Series · 1971 · Drama
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.
3 seasons · 30 episodes

Episode 01
The Stalls of Barchester
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.

Episode 02
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 unearthing it is haunted by a mysterious black figure.

Episode 03
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 a warning to be fearful of his uncle's obsession with immortality?

Episode 04
Treasure of Abbot Thomas
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?

Episode 05
The Ash-tree
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.

Episode 06
The Signalman
A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.

Episode 07
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.

Episode 08
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.......

Episode 09
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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 12
The Tractate Middoth
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 16
Count Magnus
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.

Episode 17
Lot No. 249
An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.

Episode 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.

Episode 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…
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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 is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The drama from Lawrence Gordon Clark has 3 seasons and 30 total episodes, rated 7.4/10 by 7 viewers.
A Ghost Story for Christmas has 3 seasons with 30 episodes in total.
A Ghost Story for Christmas is currently in production and returning for new episodes.
A Ghost Story for Christmas airs on BBC One, BBC Television.
A Ghost Story for Christmas first aired on December 24, 1971.
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