going to be very difficult indeed. The evil JACK-IN-THE-BOX has taken the SOLDIER prisoner and threatens to melt him down into a useless lump of tin if the BALLERINA does not agree to marry him.

SANDRA and FO travel into the tale of “Jack and the Beanstalk”, having been called out by Jack’s mother. Her son climbed up a giant beanstalk going from the garden up into the clouds, and has not returned. The fairytale detective and her assistant set off on the tracks of the missing boy and climb up into the strange world of the giants, above the clouds. There, they will pull off a great escape full of surprises, risks and adventures

SANDRA and FO travel into the story of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, having been called out by her and her GRANDMOTHER. When the detective and her assistant arrive, they discover that it has been a year since the FEROCIOUS WOLF unsuccessfully tried to eat LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and her GRANDMOTHER. Since then, the FEROCIOUS WOLF has been in jail, while LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and her GRANDMOTHER became the most popular and best-loved people in the community. Everything changed a week ago, when a series of mysterious crimes began in the village and the surrounding area. Everything would seem to indicate that these were committed by LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and her GRANDMOTHER, who all the villagers now hate. SANDRA and FO must find the real culprit, to demonstrate the innocence of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and her sweet GRANDMOTHER

SANDRA, fairytale detective, and her assistant, FO, travel into the tale of PINOCCHIO. He, who is now a real, flesh-and-blood boy, has inexplicably grown donkey's ears. At the same time, his father, GEPPETTO, has received an anonymous letter demanding a million liras, otherwise his son will be completely transformed into a donkey. SANDRA and FO investigate and discover that HONEST JOHN and his sidekick GIDEON, two villains from the classic tale, have stolen the BLUE FAIRY's magic wand and is turning the other characters in the story into donkeys.

The fairytale detective, SANDRA, and her assistant, FO, travel into the story of CINDERELLA, having been called out by her mouse friends. In the story, everything was going as planned until, shortly after CINDERELLA arrived at the palace, the magic was suddenly broken. The horses have turned back into mice and the splendid carriage is once again a vulgar pumpkin. The most mysterious thing of all is that CINDERELLA has disappeared without trace. SANDRA and FO will have to unravel the mystery, find CINDERELLA and restore the magic before midnight.

Sandra and her assistant FO travel into the tale of PUSS IN BOOTS, having been called by the cat. His master, the MARQUIS OF CARABAS, is about to be judged for the theft of a valuable necklace belonging to his fiancée, the PRINCESS. SANDRA and FO must find the necklace and discover the real culprit before the trial ends.

SANDRA and her assistant FO travel into the tale of RAPUNZEL, having been called out by RAPUNZEL herself. She can’t stand being locked up in the tower for a moment longer; she wants to discover the world and escape from the clutches of the odious WITCH once and for all. The Detective and her assistant help RAPUNZEL to escape from the tower, but the WITCH soon finds out that she has gone and sets off in hot pursuit. The WITCH is much more powerful than SANDRA had originally imagined and there is only one way for SANDRA, FO and RAPUNZEL to get out of this adventure alive: to reach the Forest Without Magic.

The fairytale detective SANDRA and her assistant, the elf FO, travel into the story of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, to discover that the HUNTER has just accidentally wounded himself in the foot, before the story begins. This is a really serious problem: if the HUNTER is out of action, what will happen in the story? Who will save LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and her GRANDMOTHER from the evil WOLF? SANDRA and FO will make every effort, using all their ingenuity, to prevent the WOLF from devouring LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and her GRANDMOTHER