The Signalman
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a ghost story for christmas
The Signalman
Paul Childs explores The Signalman, the 1976 episode of A Ghost Story for Christmas adapted from Charles Dicken’s tale, and ponders the inescapability of fate…
The Stalls of Barchester
The first official episode of the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series was an adaptation of the M.R. James’ story, The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral. Lee Broughton explores the film in detail…
Martin’s Close
Mark Gatiss returned to M.R. James for 2019’s A Ghost Story for Christmas, adapting the writer’s 1911 tale, Martin’s Close. Graham Williamson explores the episode…
Introduction – The Ghost Story for Christmas and the Christmas Ghost Story
Dr. Derek Johnston introduces Horrified’s retrospective with some thoughts on the ghost story for Christmas and the Christmas ghost Story…
Martin’s Close
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The Stalls of Barchester
Richard Higson discusses why, of all the films in the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series, The Stalls of Barchester is the one he keeps returning to…
The Stalls of Barchester
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The Ice House
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…
Martin’s Close
Peta Stamper’s companion piece to Graham Williamson’s essay on the BBC’s A Ghost Stories for Christmas episode explores M.R. James’ as a story and place of visitations, retribution and doubt…