The Wind in the Willows

Season 1, Episode 12

Episode Title: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Air Date: 1984-12-14

Overview:

Another dramatisation of an episode from Kenneth Grahame’s book (chapter 7). Portly, Otter's young son, goes missing. He has picked the worst possible time – there are otter-hunters on the prowl. Ratty and Mole set out on a mission to find him, and in the process have a supernatural encounter with the god Pan- a statue under which Portly, who has also encountered him, is found sleeping.