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The Snow Spider was written by the great author Jenny Nimmo and published in book form in 1986. It was an instant hit and became winner of the Smarties Grand Prix. Television soon realised what a magical and mystical book had been written and swiftly responded by turning it into a children's fantasy drama. I believe it was first televised in 1989 by Harlech television before HTV took it. Julia Jones did a fantastic job adapting the screenplay for television.
The book (shown below) concerns the adventures of a young boy called Gwyn Griffiths, who lives in a remote hill farm in Wales. His life is not easy especially as Gwyn's sister (Bethan) vanished on the mountains some time ago and Gwyn's father blames him for the loss. We are instantly hooked when Sian Phillips enters the farm house and wishes Gwyn a Happy Birthday. She gives him her gifts and then says,
"Time to find out if you are a magician, Gwydion Gwyn"
Time to remember your ancestors,
Math, Lord of Gwynedd, Gwydion and Gilfaethwy
Coupled with the haunting theme music, so begins a truly wonderful adventure series for children and adults of all ages.
The Snow Spider book (shown below) and Emly's Moon - were the two books in a trilogy, The Chestnut Soldier being the third book in the series.
Remember that the second and third books in the trilogy can be found here by clicking in the table below.
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The Snowspider Book One |
A video was released as well
The Snow Spider Characters
 Gwydion Gwyn |
 Nain (Gwyn's Grandmother) |
 Gwyn's mum (Glenys Griffiths) |
 Gwyn's father (Ivor Griffiths) |
 Eirlys (Bethan look a like) |
 Bethan (missing sister) |
 Alun - Gwyn's best friend |
 Griffiths Family Cat |
 The Doctor |
 Village Children |
 More Village Children |
 Mr. James |
 Mrs. Davies |
 The Five Birthday Gifts |
 Alun's mum and dad |
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| The Snow Spider Main Page |
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four |
Cast and Credits
| Gwyn | Osian Roberts |
| Nain | Sian Phillips |
| Glenys | Sharon Morgan |
| Ivor | Robert Blythe |
| Eirlys | Rosslyn Killick |
| Alun | Gareth Pritchard |
| Mrs. Lloyd | Jill Richards |
| Mr. Lloyd | Glan Davies |
| Mrs. Davies | Gillian Elisa |
| Mr. Davies | Ifan Huw Dafydd |
| Mr. James | Norman Comer |
| Doctor | Noel Williams |
| PC Price | John McAvoy |
| Searcher | T. Graham Williams |
| With | Esyllt Davies, Vanessa Halligan, Spike Hood, Jethro Hood Mari Howells, Andrew Powell, Dion Davies, Louis Moreno Edmund Jones, Geraint Venables, Adam Groves and Rhys Watkins |
| Cameras | Bill Spiers and Bill Gibbs |
| Sound | Derek Edwards and Richard Bennett |
| Vision Control | John Moses |
| Vision mixer | Lisa Burgum |
| Floor Manager | Artie Thomas |
| Production Secretary | Leona Shorten |
| Production Buyer | Ceri Lowe |
| Make-up | Jane Bevans and Sally Adams |
| Costume | Graham Meethoo and Sue Rawsthorne |
| Stage Manager | Elinor Roberts |
| Production Manager | Gwynne Williams |
| Production Assistant | Bev Tatham |
| VTR Editor | Bob McAleese and Bruno Mansi |
| Graphics | Mole Burrett and Mick Winning |
| Snow Effects | MIRAGE |
| Spider Animations | Stylus Video Graphics |
| Video Effects | David Cassidy |
| Music | Danny Chang |
| Lighting Director | Don McAllister |
| Design | Phil Williams and Chris Morris |
| Executive Producers | Peter Elias Jones and Peter Murphy |
| Produced and Directed by | Pennant Roberts |
| HTV Ltd. | MCMLXXXIX |
