Season 1

1988 · 6 episodes

A teenage girl discovers a portal through time and tries to help two children of the past overcome their unhappy lives, in this beloved adaptation by Helen Cresswell.

1Episode 1Tragedy strikes on the first day of Minty's summer holiday and begins a chain of events that leads her back in time and into a desperate struggle with witches, evil spirits and maybe the devil himself.
2Episode 2Minty meets Sarah, a mysterious hooded child from the house, and sees for herself the miserable life that Tom leads as a kitchen boy.
3Episode 3Minty desperately tries to warn the children of the arrival of a ghost hunter in the village.
4Episode 4The sinister Miss Raven comes to stay at Aunt Mary's, and Sarah's terrible secret is revealed.
5Episode 5Minty and Tom witness the cruel game that Miss Vole plays with Sarah.
6Episode 6Minty and Tom set out to rescue Sarah from Miss Vole's clutches ... but it is Hallowe'en!

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