The Snow Spider (1988)
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
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Siân Phillips as Nain Griffiths |
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Sharon Morgan as Gynis Griffiths |
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Robert Blythe as Ivor Griffiths |
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Osian Roberts as Gwyn Griffiths |
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Gareth Pritchard as Alun Lloyd |
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Rossilyn Killick as Eirlys |
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Gillian Elisa as Mrs. Davies |
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Ifan Huw Dafydd as Mr. Davies |
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Jill Richards as Mrs. Lloyd |
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Glan Davies as Mr. Lloyd |
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Noel Williams as Doctor |
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John McAvoy as PC Price |
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T. Graham Williams as Searcher |
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Jethro Hood as Twin |
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Spike Hood as Twin |
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Andrew Morgan as Dewi Davies |
| Production | Pennant Roberts | Producer |
| Writing | Julia Jones | Adaptation |
| Visual Effects | David Cassidy | Visual Effects |
| Production | Gwynne Williams | Production Manager |
| Art | Mick Winning | Graphic Designer |
| Editing | Bob McAleese | Editor |
| Sound | Danny Chang | Music |
| Art | Mole Burrett | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Phil Williams | Production Design |
| Sound | Derek Edwards | Sound |
| Production | Peter Murphy | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Richard Bennett | Sound |
| Writing | Jenny Nimmo | Novel |
| Production | Peter Elias Jones | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Bruno Mansi | Editor |
| Directing | Pennant Roberts | Director |