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A Ghost Story for Christmas

Classic adaptations from the BBC

  • 1971 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Drama
  • ~41m / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 7.4/10

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.

Latest: Season 1 · 1971

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  1. E1. The Stalls of Barchester

    Dec 24, 1971 · 45m

    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.

  2. E2. A Warning to the Curious

    Dec 24, 1972 · 50m

    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.

  3. E3. Lost Hearts

    Dec 25, 1973 · 35m

    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?

  4. E4. Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    Dec 23, 1974 · 37m

    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?

  5. E5. The Ash-tree

    Dec 23, 1975 · 32m

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

  6. E6. The Signalman

    Dec 22, 1976 · 38m

    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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