"Entertaining...Polly Grant makes a more interesting child heroine than most. As for the rest of the cast, the names speak for themselves...Prunella Scales is perfect."
The Times
"The cast of Michael Morpurgo's two-part children's ghost story oozes quality...The production looks lovely, the acting is cute but never twee, and there are some great time-slip jokes...Childhood must be great these days."
Time Out
Lured to London by an extraordinary invitation, Bess learns from an old man that she is a descendant of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Curious to see the Bloody Tower where Raleigh was imprisoned, Bess again meets the old man who now introduces himself, "I am, or I was, Sir Walter Raleigh. I am your humble servant, cousin Bess."
Year of release: 1992
Director: Gavin Millar
Screenwriters: Michael Morpurgo and Gavin Millar (from the book by Michael Morpurgo)
Producer: Vanessa Lees
Executive Producer: Eric Abraham
Principal Cast: Ronald Pickup, Prunella Scales