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A Ghost Story for Christmas
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Episode 145 min1971-12-24
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 250 min1972-12-24
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 335 min1973-12-25
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 437 min1974-12-23
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 532 min1975-12-23
The Ash-tree
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.
Episode 638 min1976-12-22
The Signalman
A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.
Episode 732 min1977-12-28
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 834 min1978-12-25
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 939 min2005-12-23
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 1040 min2006-12-22
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 1152 min2010-12-24
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 1235 min2013-12-25
The Tractate Middoth
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.
Episode 1328 min2018-12-24
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 1431 min2019-12-24
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 1529 min2021-12-24
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 1630 min2022-12-24
Count Magnus
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
Episode 1729 min2023-12-24
Lot No. 249
An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Episode 1830 min2024-12-24
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 1930 min2025-12-24
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…