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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]
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.
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas is a short film which serves as the fourth episode of the British supernatural anthology television series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Written by John Bowen, produced by Rosemary Hill, and directed by the series' creator, Lawrence Gordon Clark, it is based on the ghost story of the same name by M. R. James, first published in the collection Ghost Stories of an ...
1971 – Radio 3's Study on 3 presented a four-part analysis of The Horror Story. The second episode ("Ghosts") was transmitted on 23 December 1971 – the day before the first Ghost Story for Christmas aired on BBC1 – and featured a discussion with Jonathan Miller and a reading of "Lost Hearts" by Bernard Cribbins. The series was repeated ...
In 1974, the story was adapted as part of the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas strand by John Bowen as The Treasure of Abbot Thomas. [1] It was first broadcast on 23 December 1974 at 11.35. [2] The adaptation stars Michael Bryant as Somerton, and it was directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.
A Ghost Story for Christmas 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.
Gatiss writes and directs the film, which is his seventh “A Ghost Story for Christmas” special. Last year’s special, “Lot 249,” was the best performing show on BBC Two on Christmas Eve ...
Stigma is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas.Written by Clive Exton, produced by Rosemary Hill, and directed by the series' creator, Lawrence Gordon Clark, it first aired on BBC1 on 29 December 1977 (delayed from 28 December), the latest airdate in the series relative to Christmas.