The Return of the Psammead - Season 1

First aired: 1/5/1993 6 episodes

Four children—George, Ellie, Pip, and Lucy—discover a magical sand fairy known as 'The Psammead' that grants wishes, leading to meeting their future selves and their aunt as a child.

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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 1/6/1993

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.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 1/13/1993

Ellie's twin gives Mrs. Dobbs such a fright that she quits, the children's aunt returns home, and then the kids visit the 1990s.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 1/20/1993

The children make a startling discovery when they visit their aunt's home in the future. Later, George tries to protect the Psammead from a hunter by bringing it home.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 1/27/1993

The children have their hands full when their aunt wishes to remember what it felt like to be young.

5. Episode 5

Aired: 2/3/1993

The Psammead vanishes, the parrot develops the ability to talk, and the milkman travels from London to win Bessie's hand, but he discovers Mr. Dawkins is a rival for her affections.

6. Episode 6

Aired: 2/10/1993

An invisible Pip foils the Dobbs' family's evil scheme.