A Psammead is 'It', an ancient, irritable, ugly sand fairy, which five children find one day in a gravel pit. As a reward for finding him, It grants the children one wish a day, the results of which will last until sunset.
Tara Fitzgerald
as Mother
Freddie Highmore
as Robert
Alex Jennings
as Father
Jonathan Bailey
as Cyril
Jessica Claridge
as Anthea
Poppy Rogers
as Jane
Zoë Wanamaker
as Martha
Kenneth Branagh
as Uncle Albert
Eddie Izzard
as It
Duncan Preston
as Sergeant
Alec Muggleton
as Lamb
Alexander Pownall
as Horace
