Season 1
6 episodes · Sep 1, 1968
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- S1E1
The Telegram
Sep 1, 1968Adventure is triggered off by a telegram. When their father becomes ill in Bangkok, four English children are sent by their mother to stay with Great Aunt Dymphna in Ireland.
- S1E2
Reenmore
Sep 8, 196830mSlightly eccentric Great Aunt Dymphna collects the four children and drives them to her old, derelict house.
- S1E3
Stephan
Sep 15, 196830mThe children hide a foreigner named Stephan in the house. Stephan explains that he is a foreigner on the run from his father’s political enemies.
- S1E4
Blood
Sep 22, 196830mPenny and Naomi become alarmed when their aunt and the boys fail to return from a fishing trip.
- S1E5
Danger
Sep 29, 196830mThe mystery of Stephen’s identity has been solved. Intrigued by Stephen's predicament, the children follow a trail that leads them to the basement. However, they eventually realize that the clue and the blood they found were fake. They decide to report their findings to Miss Oonagh. Upon investigation, she discovers that Stephen is not a stranger, but rather a young movie star trying to escape from school. Miss Oonagh then hands Stephen over to the police. With him gone, the children's lives become much simpler. The only issue remaining is their father's illness, about which they have received no updates.
- S1E6
Return
Oct 6, 196830mIn the final episode of this six-part children’s adventure serial, the children hear that their father’s health has improved and that they can go home to London. They suddenly realise how much they will miss their unconventional Aunt Dymphna (Wendy Hiller) and decide to give her a present. Unsentimental to the last, she fills their remaining time with activity, and leaves them at the airport as suddenly as she came . . .