The Snow Spider

Story

Synopsis

On his ninth birthday, young Gwyn (Osian Roberts), who lives on a remote hill farm in Wales, receives five strange gifts from his grandmother (Siân Phillips): a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a metal brooch and a small broken horse. Gwyn offers the brooch to the wind and receives back a tiny silvery spider - Arianwen, the snow spider - confirming that, as his grandmother had already guessed, he has inherited magical powers from his Celtic ancestor Gwydyon, a powerful magician whose exploits are described in the fourth book ("Math Son of Mathonwy") of the Mabinogion. With the help of the snow spider, Gwyn embarks on adventures involving other worlds of snow and silver, as he attempts to solve the five-year-old mystery of his sister Beth's disappearance in a snow storm.

Director

Pennant Roberts

Writers

Julia Jones, Jenny Nimmo

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Release date

26 November 1988

Ensemble

Cast

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  Siân Phillips

  Nain Griffiths

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  Sharon Morgan

  Gynis Griffiths

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  Robert Blythe

  Ivor Griffiths

• Osian Roberts

  Gwyn Griffiths

• Gareth Pritchard

  Alun Lloyd

• Rossilyn Killick

  Eirlys

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  Gillian Elisa

  Mrs. Davies

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  Ifan Huw Dafydd

  Mr. Davies

• Jill Richards

  Mrs. Lloyd

• Glan Davies

  Mr. Lloyd

• Noel Williams

  Doctor

• John McAvoy

  PC Price