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

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and

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. It was made by

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, produced and written by

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and directed by John Bruce.

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

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

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

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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 Time travel in television Films set in 1901 Television series about ghosts