Five Children and It (film) Quotes

Five Children and It (film) is a television program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Five Children and It stopped airing in 1970.

It features Nick Hirschkorn as producer, Jane Antonia Cornish in charge of musical score, and Mike Brewster as head of cinematography.

Five Children and It (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Five Children and It (film) is 89 minutes long. Five Children and It (film) is distributed by Capitol Films.

The cast includes: 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, Alexander Pownall as Horace, Robert Tygner as Psammead, and John Sessions as Peasemarsh.

Five Children and It (film) Quotes

Freddie Highmore as Robert

• (Freddie Highmore) "It was the Summer of nineteen seventeen and the world was at war. Like lots of children, we had to leave our home.; Leave London. We didn't want to go, but Dad went to fly planes, and Mum went to look after the wounded, and we were stuck. They insisted we go to the country, to stay with mad Uncle Albert and our cousin Horace."

• (Freddie Highmore) "There's no need to rush. Enjoy. Savor the sum. Let it wash over you. And once you gain its trust, it's yours for life."

• (Freddie Highmore) "Come on, I can see light."
• (Poppy Rogers) "There's sea up ahead, and it's not raining."
• (Freddie Highmore) "It's beautiful."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Robert, wait."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Look at it."

• (Freddie Highmore) "Sand Fairy, I need this wish."
• (Robert Tygner) "If you wait, I can grant you a wish when dawn comes, but not before."
• (Freddie Highmore) "But you'll do it?"
• (Robert Tygner) "Yes, but child, what then? The wish will fade at sunset, you know that."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Maybe this wish won't fade."
• (Robert Tygner) "You know it will."
• (Freddie Highmore) "What's the point in wishes that don't last?"
• (Robert Tygner) "Magic. Faith. That is nature. I can show you the way, but in the end, it is up to you."

• (Freddie Highmore) "We've arrived."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "It's Uncle's castle. Come on, you two."

• (Freddie Highmore) "I knew I should have hid that thing back at home. Oh, no. There must be a wounded cat in the room. Jane, put that thing down and help me look. Here, Kitty, Kitty."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Take that back."
• (Freddie Highmore) "You can't tell me what to do."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "I can and you jolly well know it."
• (Freddie Highmore) "I hate it here."

• (Freddie Highmore) "Now, did Martha say that we were not to go in here, or that we were not to miss going in here. She wasn't very clear. Grapes."

Robert Tygner as Psammead

• (Robert Tygner) "Here we go, Horace. I promised you a dinosaur. And you shall get what you deserve. This -- is Gerald."

• (Robert Tygner) "Sand Fairy, make the wish stop."

• (Robert Tygner) "Stay back."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "You have to stop talking to it. It could be dangerous."
• (Jessica Claridge) "I bet it has huge fangs and poisonous saliva."
• (Freddie Highmore) "It's an ugly little monster."
• (Robert Tygner) ""It"? "It"? "It"? Do you mean to tell me that you do not know what a Psammead is?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "You're a what?"
• (Robert Tygner) "I am a Psammead crustacea decapodlium wishasaurus. Got it?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "No."

• (Robert Tygner) "I think it means you haven't had a whole day's wish, contractually speaking. Therefore, you do have some wish allowance left over."

• (Robert Tygner) "Alright, I will grant you your wishes. But I have a list of demands. My needs are minimal, but what I need is a state room, with a sunken bath, and those taps that go backwards and forwards. And I need a toothbrush made of gold. Not the bristles, of course, but the bit you hold. Gold bristles would hurt my gums, you see. Did that once. Anyway, I'd like white sand spread on the floor, preferably sand from the Bahamas. And a shower cap."

• (Robert Tygner) "What a delicious monster collection you have."
• (Alexander Pownall) "Now I have you to complete it."

• (Robert Tygner) "You're so funny. Have your parents tried boiling you?"

• (Robert Tygner) "You don't get many cards these days. You know how it is after your 6,523rd birthday."
• (Jessica Claridge) "You don't look that old."
• (Robert Tygner) "I drink a lot of moisturizer."
• (Poppy Rogers) "And you can't have a birthday without a present. Here."
• (Robert Tygner) "Brown paper, my favorite."
• (Poppy Rogers) "No, you have to unwrap it."
• (Robert Tygner) "Oh, yes, I knew that."

• (Robert Tygner) "I am a Sand Fairy."
• (Poppy Rogers) "A Sand Fairy? I thought fairies had little ballet dresses and wings and wands."
• (Robert Tygner) "What on earth have you been reading?"
• (Poppy Rogers) "I'll call you Sandy."
• (Robert Tygner) "Why?"
• (Poppy Rogers) "Because we found you in the sand."
• (Robert Tygner) "You're so funny. Have your parents tried boiling you?"

Jessica Claridge as Anthea

• (Jessica Claridge) "Robert, wait for us."
• (Freddie Highmore) "I'm sure we're going the right way."
• (Poppy Rogers) "How many times have you said that? I still don't understand why we had to leave home."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Jane, we're going on a secret mission behind enemy lines. The chances are that none of us will make it back alive."

• (Jessica Claridge) "Sand Fairy?"
• (Robert Tygner) "Are you still here?"
• (Jessica Claridge) "Yes, and we wish --"
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Anthea."
• (Jessica Claridge) "We wish for all the tasks on Uncle's list to be done by magic."

• (Jessica Claridge) "Oh my gosh, I've got wings."
• (Poppy Rogers) "So soft, so white --"
• (Jonathan Bailey) "The little; He must've made a wish. He's out of control. I don't know how I'm gonna cut it. What am I gonna tell Mum? Look at you."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Cyril."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "You've done it again. What were you thinking?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "I'm going to France to see Dad."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "France?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "His letter said he wished he could fly to see us. He can't, but we can fly to him. Come on."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Robert, wait."

Jonathan Bailey as Cyril

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Uncle, It's me, Cyril. You came to my eighth birthday party. You gave me a subscription to Algebra Monthly."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Cyril? Cyril. No, Cyril was a much smaller boy."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "But that was five years ago."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Was it? Well, err -- I should think he'd be about your age by now."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "I wonder what he's doing."
• (Freddie Highmore) "I can eat a whole goose by myself."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Well, if it is Friday as you assert, then goose was yesterday so you'll have to wait till err -- next Thursday."
• (Freddie Highmore) "But there is a goose in the oven, and today is Friday."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Ah, well, Martha. Looks like Thursday's gone missing with last October."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Good evening, Madam. We're looking for our Uncle Albert. We are --"
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "Five children? Oh, my goodness. But you're not due till Friday."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Today is Friday."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "It is? But I have a goose in the oven. Goose is Thursdays. Oh, never mind. Come in. Come in. Come on, come on. Tuesday's duck, Wednesday's duck, Thursday's goose. Now put your cases down. It's duck, duck, goose. We must have had Wednesday on Tuesday and Monday on Sunday."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "Well, it's just one day, I suppose. Last year we lost October. It's not an easy thing to do, you know, lose a whole month. I'll get you some towels, and tell your Uncle you've arrived."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Look, I think it's Dad. Come on."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Robert, wait, where are you going?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "Here's a clue. It rhymes with hand hairy."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "No way, we're not going back. You saw all the trouble that wish got us into."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Oh look, this must be the pole that's been sticking up Cyril's --"
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Back off. You can insult me all you like, but --"
• (Freddie Highmore) "Thanks, but I'll save that for later. I'm going, whether you're coming or not."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Hand hairy? Sand fairy."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "How could it have been worse? You keep getting us into trouble."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "What were you thinking?"

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Okay, Sand Fairy, all we wish is for our dad to come home safely, and that's all."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Three million, four hundred and sixty five thousand, two hundred and twenty two."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Say that again."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Three million, four hundred and sixty five thousand, two hundred and twenty two."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "A prime number of the Zeeman series. Toppety-notchety work, Squirrel; Cyril. It's my favorite series, although the Flugelstadt Succession runs it a close second. I'll show you Dr. Flugelstadt's book. He went mad, you know, completely bonkers. Lost his marbles. Fell out of his tree. Oak, I think."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "I said, let's not go crazy."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Oh, shut up."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Hurry up."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "It's stuck."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Push it harder, Cyril."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Buckets of the stuff."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "That's not a car. That is the Portman Speedster 3000, and according to Motor-Car Monthly, the 3000 is the fastest motor of all time. We're talking eight horsepower."
• (Jessica Claridge) "If it's so wonderful, why don't you just buy it?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "Yeah, buy the car, Cyril."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "She's right, you know. This is big. It's huge. It's immense. It's monumentally, colossally ginormous."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Is that even a word?"
• (Jessica Claridge) "Apparently it is now."

• (Jonathan Bailey) "Stop fooling around. Come here."
• (Freddie Highmore) "You were saying something about not being in the Greenhouse."

Alexander Pownall as Horace

• (Alexander Pownall) "Oh, Robert. You're just in time for the dissection."

• (Alexander Pownall) "Be careful. Don't get too close. You might get savaged."
• (Freddie Highmore) "By a dead star fish with an onion stuck on it."
• (Alexander Pownall) "It's not. It's called Megastarrium. And it's a monster. They're all monsters. Look."
• (Freddie Highmore) "That was scary. Very scary."

• (Alexander Pownall) "Excellent."

• (Alexander Pownall) "I don't need friends, but I do need test subjects for my experiments."

• (Alexander Pownall) "What are you whispering about? And what's it?"

• (Alexander Pownall) "It can talk."
• (Robert Tygner) "You should hear me sing."

• (Alexander Pownall) "I know you've got a secret, and when I catch you, I'll get it out of you."

John Sessions as Peasemarsh

• (John Sessions) "There's just the small matter of a deposit in case of misadventure."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Ours are always misadventures."
• (John Sessions) "I dare say."

• (John Sessions) "Yeah, yeah, you and your gold. Nice lot you are. Tempting honest car dealers with your stolen gold."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "That's quite enough. These children are with me."
• (John Sessions) "Oh, an accomplice, I'll wager. Well I don't think they're gonna wriggle out of this one. Allow me."

Kenneth Branagh as Uncle Albert

• (Kenneth Branagh) "Horace -- Horace, you're becoming eccentric."

• (Kenneth Branagh) "Rule Three: Laundry three times a week. Very important, you know. The British Empire was built on clean pants. Clean pants and --"
• (Alexander Pownall) "Mint sauce?"
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Don't be ridiculous, Horace. Rule four: Never, ever go into -- the greenhouse."
• (Freddie Highmore) "The greenhouse."

• (Kenneth Branagh) "He went mad, you know. Completely bonkers. Lost his marbles. Fell out of his tree. Oak, I think."

• (Kenneth Branagh) "Oh, pendulous expression, furrowed brow. Bad news?"
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "This letter from your publisher."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Yes, yes. Immaterial. Impact inconsequential."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "They say they want to make big changes to your book."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "They do?"
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "Yes. It seems "Difficult Sums For Children" isn't catchy enough."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Catchy?"
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "They're suggesting a new title. "Counting The Fun With Charlie Chicken". They're replacing you with a chicken."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Ridiculous."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "Of course it is. We must write back and tell them immediately."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Just give me the name of the chicken and the address of his coop."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "No, no, no. Your publishers. You can't have a counting chicken in your book."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Of course. No fingers. Can't count without fingers. No use. Oh, I suppose he could use wings. No, that's silly. He'd only get to two. Unless, err -- Noah managed two by two. Gosh, that flood must have been a terrible set back."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Ahh -- Hmm-hmm. Smells like rain. Great change is afoot."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "You can sign this one?"

Tara FitzGerald as Mother

• (Tara FitzGerald) "He's in shock. But he'll be okay. You did the right thing bringing him to me. Now -- what happened?"

• (Tara FitzGerald) "Robert. Robert, wait. Now, Uncle Albert will meet you at the station."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Do you think he'll have model planes? Fighters, like the ones Dad will be flying?"
• (Tara FitzGerald) "I'm not sure, dear, but he does have a son called Horace who's about your age. He might."
• (Alex Jennings) "Cyril, you're in charge now. Children, you're all to listen to Cyril while we're away."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Why is he in charge? You're not in charge of me."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Robert, I am."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Dad, is there any way I can come with you?"
• (Alex Jennings) "Robert, who is the most important member of any mission?"
• (Freddie Highmore) "You are. The pilot."
• (Alex Jennings) "No, it's the navigator. A pilot would be lost without one. Your mum and I need you to keep everyone on course."
• (Freddie Highmore) "You can count on me."
• (Alex Jennings) "So you always know where to find me."

• (Tara FitzGerald) "Shhh --"
• (Jessica Claridge) "How is he?"
• (Tara FitzGerald) "Martha's been up with him all night. I told her to take a rest. I don't know what's wrong with him. He just keeps muttering about monsters and sand fairies."
• (Jessica Claridge) "Maybe you should have a rest, too."

Poppy Rogers as Jane

• (Poppy Rogers) "That hole doesn't look very comfortable. Would you like to come and sit next to me, like Flopsy? He's my rabbit."
• (Robert Tygner) "You have a rabbit called Flopsy? Has he got no spine? Your ability with naming things is not very good, child."

• (Poppy Rogers) "I've got you, Sand Fairy."
• (Robert Tygner) "Hello. You're my favorite one of the bunch, you know."
• (Jessica Claridge) "I've got you too."
• (Robert Tygner) "Well, you're my favorite one of the bunch, too."
• (Robert Tygner) "And you're very tall."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Come on."
• (Robert Tygner) "Just burp me once."

• (Poppy Rogers) "Mummy, I can't believe you're home."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Mum, we didn't know you were coming."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Did you get my letter?"
• (Tara FitzGerald) "Yes, I did, precious."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Something's wrong."
• (Tara FitzGerald) "It's your father."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Is he here?"
• (Tara FitzGerald) "No, Robert. His plane went down behind enemy lines several days ago. He's missing."
• (Freddie Highmore) "No."

• (Poppy Rogers) "What do you think?"
• (Robert Tygner) "Ah, well -- Very good, I like err -- the use of light and shadow, it's very effective. The subject is hideous monster, of course. As the sun here melts, the monster, he is shocked. His hair's on end and -- oh, it's me."

Zoë Wanamaker as Martha

• (Zoë Wanamaker) "These are the children I was telling you about. Your nephews and nieces."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Impossible. They're not due 'till Friday. Isn't that right, Horace"
• (Alexander Pownall) "Yes, Father. Not due 'till Friday."
• (Freddie Highmore) "Today is Friday."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Can't be."
• (Kenneth Branagh) "Smell that. That's Thursday."

• (Zoë Wanamaker) "What a to-do today turned out to be."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Oh -- It wasn't us. Honestly, it was the sand fairy --"
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Jane."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "Sand fairy, huh?"
• (Poppy Rogers) "Err -- No."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "No. She didn't say "sand fairy", she said -- She said --"
• (Jessica Claridge) "Safari."
• (Jonathan Bailey) "Safari. Yes."
• (Jessica Claridge) "We were pretending to be on safari, and Cyril is an elephant."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "A safari, of course. Well, now, if we all do as I do -- we can undo all this to-do before tomorrow. Come along, you lot."

• (Zoë Wanamaker) "In the morning, I'll give you a tour of the grounds. You're allowed everywhere except the greenhouse. That's strictly off limits."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Why would a greenhouse be off limits?"
• (Jessica Claridge) "Maybe the plants are deadly, like in "The Black Rose Of Devil's Island"."
• (Poppy Rogers) "Maybe."
• (Zoë Wanamaker) "The greenhouse is off limits because I said it is. So just stay out of it, and everything will be fine. Here we go."

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