A Ghost Story for Christmas

Classic adaptations from the BBC

32m2 SeasonsTMDb 7.4

EnglishReturning Series

1 · The Stalls of Barchester

2 · A Warning to the Curious

3 · Lost Hearts

4 · Treasure of Abbot Thomas

5 · The Ash-tree

6 · The Signalman

7 · Stigma

8 · The Ice House

9 · A View From a Hill

10 · Number 13

11 · Whistle and I'll Come to You

12 · The Tractate Middoth

13 · The Dead Room

14 · Martin's Close

15 · The Mezzotint

16 · Count Magnus

17 · Lot No. 249

18 · Woman of Stone

19 · The Room in the Tower

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status: Returning Series
First aired: 24 December 1971
Last aired: 24 December 2025
TMDB score: 7.4 / 10 (7 votes)

Production

Created by: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Studios: BBC
Countries: United Kingdom
Networks: BBC One

Episodes

Seasons: 2
Episodes: 22
Runtime: 32m
Type: Scripted
In production: Yes

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English