The Magician's House (1999)

Directed by

Paul Lynch

Genre

sci-fi & fantasy, family, drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four children discover a magical house in the countryside where they encounter talking animals and travel to different times. The series follows their adventures as they try to protect their home from modern development.

whimsicalgentlenostalgicmysteriouscozyslighly-magicalslow-pacedearthy

What happens

The Magician's House is a quartet of children's fantasy books by William Corlett. Two mini-series were produced in 1999 for British television, which were directed by Paul Lynch. The series featured Jennifer Saunders and Stephen Fry voicing some of the animal characters. The books were published in the early 1990s, and named as follows: The Steps up the Chimney The Door in the Tree The Tunnel behind the Waterfall The Bridge in the Clouds Although in a rural setting, this series' focus on subjects such as industrial development and the combining of present-day and past settings in the plotline gives it a feeling tending more towards urban fantasy than simply contemporary fantasy. In addition, though there is no specific mention of Welsh myths and legends, the strong part nature plays in the stories and the settings bring to mind other British children's authors. Authors like Elizabeth Goudge, noted for The Little White Horse, and Alan Garner, who is perhaps best known for The Owl Service and Elidor, and Susan Cooper, famous for The Dark Is Rising sequence of books, who allude more specifically to British myth and legend in their writings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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