It went through the wall!: Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
Jon Dear, writer and co-host of the Nigel Kneale podcast, Bergcast, takes a detailed look at the classic 1958 BBC television production of Kneale’s Quatermass and the Pit…
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West Country Tales (1982)
Jon Dear peers westward toward two episodes from 1982-83’s supernatural anthology series, West Country Tales…
Ghosts (1995)
Jon Dear revisits 1995’s Ghosts, the short-lived BBC anthology show set in modern Britain…
The Ice House (1978)
With Lawrence Gordon Clark having absconded to ITV, Derek Lister took the reins for what became the final film in the original run of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas. Jon Dear explores The Ice House…
The Dead Room (2018)
Jon Dear looks at the 2018 episode of A Ghost Story for Christmas – this time eschewing the traditional M.R. James adaptation in favour of an original story, The Dead Room, written and directed by Mark Gatiss…
Whistle and I’ll Come To You (2010)
The decision to re-adapt Whistle and I’ll Come to You for 2010’s A Ghost Story for Christmas divided fans of the series and M.R. James’ original story. Jon Dear explores Andy de Emmony’s effort…