''Miss Morison's Ghosts'' is a 1981 British supernatural television drama broadcast by ITV starring

Hannah Gordon Hannah Campbell Grant Gordon
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and

Wendy Hiller Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation ''Rating the Movie Stars'', describ ...

. It was made by

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, produced and written by Ian Curteis and directed by John Bruce.

It is based on a book by two Oxford University, Oxford academics,

Charlotte Anne Moberly Charlotte Anne Elizabeth Moberly (1846–1937) was an English academic, and first Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford. Her claimed time-travel book ''An Adventure'', written in 1911 with fellow academic Eleanor Jourdain, became a bestselle ...

and Eleanor Jourdain who claimed that in 1901, on a day trip to

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

, they travelled back in time to the 18th century court of

Louis XVI Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; ; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765), Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir- ...

of France, in an event known as the Moberly–Jourdain incident.

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*{{IMDb title, 0124008, Miss Morison's Ghosts *https://www.worldcat.org/title/miss-morisons-ghosts/oclc/45503801 1981 British television series debuts 1980s British drama television series British supernatural television shows Television shows about time travel Films set in 1901 Television series about ghosts