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A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971 and 1978, and revived sporadically by the BBC since 2005. [1] [2] With one exception, the original instalments were directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films were all shot on 16 mm colour film. [3]
A Ghost Story for Christmas Woman of Stone is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas . Produced by Isibéal Ballance and written and directed by Mark Gatiss , it is an adaptation of E. Nesbit ’s short story "Man-Size in Marble".
The Mezzotint is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Produced by Isibeal Ballance and written and directed by Mark Gatiss, it is based on the ghost story of the same name by M. R. James, first published in the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), and first aired on BBC Two on 24 December 2021.
Lot No. 249 is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Produced by Isibeal Ballance and written and directed by Mark Gatiss, it is based on the gothic horror story of the same name by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in Harper's Magazine in 1892, and first aired on BBC Two on 24 December 2023.
Gatiss was born in Sedgefield, County Durham, [3] England, to Winifred Rose (née O'Kane, 1931–2003) and Maurice Gatiss (1931–2021). [4] He grew up opposite the Victorian psychiatric hospital Winterton, and later in Trimdon, before his father, a colliery engineer, took a job as engineer at the School Aycliffe Mental Hospital in Heighington.
The Tractate Middoth is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Produced by Susie Liggat, it is the first instalment to be written and directed by Mark Gatiss, [1] who has helmed every subsequent episode as of 2023.
Nottingham Playhouse by night Mark Gatiss adapted the drama and appeared in the original production as Jacob Marley, among other roles. The adaptation was directed by Adam Penford, designed by Paul Wills with a lighting design by Philip Gladwell, sound design by Ella Wahlström, video design by Nina Dunn, movement direction by Georgina Lamb and composition by Tingying Dong.
Count Magnus is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Produced by Isibeal Ballance and written and directed by Mark Gatiss, it is based on the ghost story of the same name by M. R. James, first published in the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), and first aired on BBC Two on 23 December 2022.