Magic Grandad "Entertainment" or billed "The Pier" on 31 January 2001 which starred Miriam Margolyes as Grandmama. Magic Grandad Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on the BBC Two Schools section Watch during 1995. The show saw Magic Grandad, played by Geoffrey Bayldon, take his young grandchildren, played by Kristy Bruce and James Moreno, back in time to see historical events and people such as the Great Fire of London or Florence Nightingale. Cheryl Hall also starred in the show as the children's mother. The programme was said to make learning about history "fun for youngsters" and was aimed
Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle which Phoebe is only too happy to accept his proposal. Sylvester, the Duke of Salford - the hero Phoebe - the heroine, a writer Tom Orde - Phoebe's childhood friend and neighbour Lady Ingham - Sylvester's godmother and Phoebe's grandmother Lady Ianthe - widow of Sylvester's younger twin brother Edmund - Lady Ianthe's son and Sylvester's only nephew Sir Nugent Fotherby - a dandy Button - Edmund's nurse Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle is a Regency romance novel by Georgette Heyer. First published by Heinemann, London and Putnam, New York in 1957, it is the