Robert Powell
Professor
Classic Ghost Stories (1986)
Season 1
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
Released Dec. 25, 1986
Episode 42 min
2+
Keywords: imdb.horror-anthology, imdb.based-on-short-story, imdb.reading, imdb.storytelling, tmdb.ghost-story, tmdb.christmas-horror
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Mezzotint
Mr Williams, the curator of an university museum, purchases a modest engraving of a country house. But a black tint in the corner of the picture seems to resemble a figure and it moves, slowly revealing past horrors.
Dec. 25, 1986, midnight
S1E2 - The Ash-Tree
A witch condemned to death places a curse upon the Ash tree at the hall of her accuser that stretches down through the centuries and through the generations to invade the life of the ancestor who has inherited the estate.
Dec. 26, 1986, midnight
S1E3 - Wailing Well
A group of Scouts on an excursion are strictly told not to go near an old well that has been marked with a red circle on their maps. However, one disobedient boy pays no heed to the warnings and thus pays a terrible price.
Dec. 28, 1986, midnight
S1E4 - Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad
An academic on holiday discovers a whistle amongst the remains of a monastery of the Knights Templar. It has the legend "Who is this who is coming?" engraved upon it in Latin. He will find out when he unwisely blows into it.
Dec. 29, 1986, midnight
S1E5 - The Rose Garden
Mrs Anstruther wants to convert a neglected corner of her property into a rose garden. She tells her gardener to remove the old seat and an old post it was attached to. This unleashes disturbing visions for her and her husband.
Dec. 30, 1986, midnight
BBC Two
42 min/ep
42 min
Dec. 25, 1986
Dec. 30, 1986, midnight
Ended
NR / 2+
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