The Magician's House

The Magician's House

Ended First aired 31/Oct/1999 United Kingdom English 2 season(s) 12 episode(s)
Sci-Fi & FantasyFamilyDrama
Cousins William, Mary, and Alice stay at their uncle's old house, Golden House, and discover a hidden room where they meet Stephen Tyler, a 16th-century magician who has travelled through time. They must help him protect the valley from his wicked apprentice, Matthew Morden, who seeks to disrupt the magical and ecological balance.
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Season 2 · Series 2
6 episode(s) · Air date: 11/Nov/2000
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S2E6
206
Air date: 17/Dec/2000 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
Summary

After his life is saved by William, Matthew Morden comes to realize that the children are not his enemy. But can even the combined efforts of the former adversaries reverse the Golden Valley's destruction and destroy the Black Gold forever?

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After his life is saved by William, Matthew Morden comes to realize that the children are not his enemy. But can even the combined efforts of the former adversaries reverse the Golden Valley's destruction and destroy the Black Gold forever?

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S2E5
205
Air date: 10/Dec/2000 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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After Mary and Alice rescue Meg from the fire, the children desperately search for a lost deed that will prove the Mordens only own the Lewis house and not the land of the Golden Valley, but ancestor Matthew Morden thwarts their efforts using the Black Gold's evil power.

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After Mary and Alice rescue Meg from the fire, the children desperately search for a lost deed that will prove the Mordens only own the Lewis house and not the land of the Golden Valley, but ancestor Matthew Morden thwarts their efforts using the Black Gold's evil power.

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S2E4
204
Air date: 03/Dec/2000 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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With the Magician trapped in the dream world and fading, the children's only hope is to find his lost pendulum. Meanwhile, after William reveals Meg Lewis's role in forestalling the theme park's development, Meg is in grave danger.

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With the Magician trapped in the dream world and fading, the children's only hope is to find his lost pendulum. Meanwhile, after William reveals Meg Lewis's role in forestalling the theme park's development, Meg is in grave danger.

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S2E3
203
Air date: 26/Nov/2000 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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As the evil Black Gold spreads its negative energy throughout Golden Valley, the children become desperate for the Magician's help. But without his magic pendulum he seems stuck in the 17th century, until he remembers that there may be another way to travel through time to the present. Mary is horrified to discover that Mark, the object of her first crush, is a descendant of Matthew Morden.

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As the evil Black Gold spreads its negative energy throughout Golden Valley, the children become desperate for the Magician's help. But without his magic pendulum he seems stuck in the 17th century, until he remembers that there may be another way to travel through time to the present. Mary is horrified to discover that Mark, the object of her first crush, is a descendant of Matthew Morden.

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S2E2
202
Air date: 19/Nov/2000 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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William takes the Magician's lost pendulum from Mary and, enthralled by its power, helps Morden travel from the past into the present. But he is unaware that Morden has brought a piece of the Black Gold with him, or of its dangerous ""negative energy"".

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William takes the Magician's lost pendulum from Mary and, enthralled by its power, helps Morden travel from the past into the present. But he is unaware that Morden has brought a piece of the Black Gold with him, or of its dangerous ""negative energy"".

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201
Air date: 12/Nov/2000 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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Back in the 17th Century, the Magician's apprentice tries to harness the power of electricity but an explosion in his lab accidentally creates a dangerous substance called Black Gold and forces the Magician back to his own time, losing his precious gold pendulum. Meanwhile, in the present, a large corporation is planning to build a theme park close to Golden Valley, which would destroy the rare and beautiful surroundings.

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Back in the 17th Century, the Magician's apprentice tries to harness the power of electricity but an explosion in his lab accidentally creates a dangerous substance called Black Gold and forces the Magician back to his own time, losing his precious gold pendulum. Meanwhile, in the present, a large corporation is planning to build a theme park close to Golden Valley, which would destroy the rare and beautiful surroundings.

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Season 1 · Series 1
6 episode(s) · Air date: 30/Oct/1999
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S1E6
SIX
Air date: 05/Dec/1999 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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Alice seeks comfort from Spot the dog, unaware that he is now inhabited by Morden. The children race to an abandoned quarry, where Tyler the Magician has challenged his evil apprentice Morden to a final battle.

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Alice seeks comfort from Spot the dog, unaware that he is now inhabited by Morden. The children race to an abandoned quarry, where Tyler the Magician has challenged his evil apprentice Morden to a final battle.

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FIVE
Air date: 28/Nov/1999 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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Morden manages to project his consciousness from the year 1590 into the present, and Mary discovers the truth about her rat friend as Morden inhabits the creature and starts to assemble an army of rat followers to attack Golden House.

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Morden manages to project his consciousness from the year 1590 into the present, and Mary discovers the truth about her rat friend as Morden inhabits the creature and starts to assemble an army of rat followers to attack Golden House.

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FOUR
Air date: 21/Nov/1999 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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Trapped in the cellar by Morden's rat, Phoebe goes into labor during a blinding snowstorm. Going for help, William receives assistance from the valley's magical animals.

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Trapped in the cellar by Morden's rat, Phoebe goes into labor during a blinding snowstorm. Going for help, William receives assistance from the valley's magical animals.

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THREE
Air date: 14/Nov/1999 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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Still under Morden's rat's influence, Mary hides her stepmother Phoebe's protective talisman and arranges for her to have an accident. Alice suspects that Mary is subverting their efforts to find the rat. Meg Lewis worries that badger hunters plan to dig out and torture the valley's rare golden badgers.

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Still under Morden's rat's influence, Mary hides her stepmother Phoebe's protective talisman and arranges for her to have an accident. Alice suspects that Mary is subverting their efforts to find the rat. Meg Lewis worries that badger hunters plan to dig out and torture the valley's rare golden badgers.

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TWO
Air date: 07/Nov/1999 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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The evil Morden, the magician's former apprentice, sends a talking rat from the year 1590 to the present. Not only does this upset the balance of time, but the rat persuades Mary that her pregnant stepmother Phoebe is a witch who has cast a spell over her father. Meanwhile, William and Alice try to befriend Meg Lewis, an elderly animal activist, who warns the children about the valley's evil badger hunters.

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The evil Morden, the magician's former apprentice, sends a talking rat from the year 1590 to the present. Not only does this upset the balance of time, but the rat persuades Mary that her pregnant stepmother Phoebe is a witch who has cast a spell over her father. Meanwhile, William and Alice try to befriend Meg Lewis, an elderly animal activist, who warns the children about the valley's evil badger hunters.

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S1E1
ONE
Air date: 31/Oct/1999 · Time: 18:05 · Runtime: 30 min
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Three children, Mary Green and her cousins William and Alice Constant, arrive with her Uncle Jack at Mary's father's home, Golden House, in the forests of Wales' Golden Valley, to spend their Christmas holidays. Once there they meet a 400-year-old magician who has been waiting for their help.

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Three children, Mary Green and her cousins William and Alice Constant, arrive with her Uncle Jack at Mary's father's home, Golden House, in the forests of Wales' Golden Valley, to spend their Christmas holidays. Once there they meet a 400-year-old magician who has been waiting for their help.

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Katie Stuart
Katie Stuart
Mary Green
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Olivia Coles
Alice Constant
Steven Webb
Steven Webb
William Constant
Ian Richardson
Ian Richardson
Stephen Tyler
Christopher Redman
Christopher Redman
Matthew Morden
Neil Pearson
Neil Pearson
Jack Green
Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Meg Lewis
Kate Greenhouse
Kate Greenhouse
Phoebe Taylor
Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders
The Rat (voice)
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Jasper the Owl (voice)
John-Paul Macleod
John-Paul Macleod
Spot the Dog (voice)
Gary Martin
Gary Martin
Cinnabar the Fox (voice)
Robert Wisden
Robert Wisden
Charles Morden
Kendall Cross
Kendall Cross
Phoebe Taylor
Jesse Moss
Jesse Moss
Mark Morden
Martin Evans
Martin Evans
Kev
Matthew Walker
Matthew Walker
Arthur
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Tim Cadeny
Dave

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Graeme Lynch
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Paul Lynch
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Elizabeth Stewart
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William Corlett
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