A Ghost Story for Christmas
Returning Series1971 - 2025
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Overview
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.
Seasons
Season 1
Season discussion19 episodes · December 24, 1971
The first season includes five adaptations of stories from the four books by M. R. James, published between 1904 and 1925. The The sixth film, The Signalman, is an adaptation of a story by Charles Dickens published in his magazine All the Year Round in 1866. The final two stories were based on original screenplays by Clive Exton and John Bowen.
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