Five children and it
Subtitle: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
By: E. Nesbit
Contributors: Molloy, Terry, narrator; McKenzie, Julia, narrator; Carter, Simon, narrator
Series: BBC Children's Classics; BBC children's classics
Publisher: BBC Audio
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] :
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9781785298509
Subjects: Wishes; Brothers and sisters; Juvenile fiction; History; Fairies; Fiction
Description: Julia McKenzie and Simon Carter star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of E Nesbit's much-loved children's novel. 'an enchanting adaptation' Independent on Sunday On a hot, Edwardian summer's day, five children are playing in a gravel pit when they dig up something very peculiar: a funny, furry, fat litte creature with the feet of a monkey and bat's ears! The Psammead is a magical sand fairy who has the power to grant wishes: but the children can only have one wish a day, and the wishes only last until sunset. As the children try to get their hearts' desires, things go hilariously wrong, and they have a series of amazing adventures that will change their lives. But their last wish gets them into terrible trouble, and it will take all the Psammead's powers to put things right ... This delightfully whimsical drama, adapted by Malcolm McKee, stars Julia McKenzie as the older Jane and Mother, and Simon Carter as the Psammead. The wonder and excitement of much-loved children's classics lives on in BBC Radio's acclaimed full-cast dramatisations, complete with evocative music and sound effects.
Notes: Read by Terry Molloy, Julia McKenzie and Simon Carter.