Mark Gatiss
Director
A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
Season 1
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.
Released Dec. 24, 1971
Episode 32 min
10+
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Keywords: tmdb.ghost-story, tmdb.ghost, tmdb.horror-anthology, tmdb.christmas-horror, imdb.ghost, imdb.christmas, imdb.supernatural-power + 2 more, imdb.non-horror-host, imdb.uk-non-horror-host
Watch Providers: Britbox Apple TV Channel
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Dec. 24, 1971, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Dec. 24, 1972, midnight
S1E3 - 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?
Dec. 25, 1973, midnight
S1E4 - 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?
Dec. 23, 1974, midnight
S1E5 - The Ash-tree
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.
Dec. 23, 1975, midnight
S1E6 - The Signalman
A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.
Dec. 22, 1976, midnight
S1E7 - 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.
Dec. 28, 1977, midnight
S1E8 - 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.......
Dec. 25, 1978, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
Dec. 23, 2005, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Dec. 22, 2006, midnight
S1E11 - 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.
Dec. 24, 2010, midnight
S1E12 - The Tractate Middoth
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.
Dec. 25, 2013, midnight
S1E13 - 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.
Dec. 24, 2018, midnight
S1E14 - 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.
Dec. 24, 2019, midnight
S1E15 - 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.
Dec. 24, 2021, midnight
S1E16 - Count Magnus
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
Dec. 24, 2022, midnight
S1E17 - Lot No. 249
An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Dec. 24, 2023, midnight
S1E18 - 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.
Dec. 24, 2024, midnight
BBC One
32 min/ep
640 min
Dec. 24, 1971
Dec. 24, 2024, midnight
Returning Series
TV-PG / 10+
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