The Talking Parcel

The Talking Parcel

60 mins | Animation | Dec. 26, 1978

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.

The Talking Parcel

60 mins | Animation | Dec. 26, 1978

The Talking Parcel
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.
Producers Cosgrove Hall Films
Original title The Talking Parcel
Directors Brian Cosgrove
Writers

Cast

Lisa Norris

as Penelope

Freddie Jones

as Parrot

Mollie Sugden

as Hortense, the Flying Train

Roy Kinnear

as Ethelred

Michael Hordern

as Oswald, the Sea Serpent

Windsor Davies

as Chief Cockatrice

Peter Woodthorpe

as Werewolf

Harvey Ashby

as Duke Wensleydale