The Return of the Psammead (1993)
Synopsis
Four children—George, Ellie, Pip, and Lucy—discover a magical sand fairy known as 'The Psammead' that grants wishes, leading to meeting their future selves and their aunt as a child.
First Air Date: 1993-01-06
Last Air Date: 1993-02-10
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Created By: Helen Cresswell
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Toby Ufindell-Phillips as George
- Laura Clarke as Ellie / Harriet
- Leonard Kirby as Pip
- Vicci Avery as Lucy
- Frank Taylor as Mr Dobbs
- Polly Kemp as Bessie
- Joanna Barrett as Lil Dawkins
- Simon Slater as Dawkins
- Francis Wright as The Psammead (voice)
- Anna Massey as Aunt Marchmont
Seasons
Miniseries (1993)
Four children—George, Ellie, Pip, and Lucy—discover a magical sand fairy known as 'The Psammead' that grants wishes, leading to meeting their future selves and their aunt as a child.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 1
When four children are sent to stay with their aunt, they're met by her cantankerous staff, and it isn't long before Ellie meets the Psammead, who grants her wish to have a twin.
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
Ellie's twin gives Mrs. Dobbs such a fright that she quits, the children's aunt returns home, and then the kids visit the 1990s.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
The children make a startling discovery when they visit their aunt's home in the future. Later, George tries to protect the Psammead from a hunter by bringing it home.
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Ep. 4: Episode 4
The children have their hands full when their aunt wishes to remember what it felt like to be young.
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Ep. 5: Episode 5
The Psammead vanishes, the parrot develops the ability to talk, and the milkman travels from London to win Bessie's hand, but he discovers Mr. Dawkins is a rival for her affections.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
An invisible Pip foils the Dobbs' family's evil scheme.
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