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A Ghost Story For Christmas (1971 - 1978)
Country of Origin: UK
Dates of Original Broadcast: 24 December 1971-25 December
1978
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 8
Average Episode Running Times:
Format: 16mm
Colour Format: colour
Sound:
PLOT SUMMARY
A collection of eight ghost stories, mostly adapted from the short
stories of M.R. James that
were aired over the Christmas holidays over eight consecutive years.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A great British Christmas tradition (the individuals episodes were
repeated a number of times and there were other, unrelated ghost stories),
the BBC Christmas ghost story reached its zenith with these eight extremely
creepy tales. Subtle yet frequently terrifying, they were the perfect
antidote to the Christmas excesses and remain extremely effective even
now.
EPISODES
The
Stalls of Barchester (24 December 1971)
A
Warning to the Curious (24 December 1972)
Lost
Hearts (25 December 1973)
The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas (23 December 1974)
The
Ash Tree (23 December 1975)
The
Signalman (22 December 1976)
Stigma
(28 December 1977)
The
Ice House (25 December 1978)
AVAILABILITY
UK
Television Distributor: BBC
TIMELINE
1971
December
24: The
Stalls of Barchester - UK television broadcast (on
BBC1)
1972
August
16: The
Stalls of Barchester - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
December
24: A
Warning to the Curious - UK television broadcast
(on BBC1)
1973
December
25: Lost
Hearts - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
1974
May
25: A
Warning to the Curious - UK television broadcast
(on BBC1)
June
8: Lost
Hearts - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
December
23: The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas - UK television
broadcast (on BBC1)
1975
December
23: The
Ash Tree - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
1976
December
22: The
Signalman - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
1977
May
25: The
Signalman - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
December
28: Stigma
- UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
1978
May
29: Stigma
- UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
December
25: The
Ice House - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
1982
December
25: The
Signalman - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
26: The
Ice House - UK television broadcast (on BBC1)
1983
December
26: The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas - UK television
broadcast (on BBC1)
1991
December
21: The
Signalman - UK television broadcast (on BBC2)
1992
December
26: A
Warning to the Curious - UK television broadcast
(on BBC2)
1993
December
25: The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas - UK television
broadcast (on BBC2)
1994
December
24: Lost
Hearts - UK television broadcast (on BBC2)
2004
December
23: The
Treasure of Abbot Thomas - UK television broadcats (on
BBC4)
24: A
Warning to the Curious - UK television broadcats (on BBC4)
25: The
Stalls of Barchester - UK television broadcats (on BBC4)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
A Christmas Ghost Story
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Omnibus:
Whistle
and I'll Come To You (7 May 1968)
Screen One: Ghostwatch
(31 October 1992)
Screen Two: The Cormorant (21 February 1993)
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Creeping Flesh: The Horror Fantasy Film Book
pp.12-41 (Manchester: Headpress / Critical Vision (2003) ISBN 1-900486-36-9)
credits, synopses, reviews (by Phil Tonge, David Kerekes, Roy Gill and
Robin Davis)
KEYWORDS
ghosts, short stories into film
Last Updated:
24 December, 2008
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