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Susan Cooper - Over Sea, Under Stone

Susan Cooper - Over Sea, Under Stone: Episode 1: The Parchment

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Episode 1: The Parchment

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A holiday in Cornwall with an uncle turns sinister as the Drew children make a discovery.

A holiday in Cornwall with their great uncle turns sinister as the Drew children make a curious discovery. Stars Ronald Pickup.

Holidaying with their great-uncle in Cornwall, siblings Simon, Jane and Barney make a curious discovery in a cluttered attic. 

What they expected to be an ordinary summer in the village of Trewissick turns into something very unordinary - and frightening...

From Susan Cooper's classic sequence of novels "The Dark is Rising" dramatised in 4-parts by David Calcutt. Over Sea, Under Stone was first published in 1965. 

Stars Ronald Pickup as Great Uncle Merry, Naomi Kerbel as Jane, Ben Gutteridge as Simon, Edward Clarke as Barney and Struan Rodger as Hastings,

Music composed and performed by Martin Allcock.

Director: Nigel Bryant.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1995.

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Contemporary fantasy novel written for children by the English author Susan Cooper.

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