A sister and brother leave war-torn London to live with a troubled family in Wales, where they stumble on magical adventures, in an adaptation of Nina Bawden's beloved children's classic.

A sister and brother leave war-torn London to live with a troubled family in Wales, where they stumble on magical adventures, in an adaptation of Nina Bawden's beloved children's classic, Carrie's War . During the mass evacuation of children to the countryside at the beginning of World War II, Carrie Willow (Keeley Fawcett) and her younger brother, Nick (Jack Stanley), land with puritanical shopkeeper Mr. Evans (Alun Armstrong, "Bleak House") and his loving but timid sister, Lou (Lesley Sharp, The Full Monty ). The youngsters' fortunes take a lucky turn when they're sent to fetch a Christmas goose at mysterious Druid's Bottom - home of a self-professed witch named Hepzibah (Pauline Quirke, "David Copperfield") and Mr. Evans' ethereal, estranged sister, Mrs. Gotobed (Geraldine McEwan, "Miss Marple").