

A Ghost Story for Christmas
“Classic adaptations from the BBC”
A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
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1.The Stalls of Barchester
24-12-197145mAn ambitious cleric murders an aged Archdeacon at Barchester Cathedral. However, he is soon being stalked by a sinister black cat and by a hooded figure both of whom seem to be emb...

2.A Warning to the Curious
24-12-197250mAn amateur archaeologist travels to a remote seaside town in Norfolk to search for the lost crown of Anglia, but after unearthing it is haunted by a mysterious black figure.

3.Lost Hearts
25-12-197335mAn orphan moves into the house of his uncle, but is disturbed by visions of a pair of ghostly children. Is their message a warning to be fearful of his uncle's obsession with immor...

4.Treasure of Abbot Thomas
23-12-197437mA respected theologian and his protégé unearth clues to find the hidden treasure of a disgraced monk in an abbey library. Should he have heeded his own advice not to go treasure hu...

5.The Ash-tree
23-12-197532mAn aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.

6.The Signalman
22-12-197638mA railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.

7.Stigma
28-12-197732mWhilst clearing the ground for a new lawn, a family find a huge flat rock in their garden. It is so heavy it needs a crane to remove it. In doing so, they release a spirit which ha...

8.The Ice House
25-12-197834mThe story concerns a health spa visited by Paul (John Stride) , strange incidents occur with members of staff whom Paul notices are all icy cold to the touch. The Brother and siste...

9.A View From a Hill
23-12-200539mA historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.

10.Number 13
22-12-200640mAn academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.

11.Whistle and I'll Come to You
24-12-201052mLeaving his ill and ageing wife in a care home, a retired astronomer revisits one of their old coastal haunts, but after discovering a ring on the beach is soon haunted himself.

12.The Tractate Middoth
25-12-201335mA young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

13.The Dead Room
24-12-201828mAubrey Judd, veteran radio presenter of The Dead Room, soon realises that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.

14.Martin's Close
24-12-201931mAdaptation of a ghost story by MR James. 1684. John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge' George Jeffreys. However, this is not a cut-and-dried...

15.The Mezzotint
24-12-202129m1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, som...

16.Count Magnus
24-12-202230mThe inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.

17.Lot No. 249
24-12-202329mAn Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.

18.Woman of Stone
24-12-202430mNewlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive on Christmas Eve. Jack dismisses it as folklore, but on Christm...

19.The Room in the Tower
24-12-202530mFor 15 years, Roger Winstanley has been haunted by an unsettling, recurring dream: an invitation to spend the night in the house of an acquaintance, where an unseen terror lurks an...
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