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Dramatisation of E Nesbit's children's novel. While playing in a sand pit, a group of siblings discover a sand fairy, thousands of years old and with the power to grant wishes.

In 1902, four children and their baby brother are spending their summer in the countryside while their parents are away. While playing in a nearby sand pit, the children discover 'It', which turns out to be a Psammead, or sand fairy, thousands of years old and with the power to grant wishes. The Psammead agrees to give the children a wish a day - but warns them that the wishes will fade at sunset.

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Sun 3 Jul 201619:00

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Credits

RoleContributor
CyrilSimon Godwin
AntheaNicole Mowat
RobertCharles Richards
JaneTamzin Audas
MarthaLaura Brattan
The PsammeadFrancis Wright
MotherMary Conlon
Mr CrispinRon Welling
CookJoyce Windsor
The LambLewis Wilson
The LambAlexander Wilson
DirectorMarilyn Fox
WriterHelen Cresswell

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