Monday, 9 November 2015

Giveaway #519 : Win 2 x A Traveller In Time dvd - closed - winners Richard Tyler, Melanie Stirling


I love introducing the Madhouse Kids to the classic kids' TV programmes that I remember from my youth, so I was very excited to learn about the release of BBC children’s fantasy drama, A Traveller in Time, which is an adaptation of Alison Uttley’s acclaimed novel of the same name. The series was on TV way back in 1978 (I must have seen a repeat - I'd have only been six !) but this is its first time on DVD. It's amazing to think that we hadn't even heard of Betamax or VHS, let alone DVDs, back when it was on the telly originally !

When Penelope Taberner (Sophie Thompson – Detectorists) goes to live with her Uncle Barnabas (Gerald James – The Man with the Golden Gun) and Aunt Tissie (Elizabeth Bradley – Coronation Street) on their remote, ancient Derbyshire farm, she begins to see spooky visions.

Travelling back to Tudor times, she soon uncovers a plot to free Mary Queen of Scots in order to overthrow Elizabeth I. Unfortunately her very own ancestors, the Babington  family, are responsible for the treason. Penelope already knows the tragic fate that awaits the Scottish Queen but can she stop history from following its natural course? 

This mysterious and charming five part BBC drama inspired by the real life Babington Plot, was produced and directed by Dorothea Brooking (The Secret Garden) and stars Sophie Thompson in her first TV appearance, alongside the late Simon Gipps-Kent (Great Expectations). 

It’s time to revisit history (and televisual history) in A Traveller in Time !

It looks very dated - it is almost forty years old after all ! - but the Madhouse kids still enjoyed the plot and it's an enjoyable way of discovering more about this aspect of British history. I loved the trip down memory lane too !

 Title: A Traveller In Time (1978) 
 Certificate: PG
 Release Date: 9 November 2015
 Cat No: 164438 
Running Time: 145 mins approx. on 1 disc 
 RRP: £19.99



I have two copies of  A Traveller In Time to give away to lucky Madhouse Family Reviews readers. Just fill in your entries in the Rafflecopter widget below.


UK only. Closing date : 23/11/15

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67 comments:

  1. Alison9 November 2015 at 15:11

    The sixties

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  2. Tracy Nixon9 November 2015 at 15:17

    Back to Victorian times - to experience a Victorian Christmas!

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  3. Kim Neville9 November 2015 at 15:47

    Go back to the sixties

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  4. Kim Neville9 November 2015 at 15:57

    Go back to the sixties

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  5. Unknown9 November 2015 at 15:58

    Mine would be medieval times

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  6. mummy249 November 2015 at 19:37

    to the 70s!

    Ashleigh

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  7. Unknown9 November 2015 at 20:02

    If I could travel back I would to go back to the Victorian times . Their dress style , family life and tradition is so intriguing and really gets me . x

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  8. lozzle9 November 2015 at 21:06

    not too far back i loved the 80s

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  9. Anonymous10 November 2015 at 03:52

    To the court of King Henry VIII
    (Spencer Broadley)

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  10. Maya Russell10 November 2015 at 05:53

    I'd like to go back to caveman times! What was it really like?

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  11. BECCA STAPLES10 November 2015 at 08:14

    I would like to go back to the sixties, cool clothes and fab music x

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  12. mpsandy10 November 2015 at 08:20

    The sixties would be great to go back to. Although I was a bit young at the time then, I can remember the atmosphere, music and I think generally people were happier and safer. I still think you can't beat the 60's music today and it always takes me back.

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  13. Dorothee7710 November 2015 at 12:31

    I would like to go in the 50's!

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  14. mellysocks10 November 2015 at 19:17

    The 70's.

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  15. Anonymous10 November 2015 at 20:04

    jesus time

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  16. s edwards13 November 2015 at 08:14

    the 80s

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  17. bettyboop197813 November 2015 at 11:15

    back to the 70s cos i love that era of music

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  18. Unknown13 November 2015 at 19:39

    90's xx

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  19. Jayne13 November 2015 at 20:41

    I would want to go back to the 80's. I'd visit my younger self at high school and tell myself to ignore those who upset me, get my head down and work hard because things will get better.

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  20. Kevin00013 November 2015 at 20:46

    I'd like to go back to 31st December 1899 to see how they partied then!

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  21. twinlay0613 November 2015 at 22:32

    70s, the only thing that came out of meeting my partner then is our kids, lol, Grumpy old git he is now

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  22. maci23414 November 2015 at 00:59

    Go back to the sixties

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  23. Carole Nott14 November 2015 at 17:21

    back to the seventies

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  24. pretty pistol14 November 2015 at 17:25

    would love to visit the victorian times x

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  25. Christopher Read15 November 2015 at 16:47

    Back to my childhood

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  26. Unknown17 November 2015 at 07:12

    The 1850's

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  27. wulfy17 November 2015 at 07:37

    Into the future

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  28. Unknown17 November 2015 at 07:48

    Back to my childhood, I would love to see our family dog again.

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  29. Unknown17 November 2015 at 08:19

    I'd travel back to when I was younger, and would make some very different life choices!

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  30. Unknown17 November 2015 at 10:01

    The 80s

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  31. Unknown17 November 2015 at 14:24

    I'd like to go back in time to Alice Cooper's first ever tour

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  32. Robwhufc17 November 2015 at 16:13

    the year 3000

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  33. Red Rose Andy17 November 2015 at 16:21

    I would go back to 1925 and slip Beatrice Roberts a contraceptive pill, so that Margaret Thatcher would not have been born. It would change the time line, but what the Hell!

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  34. Clare H17 November 2015 at 19:25

    the 60s

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  35. Jenni18 November 2015 at 09:44

    Looks like an ace dvd! And I would back to the 80s

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  36. moonray18 November 2015 at 22:41

    I'd go back to 1816 so I could meet Lord Byron ;-)

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  37. Leanne W19 November 2015 at 10:08

    to the 70s! - leanne w

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  38. helen tovell19 November 2015 at 12:39

    the sixties

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  39. nelliedean19 November 2015 at 16:43

    I'd want to travel forward 100 years to see if things get any better

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  40. Unknown19 November 2015 at 19:21

    The 1920s I'd love to be around for Downton Abbey era

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  41. Unknown19 November 2015 at 22:48

    I would go back to the 60s

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  42. Diana20 November 2015 at 20:23

    Couple of days I was born, would like to see my parents happy together

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  43. Rich Tyler21 November 2015 at 13:33

    Swinging 60s! :0

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  44. Unknown21 November 2015 at 14:31

    I would love to go back to the eighties and go to all the roller disco parties and have outrageous spikey hair.

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  45. Unknown21 November 2015 at 18:23

    I would like to go to 18th century Shropshire to try and sort out my family tree.

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  46. Anonymous22 November 2015 at 08:12

    The Victorian times - but i'd be rich!!! (@PeanutHog)

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  47. Anonymous22 November 2015 at 16:43

    Tudor times
    Victoria B

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  48. karen22 November 2015 at 17:15

    The victorian times

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  49. Unknown22 November 2015 at 17:23

    The Roaring Twenties!

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  50. Kim Styles22 November 2015 at 18:23

    The sixties x

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  51. cat reynolds22 November 2015 at 18:27

    the 90s!

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  52. Unknown22 November 2015 at 19:39

    back to 28th November 2005

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  53. joanna_kow22 November 2015 at 19:48

    to ancient Greece

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  54. WeeWillieWilkie22 November 2015 at 20:25

    To the 1920s

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  55. Unknown22 November 2015 at 20:52

    Ancient Egypt

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  56. Unknown22 November 2015 at 21:33

    I'd go back to the Victorians to experience what my great grandmother grew up in

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  57. Eloise22 November 2015 at 22:18

    I'd go back to the 60's seems an exciting era

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  58. Emccrubb22 November 2015 at 22:26

    BACK TO WHEN I WAS 18 :)

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  59. Unknown22 November 2015 at 23:40

    to the 1920s

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  60. leila Benhamida23 November 2015 at 01:16

    The 1980's

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  61. claire Little23 November 2015 at 12:28

    I'd like to go back to the sixties and see my mum as a little girl

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  62. Ellen Stafford23 November 2015 at 15:14

    I would like to go back to around year 1900 and live in Bath. Would love to see what it was like back then.

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  63. Alisa Moore23 November 2015 at 15:49

    I've entered

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  64. Pam Francis Gregory23 November 2015 at 16:08

    I'd love to visit ancient Rome

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  65. kelly morgan23 November 2015 at 18:44

    back to 1981 so I could live my life again but make better decisions

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  66. Allan Fullarton23 November 2015 at 19:00

    Back to the groovy 60's.

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  67. Natalie Crossan23 November 2015 at 21:56

    back to the sixties

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