
Classic Ghost Stories
1986 · 1 season · 5 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
Drama
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
Episodes
- S01E01The Mezzotint1986-12-2514m
Mr Williams, the curator of an university museum, purchases a modest engraving of a country house. But a black tint in the corner of the picture seems to resemble a figure and it moves, slowly revealing past horrors.
- S01E02The Ash-Tree1986-12-2614m
A witch condemned to death places a curse upon the Ash tree at the hall of her accuser that stretches down through the centuries and through the generations to invade the life of the ancestor who has inherited the estate.
- S01E03Wailing Well1986-12-2814m
A group of Scouts on an excursion are strictly told not to go near an old well that has been marked with a red circle on their maps. However, one disobedient boy pays no heed to the warnings and thus pays a terrible price.
- S01E04Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad1986-12-2914m
An academic on holiday discovers a whistle amongst the remains of a monastery of the Knights Templar. It has the legend "Who is this who is coming?" engraved upon it in Latin. He will find out when he unwisely blows into it.
- S01E05The Rose Garden1986-12-3014m
Mrs Anstruther wants to convert a neglected corner of her property into a rose garden. She tells her gardener to remove the old seat and an old post it was attached to. This unleashes disturbing visions for her and her husband.
Cast
Robert PowellProfessor- Arthur NightingaleCountry Gentleman (uncredited), Gentleman (uncredited)
- Jeremy RobertsJury Member (uncredited), Williams (uncredited)
- Barry SummerfordBody in bed (uncredited), Jury Member (uncredited)
- Norman BaconBinks (uncredited)
- Cameron MillerParson (uncredited)
- John BeardmoreJury Member (uncredited)
- John CannonJury Member (uncredited)
- Peter CreaseyJury Member (uncredited)
- Ken ParryJudge (uncredited)
- Jackson RaabBoy (uncredited)
- Fred RefordJury Member (uncredited)
