Ghost Stories for Christmas

5.8 IMDb 7.8 (348) Dec 2000 1 Season 4 Episodes 30m/ep

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Overview

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash Tree', 'Number 13' and 'A Warning to the Curious' are the tales told.

BBC

Cast

Christopher Lee

Narrator

Peter White

Student

Matthew Wheatley

Student

Tony Slater

Student

Edward Olive

Student

Colston Vear

Student

Paul Alcock

Student

Richard Tucker

Student

John Evans

Student

Richard Buggy

Student

Tim Gambrell

Student

Adrian Mainwharing

Student

Key Crew

Eleanor Yule

Director

Ronald Frame

Adaptation

M.R. James

Original Story

M.R. James

Short Story

May Miller

Executive Producer

Richard Downes

Producer

Roger Harris

Production Designer

Monica O'Connor

Production Manager

Carol Davidson

Unit Manager

The Stalls of Barchester

While cataloguing the collections of Barchester Cathedral library, Dr Black stumbles across an intriguing box of papers belonging to former Archdeacon Haynes. In it, he discovers a hidden history of blood guilt and macabre supernatural revenge.

Dec 23, 2000 30m

The Ash Tree

A nobleman who will have no truck with superstition inherits a stately home overshadowed by a tree concealing an ancient curse.

Dec 26, 2000 30m

Number 13

Dissatisfied with his hotel room, Professor Anderson demands to be moved to number 12 where he can work undisturbed. But, infuriated by the ghoulish noises made nightly by his neighbour, he is soon driven to investigate the diabolical secrets of the old hotel and its mysteriously vanishing room 13.

Dec 29, 2000 30m

A Warning to the Curious

Christopher Lee reads a chilling tale by Victorian writer MR James. A horrific account, based on a true story, of the discovery of the last of the legendary East Anglian Crowns.

Dec 31, 2000 30m

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