A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971 2 Seasons 22 Episodes ⭐ 7.4 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.

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 & Episodes

EP 1

The Stalls of Barchester

An ambitious cleric murders an aged Archdeacon at Barchester Cathedral. However, he is soon being stalked by a sinister

EP 2

A Warning to the Curious

An amateur archaeologist travels to a remote seaside town in Norfolk to search for the lost crown of Anglia, but after u

EP 3

Lost Hearts

An orphan moves into the house of his uncle, but is disturbed by visions of a pair of ghostly children. Is their message

EP 4

Treasure of Abbot Thomas

A respected theologian and his protégé unearth clues to find the hidden treasure of a disgraced monk in an abbey libra

EP 5

The Ash-tree

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

EP 6

The Signalman

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

EP 7

Stigma

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 cra

EP 8

The Ice House

The story concerns a health spa visited by Paul (John Stride) , strange incidents occur with members of staff whom Paul

EP 9

A View From a Hill

A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturin

EP 10

Number 13

An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises

EP 11

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Leaving his ill and ageing wife in a care home, a retired astronomer revisits one of their old coastal haunts, but after

EP 12

The Tractate Middoth

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

EP 13

The Dead Room

Aubrey Judd, veteran radio presenter of The Dead Room, soon realises that elements of his own past are not as dead and b

EP 14

Martin's Close

Adaptation of a ghost story by MR James. 1684. John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging j

EP 15

The Mezzotint

1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with

EP 16

Count Magnus

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

EP 17

Lot No. 249

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

EP 18

Woman of Stone

Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive on

EP 19

The Room in the Tower

For 15 years, Roger Winstanley has been haunted by an unsettling, recurring dream: an invitation to spend the night in t

EP 1

A View From a Hill

A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturin

EP 2

Number 13

An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises

EP 3

Whistle and I'll Come to You

Leaving his ill and ageing wife in a care home, a retired astronomer revisits one of their old coastal haunts, but after

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