The Magician&#x27;s House

Steven Webb

William Constant

Ian Richardson

Stephen Tyler

Christopher Redman

Matthew Morden

Neil Pearson

Jack Green

Siân Phillips

Meg Lewis

Jennifer Saunders

The Rat (voice)

Stephen Fry

Jasper the Owl (voice)

John-Paul Macleod

Spot the Dog (voice)

Gary Martin

Cinnabar the Fox (voice)

Robert Wisden

Charles Morden

Kendall Cross

Phoebe Taylor

Jesse Moss

Mark Morden

Seasons

Series 1

6 episodes

Premiered Oct 30, 1999

Series 2

6 episodes

Premiered Nov 11, 2000

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

ONE

Oct 31, 1999

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.

Ep 2

TWO

Nov 7, 1999

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.

Ep 3

THREE

Nov 14, 1999

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.

Ep 4

FOUR

Nov 21, 1999

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.

Ep 5

FIVE

Nov 28, 1999

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.

Ep 6

SIX

Dec 5, 1999