The Talking Parcel ( 1978 )

Overview

The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. She is aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.

Top Cast

Lisa Norris

Penelope

Freddie Jones

Parrot

Mollie Sugden

Hortense, the Flying Train

Roy Kinnear

Ethelred

Michael Hordern

Oswald, the Sea Serpent

Windsor Davies

Chief Cockatrice

Peter Woodthorpe

Werewolf

Harvey Ashby

Duke Wensleydale

Edward Kelsey