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A Ghost Story for Christmas

2005 - 2025

A View From A Hill

23rd December 2005

Episode 1

In fact Dr Fanshawe is not on holiday. As an archaeologist, he has been engaged by the squire to catalogue a private collection of local artefacts.

Number 13

22nd December 2006

Episode 2

"Number 13" tells the tale of when in order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition.

Whistle and I'll Come To You

24th December 2010

Episode 3

After finding an intriguing ring on a deserted beach, retired academic James Parkin soon becomes the victim of a supernatural revenge. But who is the avenger?

The Tractate Middoth

25th December 2013

Episode 4

"The Tractate Middoth" tells the tale of when a young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

The Dead Room

24th December 2018

Episode 5

Long-running radio horror series and its veteran presenter Aubrey Judd discovers that all is not quiet in the eerie radio studio and that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.

Martin's Close

24th December 2019

Episode 6

John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge', George Jeffreys. But this is not a cut-and-dried murder case, because the innocent young girl Martin is accused of killing has been seen after her death.

The Mezzotint

24th December 2021

Episode 7

A museum curator receives a very disturbing engraving that changes each time he and his colleagues look at it.

Count Magnus

23rd December 2022

Episode 8

The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.

Lot No. 249

24th December 2023

Episode 9

Follows a group of Oxford students, one of them becomes the collegiate talk of the town by conducting study into the mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Can the horrible sack of bones known as Lot No. 249 come to life thanks to these experiments?

Woman of Stone

24th December 2024

Episode 10

Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive on Christmas Eve. Jack dismisses it as folklore, but on Christmas Eve, he feels drawn to the church, leaving Laura alone.

The Room in the Tower

24th December 2025

Episode 11

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Mark Gatiss, master of the macabre, presents chilling Christmas stories for a cold winter's night.

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