
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.
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Air Date: 1971-12-24
An ambitious cleric murders an aged Archdeacon at Barchester Cathedral. However, he is soon being stalked by a sinist...
Air Date: 1972-12-24
An amateur archaeologist travels to a remote seaside town in Norfolk to search for the lost crown of Anglia, but afte...
Air Date: 1973-12-25
An orphan moves into the house of his uncle, but is disturbed by visions of a pair of ghostly children. Is their mess...
Air Date: 1974-12-23
A respected theologian and his protégé unearth clues to find the hidden treasure of a disgraced monk in an abbey libr...
Air Date: 1975-12-23
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.
Air Date: 1976-12-22
A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict cal...
Air Date: 1977-12-28
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 ...
Air Date: 1978-12-25
The story concerns a health spa visited by Paul (John Stride) , strange incidents occur with members of staff whom Pa...
Air Date: 2005-12-23
A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and ventu...
Air Date: 2006-12-22
An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noi...
Air Date: 2010-12-24
Leaving his ill and ageing wife in a care home, a retired astronomer revisits one of their old coastal haunts, but af...
Air Date: 2013-12-25
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.
Air Date: 2018-12-24
Aubrey Judd, veteran radio presenter of The Dead Room, soon realises that elements of his own past are not as dead an...
Air Date: 2019-12-24
Adaptation of a ghost story by MR James. 1684. John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hangin...
Air Date: 2021-12-24
1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house wi...
Air Date: 2022-12-24
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
Air Date: 2023-12-24
An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.
Air Date: 2024-12-24
Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive ...
Air Date: 2025-12-24
For 15 years, Roger Winstanley has been haunted by an unsettling, recurring dream: an invitation to spend the night i...