Timeturner Tales

from Six Degrees

• One of the WWN's longest-running dramatic serials, it premiered in 1947
• New episodes are aired Monday - Friday, 3pm-4pm
• The show is set in and around the fictional seaside town of Port Merwyn in northeastern England (an "exact location" is never given, it's just only ever stated as being located in the northeast).
• The town was named after Merwyn the Malicious and is an entirely-wizarding town. Muggles don't even know it exists.
• As suggested by the title, timeturners are a frequent plot device used on the show, to go back and "fix" events during the course of narration. They very rarely leave gaping holes in the narration anymore, though those were prevalent in the early years of the show. The timeturners, of course, are accompanied by cheesy sound effects.
• The show primarily focuses on the four "core" families of the town, each of which has a different primary business. Everyone else in town, even if not part of the core families, is in some way connected to one of them, through relationships or business.
  • The Sprecher family breeds and races Aethonons.
    • Richard "Whitey" Sprecher is the family patriarch; born c. 1933
    • Elizabeth Sprecher neé Parker is Richard's wife; born c. 1933
    • Brennan Sprecher is Richard and Elizabeth's eldest son, a famous former Aethonon racer; born c. 1958
      • Sitti Sprecher neé Hussain is Brennan's wife; born c. 1958
      • Ryan Sprecher (Hugh Bradley) is Brennan and Sitti's son, a fun-loving boy who dreams of surpassing his father as a racer; born c. 1980
      • Laina Sprecher was Brennan and Sitti's daughter, who died in 1998 during the war; born c. 1985
    • Arthur Sprecher is Richard and Elizabeth's youngest son, a veritable Aethonon-whisperer; born c. 1965
      • Hera Sprecher neé Mason is Arthur's wife; born c. 1967
      • Marie "Mouse" Sprecher is Arther and Hera's daughter, who was crippled in a riding accident in 1999, so the family doesn't let her fly anymore, though she dreams of it constantly; she does not attend Hogwarts because of her injuries; born c. 1990
    • Glynnis Sprecher (Audrey Roth) is the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth, the fun-loving spinster aunt of Ryan, Laina, and Marie; born c. 1970
  • The Hughes family are business moguls, with their fingers in just about every business in town.
    • Edward Hughes is the family patriarch and an important donor to St. Mungo's; born c. 1908
    • Lila Hughes neé Clark was Edward's wife, who had an "off-camera" death in 1999 when her portrayer died; her funeral was one of the most-listened-to episodes in the entire 1990s; born c. 1910
    • Jennifer Hughes is Edward and Lila's daughter, who has been her father's right hand since she graduated from Hogwarts; born c. 1935
      • Bradley Hughes is Jennifer's son from an unknown wizard, he is a mostly-retired musician and has been poised to inherit the family business since Daniel's death; born c. 1960
      • Eleanor Hughes is Jennifer's daughter from an unknown wizard (different from Bradley's father), she is a novelist; born c. 1974
    • Henry Hughes is Edward and Lila's son, and he went against his parents' plans for him by becoming a Healer instead of joining the family business; there is frequent tension between him and his father; born c. 1940
      • Jeanne Hughes neé Ward is Henry's wife, and she is also a Healer; born c. 1948
      • Daniel Hughes was Henry and Jeanne's eldest son, he was poised to inherit the family business until he died in a cauldron explosion in 1990; born c. 1968
        • William Jonathan Whitaker is Daniel Hughes' son with Caroline Whitaker and the adoptive son of Michael Whitaker (III) and is a student at Hogwarts; born c. 1990)
      • Callum Hughes (Sam Dawlish) is Henry and Jeanne's youngest son, and he is estranged from the family ever since they had different views on the war; he has worked with the Whitaker family since 1999; born c. 1977
      • Audrey Hughes (Astoria Greengrass) is Henry and Jeanne's daughter, and she is part of the family business; born c. 1981
  • The Knight family is a very ministry-connected family.
    • George Knight is the family patriarch, and he is a diplomat for the Department of International Magical Cooperation; born c. 1930
    • Olivia Knight neé Morgan is George's wife; born c. 1935
    • Alexander Knight is the eldest son of George and Olivia, and he works as an unspeakable; born c. 1958
    • Holly Knight is the daughter of George and Olivia, and she is a barrist who used to be retained as the Whitaker family's primary solicitor; born c. 1960
      • Jasper Hearst is Holly's on-again-off-again husband (they have been married and divorced twice: the first time from 1989-1993, the second time from 2000-2005), and he is a barrister; born c. 1957
      • Todd Joshua Knight-Whitaker is the son of Holly Knight and Michael Whitaker (III): Holly has primary custody; has a low-level job in the ministry; born c. 1985
      • Julia Hearst is Jasper and Holly's daughter and a student at Hogwarts; born c. 1992
    • Timothy Knight is the youngest son of George and Olivia, and he is an Auror; born c. 1963
      • Samantha Knight neé Hill is Timothy's wife, and she is a hitwitch; born c. 1965
      • Owen Knight is Timothy and Samantha's son and the twin brother of Kate, and he is an Auror; born c. 1980
      • Kate Knight is Timothy and Samantha's daughter and the twin sister of Owen, and she is a junior diplomat for the Department of International Magical Cooperation; born c. 1980
  • The Whitaker family is heavily involved in the black market, under the guise of international shipping.
    • Michael James Whitaker III is the family patriarch; born c. 1955
    • Caroline Jean Whitaker neé Williams is the on-again-off-again wife of Michael (currently on-again; they have been married or otherwise involved with each other more often than not since 1980); born c. 1960
    • Michael James Whitaker IV is Michael and Caroline's eldest son; born c. 1983
    • Todd Joshua Knight-Whitaker is the son of Holly Knight and Michael Whitaker (III): Holly has primary custody; has a low-level job in the ministry; born c. 1985
    • William Jonathan Whitaker is the son of Caroline Whitaker and Daniel Hughes and the adoptive son of Michael Whitaker (III) and is a student at Hogwarts; born c. 1990)
    • Callum Hughes (Sam Dawlish) is a member of the Hughes family by blood, but he has been working with the Whitaker family since 1999, when he became estranged from his family due to differing opinions on the war; he has been in an on-again-off-again relationship with Sophie Roberts (currently off-again) since 2003; born c. 1977
    • Sophie Amelia Roberts is Michael (III)'s assisant; she was pregnant with Michael (III)'s child in 2001, but miscarried after an attack on the Whitaker family left her barely alive; she has been in an on-again-off-again relationship with Callum Hughes (currently off-again) since 2003; born c. 1979