Ghost Stories for Christmas
2000 · 1 season · 4 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Drama, Mystery
TMDB 6.6 · 4 votes
Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash Tree', 'Number 13' and 'A Warning to the Curious' are the tales told.
Episodes
- S01E01The Stalls of Barchester2000-12-2330m
While cataloguing the collections of Barchester Cathedral library, Dr Black stumbles across an intriguing box of papers belonging to former Archdeacon Haynes. In it, he discovers a hidden history of blood guilt and macabre supernatural revenge.
- S01E02The Ash Tree2000-12-2630m
A nobleman who will have no truck with superstition inherits a stately home overshadowed by a tree concealing an ancient curse.
- S01E03Number 132000-12-2930m
Dissatisfied with his hotel room, Professor Anderson demands to be moved to number 12 where he can work undisturbed. But, infuriated by the ghoulish noises made nightly by his neighbour, he is soon driven to investigate the diabolical secrets of the old hotel and its mysteriously vanishing room 13.
- S01E04A Warning to the Curious2000-12-3130m
Christopher Lee reads a chilling tale by Victorian writer MR James. A horrific account, based on a true story, of the discovery of the last of the legendary East Anglian Crowns.
