The Witches and the Grinnygog

1983 - 1983

Episode 1

14th November 1983

Episode 1

Mrs. Firkettle finds a small stone gargoyle, that has fallen off a lorry. She gifts it to her father, grandad Adam, to be put in his rockery instead of the gnome he wanted. Colin, Nan, Dave and Essie are asked by Reverend Sogood to help convert the old laundry into a village museum for the church. Colin is reading a diary about witches and burnings in the town, which occurred hundreds of years ago. A stranger appears and introduces himself as Twebele Alabaster, an African anthropologist, who is looking for a Grinnygog.

Episode 2

21st November 1983

Episode 2

The museum is open. A woman is arrested near where St. Cuthbert's church used to stand. Mrs Firkettle's youngest son Jimmy is spending all his time talking to the stone statue. Mr. Alabaster visits Grandad and Jimmy in the garden, and tells them what it is called. A dummy is stolen from a clothes store. Two lodgers, Mrs. Ems and her daughter Marg'ret, come to stay at Mrs. Firkettle's house.

Episode 3

28th November 1983

Episode 3

Colin and Dave see an old woman sitting in a sand pit on the golf course. Reverend Sogood has hired Miss Letitia Bendybones to clean and tidy the church, house and museum. The diaries reveal more about the three guardians, who escaped the burnings. The garden is full of new flowers around the statue, and Jimmy tries to explain to the others what is happening. Miss Bendybones asks Nan to write a letter, gives her some money to add to it, and addresses it to the clothes store.

Episode 4

5th December 1983

Episode 4

Colin, Nan, Dave and Essie hold a conference about the peculiar happenings. Nan puts Miss Bendybones to a music test and Essie tries to find out if Mrs. Ems wears bright green ribands. The children discover something strange about Mrs. Ems' daughter. Reverend Sogood sees a young girl on the church porch. Mrs. Ems and her daughter have gone, and Miss Bendybones gives notice to quit.

Episode 5

12th December 1983

Episode 5

More people are contributing old stuff from their attics and cellars to the museum. A young girl comes to Mrs. Firkettle's house, looking for Mrs. Ems. The children hear something lovely coming from the church and they encounter the three guardians there. One of them, Edie, visits her great-great-aunt, Mrs. Possett. In the woods, Mrs. Firkettle meets the young girl again, who says her name is Marg'ret but that some people call her Daisy.

Episode 6

19th December 1983

Episode 6

It is Mid-Summers Eve, the village festive. Everyone has come to the festival to dance and play. It is time to say goodbye.

Top Cast

Giles Harper•Heidi Mayo•Adam Woodyatt

Director

Diarmuid Lawrence

Family Mystery Kids

When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent witches are summoned to the village where they live.

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Full Cast

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Giles Harper

Colin Sogood

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Heidi Mayo

Nan Sogood

Adam Woodyatt

David 'Dave' Firkettle

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Zoe Loftin

Essie Firkettle

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Paul Curtis

Jimmy Firkettle

Robert Swann

Reverend Anthony Sogood

Jane Wood

Mrs. Firkettle

Full Crew

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Roy Russell

Screenplay

Diarmuid Lawrence

Director

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Anna Home

Executive Producer

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Nigel Bate

Editor

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John Newton Clarke

Production Design

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Romayne Wightman

Makeup Artist

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James Harpham

Music

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Dorothy Edwards

Book

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Barbara Goodall

Production Secretary

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Tim Spring

Stage Director

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Gillian Wheeler

Continuity

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Cecilia Doidge

Costume Supervisor

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Julian Barber

Focus Puller

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Ken Brinsley

Camera Operator

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Michael D. Smith

Lighting Camera

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Tony Cunningham

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Jim Biddle

Sound Mixer

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Peter Bull

Assistant Art Director

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Graham Curtis

Production Accountant

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John Hamon

Graphic Designer

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James Greville

Second Unit First Assistant Director

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Josephine Dunn

Second Assistant Director

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Peter Price

Unit Manager

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John Barlow

Unit Manager

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