MOONDIAL (TV SERIAL)

'''Moondial''' is a British television serial made for children by the BBC and transmitted in 1988. It was written by Helen Cresswell, who also wrote the novel on which the series was based.
The story deals with a young girl staying with her aunt after her mother is injured in a car accident. Minty (Siri Neal) spends much of her time wandering around the grounds of a nearby mansion, and is drawn to a sundial that enables her to travel back in time to the Victorian era, where she becomes involved with two children, Tom (Tony Sands) and Sarah (Helena Avellano) and must save them from their own unhappy lives.

Regarded as a nostalgic favourite by followers of 1980s BBC children's drama, ''Moondial'' employs extensive location filming (in the grounds of Belton House in Lincolnshire) and fantastical, dreamlike imagery.
The series was produced by Paul Stone and directed by Colin Cant. Other cast members include Valerie Lush as Minty's aunt Mary, Arthur Hewlett as the elderly, mysterious Mr. World and Jacqueline Pearce in the dual role of the vicious Victorian Miss Vole and the present-day ghost hunter Miss Raven.

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