Penelope lives in the twentieth century, and it is only when she goes to live with her aunt at Thackers, a remote, ancient farmhouse, that she finds herself travelling back in time to join the lives of the Babington family, and watching helplessly as tragic events bring danger to her friends and the downfall of their heroine, Mary, Queen of Scots, whom they are seeking to rescue. "Penelope arrives from London to stay with her uncle and aunt in their farmhouse in Derbyshire. It was once the home of an Elizabethan family-and when strange things start happening Penelope begins to think they may still be there." https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/04cd4dec71d44cae91888504f1126875 Starring: Sophie Thompson (Penelope), Elizabeth Bradley (Aunt Tissie / Dame Cicely), Sarah Benfield (Tabitha), Gerald James (Uncle Barnabas), Simon Gipps-Kent (Francis Babington) and Mary Maude (Mistress Babington). Sophie Thompson (Four Weddings/Harry Potter) is none other than daughter of Eric Thompson (The Magic Roundabout), and Phyllida Law and sister of Emma Thompson.