A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
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.
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Season 1 - 17 Episode s
1x1 - The Stalls of Barchester
December 24, 1971
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.
1x2 - A Warning to the Curious
December 24, 1972
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.
1x3 - Lost Hearts
December 25, 1973
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?
1x4 - Treasure of Abbot Thomas
December 23, 1974
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?
1x5 - The Ash-tree
December 23, 1975
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.
1x6 - The Signalman
December 22, 1976
A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.
1x7 - Stigma
December 28, 1977
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.
1x8 - The Ice House
December 25, 1978
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.......
1x9 - A View From a Hill
December 23, 2005
A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.
1x10 - Number 13
December 22, 2006
An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.
1x11 - Whistle and I'll Come to You
December 24, 2010
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.
1x12 - The Tractate Middoth
December 25, 2013
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.
1x13 - The Dead Room
December 24, 2018
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.
1x14 - Martin's Close
December 24, 2019
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.
1x15 - The Mezzotint
December 24, 2021
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.
1x16 - Count Magnus
December 24, 2022
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
1x17 - Lot No. 249
December 24, 2023
An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.
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