Moondial (TV serial)

• Siri Neal: Minty
• Tony Sands: Tom
• Joanna Dunham: Kate
• Valerie Lush: Aunt Mary
• Arthur Hewlett: Mr World
• Helena Avellano: Sarah
• Jacqueline Pearce: Miss Vole / Miss Raven
• Martin Sadler: John
• Joe York: Mr Maggs

Minty and the Moon Watch ( Alternative title: Minty in the Moon period ) is a British television series for children, produced and broadcast by the BBC in 1988, was written the series by Helen Cresswell, from the original book comes. .

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The story is about a young girl who lives with his aunt after her father died and the mother was seriously injured in a car accident. Minty spends a lot of time on the property of a neighboring estate and discovers a sundial, which enables it to take a trip back to the Victorian era. There she meets the two children Tom and Sarah, who must free them from their own unhappy life.

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By supporters of the BBC television series for children in the 1980s Minty is very much appreciated in the Moon period. Many photos in this series are built on the site of Belton House in Lincolnshire. The images are dreamlike and fantastic.

Minty and the moon dial was produced by Paul Stone, directed by Colin Cant. As an actor also appeared with Valerie Lush as Minty's Aunt Mary, Arthur Hewlett as the mysterious old Mr World and Jacqueline Pearce in a dual role as an evil Miss Vole in the Victorian era and ghost hunter Miss Raven in the present.

In Germany Minty and the moon clock under the title Minty was first broadcast in the Moon period in March 1990 on ZDF, most recently in June 1992 on ZDF and in July 1992 on ORF1.

From Minty and the Moon Watch a VHS tape released in the UK in 1997 ( Game Time: 112 minutes) in English and in August 2000 a DVD with the same playing time, also in English.