Season 1
19 episodes · Dec 24, 1971
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S1E1The Stalls of Barchester
Dec 24, 197145mAn 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.
S1E2A Warning to the Curious
Dec 24, 197250mAn 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.
S1E3Lost Hearts
Dec 25, 197335mAn 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?
S1E4Treasure of Abbot Thomas
Dec 23, 197437mA 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?
S1E5The Ash-tree
Dec 23, 197532mAn aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.
S1E6The Signalman
Dec 22, 197638mA railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.
S1E7Stigma
Dec 28, 197732mWhilst 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.
S1E8The Ice House
Dec 25, 197834mThe 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.......
S1E9A View From a Hill
Dec 23, 200539mA historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.
S1E10Number 13
Dec 22, 200640mAn academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.
S1E11Whistle and I'll Come to You
Dec 24, 201052mLeaving 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.
S1E12The Tractate Middoth
Dec 25, 201335mA young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.
S1E13The Dead Room
Dec 24, 201828mAubrey 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.
S1E14Martin's Close
Dec 24, 201931mAdaptation 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.
S1E15The Mezzotint
Dec 24, 202129m1923. 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.
S1E16Count Magnus
Dec 24, 202230mThe inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
S1E17Lot No. 249
Dec 24, 202329mAn Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.
S1E18Woman of Stone
Dec 24, 202430mNewlywed 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.
S1E19The Room in the Tower
Dec 24, 202530mFor 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…