A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas
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A Ghost Story for Christmas

Classic adaptations from the BBC

7.4 / 10 · 7 votes
1971
~41 min / ep
2 seasons
22 episodes
Drama

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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Seasons

  • The Stalls of Barchester

    1.The Stalls of Barchester

    24-12-197145 min

    An 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...

  • A Warning to the Curious

    2.A Warning to the Curious

    24-12-197250 min

    An 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.

  • Lost Hearts

    3.Lost Hearts

    25-12-197335 min

    An 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...

  • Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    4.Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    23-12-197437 min

    A 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...

  • The Ash-tree

    5.The Ash-tree

    23-12-197532 min

    An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.

  • The Signalman

    6.The Signalman

    22-12-197638 min

    A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.

  • Stigma

    7.Stigma

    28-12-197732 min

    Whilst 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...

  • The Ice House

    8.The Ice House

    25-12-197834 min

    The 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...

  • A View From a Hill

    9.A View From a Hill

    23-12-200539 min

    A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.

  • Number 13

    10.Number 13

    22-12-200640 min

    An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.

  • Whistle and I'll Come to You

    11.Whistle and I'll Come to You

    24-12-201052 min

    Leaving 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.

  • The Tractate Middoth

    12.The Tractate Middoth

    25-12-201335 min

    A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

  • The Dead Room

    13.The Dead Room

    24-12-201828 min

    Aubrey 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.

  • Martin's Close

    14.Martin's Close

    24-12-201931 min

    Adaptation 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...

  • The Mezzotint

    15.The Mezzotint

    24-12-202129 min

    1923. 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...

  • Count Magnus

    16.Count Magnus

    24-12-202230 min

    The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.

  • Lot No. 249

    17.Lot No. 249

    24-12-202329 min

    An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.

  • Woman of Stone

    18.Woman of Stone

    24-12-202430 min

    Newlywed 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...

  • The Room in the Tower

    19.The Room in the Tower

    24-12-202530 min

    For 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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