PURE DEAD MAGIC

Beasts in the basement. A gangster in a rabbit suit. And rats in the modem. Great-great-grandma in the freezer. A talking spider in the attic and a crocodile in the moat. Titus in his bedroom. Baby damp in her nappy and Pandora in a strop. Add a stressed-out witch for a mum, a kidnapped dad and a nanny who puts Mary Poppins to shame and you'll conjure up family life at StregaSchloss. It's bizarre! All is not well at StregaSchloss, home of the bizarre but lovable Strega-Borgia clan. Mum's attempts to improve her witchcraft skills are failing miserably. Dad has stormed out in a fit of pique. Titus is virtually umbilically attached to his computer. Pandora is seriously bored. And Baby Damp is getting her fat little fingers into everything around. Enter wonder-nanny Mrs McLachlan - she'll soon sort out the Strega-Borgia children, and their parents too, but will she cope with the presence of mythical beasts in the basement, to say nothing of the unexpected arrival of four hit-men, including one in a rabbit suit?