Margaret Mahy introduces six of her best-known stories.

The Railway Engine and the Hairy Brigands (29/4/1984)
When Penny and Bridget are given an old railway engine by their rich uncle not everyone is as pleased as they are — not their relatives, not Mr Heratick the wet weather-ware shopkeeper, and certainly not the Hairy Brigands from the rainy hills.
With Jon Gadsby, Debbie Davide, Russell Smith, Wickham Pack and Bob Mansbridge.
Penny Aimee Belton
Miriam Brookfield
Lawyer David Copeland
Mr Herald Tony WitImen
Music Dorothy Bucmanan
Writer Margaret Mahy
Producer Keith Tyler-Smith
Television New Zealand

Mrs Discombobulous (4/5/1984)
There was once a very cross woman who made life difficult for anyone who didn't do what she thought was the right thing — including her husband, a washing machine, a band of gypsies and a baron. With David Copeland, Russell Smith, Debbie Davids, David Telford, Mary Spencer and Bob Mansbridge.
Mn. Discombobulous - Wickham Peck
Mr Discombobulous - Terry Wahren
Music Dorothy Buchanan
Writer Margaret Mahy
Producer Keith Tyler-Smith
Television New Zealand

The Librarian and the Robbers (13/5/1984)
When a rascally band of robbers kidnap Miss Laburnum, the town's beautiful librarian, they get more than they bargained for-raging measles and a taste for books, just for starters. With Jon Gadaby, Tony Wahren, Wickham Pack and Mary Spencer.
Robber Chief David Copeland
Librarian Debbie David
Policeman David Telford
Music Dorothy Buchanan
Writer Margaret Mahy
Producer Keith Tyler-smith
Television New Zealand

Rooms to Let (20/5/1984)
When Mr Murgatroyd decides to rent out the rooms in his house, he doesn't count on getting a one-legged lady who loves pot plants, a sailor and his mermaid wife, a woman with 20 children or a bear who plays the flute.
Mr Murgatroyd - Tony Wahren
Miss Wispy - Wickham Pack
Sailor - Russel Smith
Mermaid - Mary Spencer
Mrs Piper - Debbie Davids
Bear - David Telford
Music - Dorethy Buchanan
Writer - Margaret Mahy
Producer - Keith Tyler-Smith

The Great Millionaire Kidnap (27/5/1984)
When the Likelys — a most unlikely family — kidnap a famous millionaire, their lives and their home are quite transformed.
Somerset K. Wilberforce - Geoffrey Wearing
Scarcely Likely - Mary Spencer
Hardly Likely - David Telford
Pretty Likely - Debbie David.
Newspaper Seller - Russell Smith
Jaques Spratt - Tony Wahren
Millir Lillir - Wickham Pack
Music - Dorothy Buchanan
Writer - Margaret Mahy
Producer - Keith Tyler-smith

The Great Piratical Rumbustification (4/6/1984)
When Mr Terrapin engages a babysitter from the Mother Goose Babysittmg service, he doesn't count on getting a retired pirate or a house party for all the pirates in town. (Final)
Orpheus Clinker - Russell Smith
Mr Terrapin - Tony Wahren
Mrs Terraoin - Debbie Davids
Alpha - Aimee Belton
Omega - Mischa Belton
Oliver - Michael Brown
Terrible Crabmeat - Geoffrey Wearing
Mother Groose - Wickham Pack
Butler - David Telford Music - Dorothy Buchanan
Writer - Margaret Mahy
Producer - Keith Tyler-Smith

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