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    TV Series

    A Ghost Story for Christmas

    "Classic adaptations from the BBC"

    IMDb7.5/10
    1971 - Present
    32m/ep
    Returning Series
    Seasons: 2
    Episodes: 22

    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

    The Stalls of Barchester

    1. The Stalls of Barchester

    6

    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.

    12/24/197145 min
    A Warning to the Curious

    2. A Warning to the Curious

    7.5

    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.

    12/24/197250 min
    Lost Hearts

    3. Lost Hearts

    6.5

    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?

    12/25/197335 min
    Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    4. Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    5

    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?

    12/23/197437 min
    The Ash-tree

    5. The Ash-tree

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

    12/23/197532 min
    The Signalman

    6. The Signalman

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

    12/22/197638 min
    Stigma

    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 crane to remove it. In doing so, they release a spirit which has terrible consequences for the family.

    12/28/197732 min
    The Ice House

    8. The Ice House

    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.......

    12/25/197834 min
    A View From a Hill

    9. A View From a Hill

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

    12/23/200539 min
    Number 13

    10. Number 13

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

    12/22/200640 min
    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    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 discovering a ring on the beach is soon haunted himself.

    12/24/201052 min
    The Tractate Middoth

    12. The Tractate Middoth

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

    12/25/201335 min
    The Dead Room

    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 buried as he perhaps hoped.

    12/24/201828 min
    Martin's Close

    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 judge' George Jeffreys. However, this is not a cut-and-dried murder case.

    12/24/201931 min
    The Mezzotint

    15. The Mezzotint

    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.

    12/24/202129 min
    Count Magnus

    16. Count Magnus

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

    12/24/202230 min
    Lot No. 249

    17. Lot No. 249

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

    12/24/202329 min
    Woman of Stone

    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 Christmas Eve. Jack dismisses it as folklore, but on Christmas Eve, he feels drawn to the church, leaving Laura alone.

    12/24/202430 min
    The Room in the Tower

    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 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…

    12/24/202530 min