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A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

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IMDB:

7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas

Released

12/24/1971

Duration

0h 30m

Genre

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

N/A

Overview

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.

Episodes

The Stalls of BarchesterEP 1Available

The Stalls of Barchester

45m0.0

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 embodiments of carvings on the cathedral's choir stalls.

A Warning to the CuriousEP 2Available

A Warning to the Curious

50m0.0

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 HeartsEP 3Available

Lost Hearts

35m0.0

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 immortality?

Treasure of Abbot ThomasEP 4Available

Treasure of Abbot Thomas

37m0.0

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 hunting?

The Ash-treeEP 5Available

The Ash-tree

32m0.0

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

The SignalmanEP 6Available

The Signalman

38m0.0

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

StigmaEP 7Available

Stigma

32m0.0

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 has terrible consequences for the family.

The Ice HouseEP 8Available

The Ice House

34m0.0

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 sister owners seem otherworldly , as do the residents, and they have a strange relationship with two vines.......

A View From a HillEP 9Available

A View From a Hill

39m0.0

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

Number 13EP 10Available

Number 13

40m0.0

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 YouEP 11Available

Whistle and I'll Come to You

52m0.0

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 MiddothEP 12Available

The Tractate Middoth

35m0.0

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

The Dead RoomEP 13Available

The Dead Room

28m0.0

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 CloseEP 14Available

Martin's Close

31m0.0

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 murder case.

The MezzotintEP 15Available

The Mezzotint

29m0.0

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, something else.

Count MagnusEP 16Available

Count Magnus

30m0.0

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

Lot No. 249EP 17Available

Lot No. 249

29m0.0

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

Woman of StoneEP 18Available

Woman of Stone

30m0.0

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 Christmas Eve, he feels drawn to the church, leaving Laura alone.

The Room in the TowerEP 19Available

The Room in the Tower

30m0.0

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 and the figures who populate the dream seem to age in real time. Nightmare and waking life seem to finally collide when an invitation to the dreaded "room in the tower” becomes all too real…

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