A Ghost Story for Christmas

Season 1

19 episodes · Dec 24, 1971

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  • The Stalls of Barchester
    S1E1

    The Stalls of Barchester

    Dec 24, 197145m

    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.

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  • A Warning to the Curious
    S1E2

    A Warning to the Curious

    Dec 24, 197250m

    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.

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  • Lost Hearts
    S1E3

    Lost Hearts

    Dec 25, 197335m

    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?

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  • Treasure of Abbot Thomas
    S1E4

    Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    Dec 23, 197437m

    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?

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  • The Ash-tree
    S1E5

    The Ash-tree

    Dec 23, 197532m

    An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.

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  • The Signalman
    S1E6

    The Signalman

    Dec 22, 197638m

    A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.

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  • Stigma
    S1E7

    Stigma

    Dec 28, 197732m

    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.

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  • The Ice House
    S1E8

    The Ice House

    Dec 25, 197834m

    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.......

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  • A View From a Hill
    S1E9

    A View From a Hill

    Dec 23, 200539m

    A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.

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  • Number 13
    S1E10

    Number 13

    Dec 22, 200640m

    An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.

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  • Whistle and I'll Come to You
    S1E11

    Whistle and I'll Come to You

    Dec 24, 201052m

    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.

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  • The Tractate Middoth
    S1E12

    The Tractate Middoth

    Dec 25, 201335m

    A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

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  • The Dead Room
    S1E13

    The Dead Room

    Dec 24, 201828m

    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.

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  • Martin's Close
    S1E14

    Martin's Close

    Dec 24, 201931m

    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.

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  • The Mezzotint
    S1E15

    The Mezzotint

    Dec 24, 202129m

    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.

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  • Count Magnus
    S1E16

    Count Magnus

    Dec 24, 202230m

    The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.

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  • Lot No. 249
    S1E17

    Lot No. 249

    Dec 24, 202329m

    An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.

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  • Woman of Stone
    S1E18

    Woman of Stone

    Dec 24, 202430m

    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.

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  • The Room in the Tower
    S1E19

    The Room in the Tower

    Dec 24, 202530m

    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…

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