The Magician's House (1999)
Synopsis
Cousins William, Mary, and Alice stay at their uncle's old house, Golden House, and discover a hidden room where they meet Stephen Tyler, a 16th-century magician who has travelled through time. They must help him protect the valley from his wicked apprentice, Matthew Morden, who seeks to disrupt the magical and ecological balance.
First Air Date: 1999-10-31
Last Air Date: 2000-12-17
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 12
Created By: Elizabeth Stewart
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Katie Stuart as Mary Green
- Olivia Coles as Alice Constant
- Steven Webb as William Constant
- Ian Richardson as Stephen Tyler
- Christopher Redman as Matthew Morden
- Neil Pearson as Jack Green
- Siân Phillips as Meg Lewis
- Jennifer Saunders as The Rat (voice)
- Stephen Fry as Jasper the Owl (voice)
- John-Paul Macleod as Spot the Dog (voice)
Seasons
None (1999)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: ONE
Three children, Mary Green and her cousins William and Alice Constant, arrive with her Uncle Jack at Mary's father's home, Golden House, in the forests of Wales' Golden Valley, to spend their Christmas holidays. Once there they meet a 400-year-old magician who has been waiting for their help.
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Ep. 2: TWO
The evil Morden, the magician's former apprentice, sends a talking rat from the year 1590 to the present. Not only does this upset the balance of time, but the rat persuades Mary that her pregnant stepmother Phoebe is a witch who has cast a spell over her father. Meanwhile, William and Alice try to befriend Meg Lewis, an elderly animal activist, who warns the children about the valley's evil badger hunters.
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Ep. 3: THREE
Still under Morden's rat's influence, Mary hides her stepmother Phoebe's protective talisman and arranges for her to have an accident. Alice suspects that Mary is subverting their efforts to find the rat. Meg Lewis worries that badger hunters plan to dig out and torture the valley's rare golden badgers.
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Ep. 4: FOUR
Trapped in the cellar by Morden's rat, Phoebe goes into labor during a blinding snowstorm. Going for help, William receives assistance from the valley's magical animals.
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Ep. 5: FIVE
Morden manages to project his consciousness from the year 1590 into the present, and Mary discovers the truth about her rat friend as Morden inhabits the creature and starts to assemble an army of rat followers to attack Golden House.
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Ep. 6: SIX
Alice seeks comfort from Spot the dog, unaware that he is now inhabited by Morden. The children race to an abandoned quarry, where Tyler the Magician has challenged his evil apprentice Morden to a final battle.
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