A review by lnatal
Elidor by Alan Garner

3.0

From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Roland, Helen, David and Nicholas Watson have escaped to Manchester to avoid helping out at their house move. After a detour down a creepy backstreet, they come upon a derelict church and a mysterious fiddle player.

Little do the children know that chance didn't bring them there, but a prophecy hundreds of years old. One by one they realise that the church isn't all it seems, as the fabric of time and space opens and they are propelled into the dying and strange world of Elidor...

Episode 2 of 4
With his siblings disappeared into the Mound, King Malebron says only Roland can save them.

Episode 3 of 4
Roland's strong imagination threatens to draw the Evil towards the Treasures.

Episode 4 of 4
Time has run out for the Watsons and Malebron - can Helen help to save Elidor?

Alan Garner's classic fantasy adventure dramatised in four-parts by Don Webb.

Stars Mossie Cassidy as Roland, Raffey Cassidy as Helen, William Rush as Nicholas, Stephen Hoyle as David, Toby Hadoke as Malebron and Fiona Clarke as Mrs Watson.

Original music composed by Ian Williams

Directed at BBC Manchester by Charlotte Riches.

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in April 2011.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106x20