The Return of the Psammead Episode One (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Return of the Psammead

Episode One (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

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.

Director

Marilyn Fox

Writers

Helen Cresswell (by) | E. Nesbit (after: the novels of)

Producer

Richard Callanan

Composer

Michael Omer

Production Designer

Humphrey Jaeger

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Updated Jan 6, 1993

Release date

Jan 6, 1993 (United Kingdom)

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Toby Ufindell-Phillips George George See fewer	The Return of the Psammead (1993)
Laura Clarke Ellie and Harriet Ellie and Harriet See fewer	City of Glass (1998)
Leonard Kirby Pip Pip See fewer	Chaplin (1992)
Vicci Avery Lucy Lucy See fewer	Julie and the Cadillacs (1999)
Polly Kemp Bessie Bessie See fewer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Frank Taylor Mr. Dobbs Mr. Dobbs See fewer	The Return of the Psammead (1993)
Anne Orwin Mrs. Dobbs Mrs. Dobbs See fewer	Crime and Punishment (1979)
Carol MacReady Cook Cook See fewer	102 Dalmatians (2000)
Simon Slater Dawkins Dawkins See fewer	Mary Magdalene (1993)
Joanna Barrett Lil Dawkins Lil Dawkins See fewer	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
Francis Wright The Psammead (voice) The Psammead (voice) See fewer	Little Shop of Horrors (1986)