A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

December 24, 1971

Episodes

18 episodes

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Season 1

Episodes

The Stalls of Barchester

1. The Stalls of Barchester

December 24, 1971
45 min

An ambitious cleric murders an aged Archdeacon at Barchester Cathedral. However, he is soon being stalked by a sinister black cat and by a hooded figure both of whom seem to be embodiments of carvings on the cathedral's choir stalls.

A Warning to the Curious

2. A Warning to the Curious

December 24, 1972
50 min

An amateur archaeologist travels to a remote seaside town in Norfolk to search for the lost crown of Anglia, but after unearthing it is haunted by a mysterious black figure.

Lost Hearts

3. Lost Hearts

December 25, 1973
35 min

An orphan moves into the house of his uncle, but is disturbed by visions of a pair of ghostly children. Is their message a warning to be fearful of his uncle's obsession with immortality?

Treasure of Abbot Thomas

4. Treasure of Abbot Thomas

December 23, 1974
37 min

A respected theologian and his protégé unearth clues to find the hidden treasure of a disgraced monk in an abbey library. Should he have heeded his own advice not to go treasure hunting?

The Ash-tree

5. The Ash-tree

December 23, 1975
32 min

An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.

The Signalman

6. The Signalman

December 22, 1976
38 min

A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.

Stigma

7. Stigma

December 28, 1977
32 min

Whilst clearing the ground for a new lawn, a family find a huge flat rock in their garden. It is so heavy it needs a crane to remove it. In doing so, they release a spirit which has terrible consequences for the family.

The Ice House

8. The Ice House

December 25, 1978
34 min

The story concerns a health spa visited by Paul (John Stride) , strange incidents occur with members of staff whom Paul notices are all icy cold to the touch. The Brother and sister owners seem otherworldly , as do the residents, and they have a strange relationship with two vines.......

A View From a Hill

9. A View From a Hill

December 23, 2005
39 min

A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.

Number 13

10. Number 13

December 22, 2006
40 min

An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.

Whistle and I'll Come to You

11. Whistle and I'll Come to You

December 24, 2010
52 min

Leaving his ill and ageing wife in a care home, a retired astronomer revisits one of their old coastal haunts, but after discovering a ring on the beach is soon haunted himself.

The Tractate Middoth

12. The Tractate Middoth

December 25, 2013
35 min

A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

The Dead Room

13. The Dead Room

December 24, 2018
28 min

Aubrey Judd, veteran radio presenter of The Dead Room, soon realises that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.

Martin's Close

14. Martin's Close

December 24, 2019
31 min

Adaptation of a ghost story by MR James. 1684. John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge' George Jeffreys. However, this is not a cut-and-dried murder case.

The Mezzotint

15. The Mezzotint

December 24, 2021
29 min

1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.

Count Magnus

16. Count Magnus

December 24, 2022
30 min

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

Lot No. 249

17. Lot No. 249

December 24, 2023
29 min

An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.

Woman of Stone

18. Woman of Stone

December 24, 2024
30 min

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.

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