Ghost Stories for Christmas (Expanded 6-Disc Collection Box Set) [DVD]

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a b c d Hussey, Bill (18 December 2008). "Interview with Mark Gatiss: Part One". Horror Reanimated. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008 . Retrieved 30 December 2008. A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents. [40] Burton, Nigel (22 August 2007). "A Warning to the Curious in Aldeburgh, Suffolk: East Anglia's Ghost Trail". worldtravelblog.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010 . Retrieved 22 August 2010.

The first three Ghost Story for Christmas films plus both versions of Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 and 2010) were remastered from the original film negatives by the BFI and released on Blu-ray disc as Ghost Stories for Christmas: Volume 1 in December 2022. [62] An injured RAF Flight Lieutenant suffers from repeated horrific nightmares while recuperating at a remote mansion in Wales. However, he begins to suspect his psychiatrist or aunt may be responsible. [55] The Stalls of Barchester". British Film Institute Database. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009 . Retrieved 22 August 2010. Newly recorded audio commentary for The Signalman by TV historian Jon Dear and actor and writer Mark GatissTitle screen of The Signalman, the 1976 adaptation. Because this was the first non-James story, the strand's title appears on screen for the first time. An eccentric professor finds a whistle carved from bone in a graveyard while on holiday in Norfolk. After blowing the whistle, he is troubled by terrible visions. [57] The final two stories were based on original screenplays, one by Clive Exton, who was an experienced television screenwriter, and the other by John Bowen, who was primarily known as a novelist and playwright, [11] [12] but also had extensive television experience, including adapting The Treasure of Abbot Thomas earlier in the series.

An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial. [35] BBC's 2022 Christmas line up across TV Channels and BBC iPlayer announced". BBC Media Centre. 29 November 2022. Introductions by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012, 33 mins total): the director of seven of the BBC’s classic A Ghost Story For Christmas episodes discusses his part in the first three instalments he directed Top row (L-R): Rory Kinnear, Robert Bathurst, Frances Barber and John Hopkins. Bottom row (L-R): Emma Cunniffe, Nikesh Patel and Tommaso Di VincenzoRory Kinnear, Robert Bathurst, Frances Barber, John Hopkins, Emma Cunniffe, Nikesh Patel, Tommaso Di Vincenzo The tradition of Ghost Stories for Christmas lives on. In 2018, Gatiss wrote and directed The Dead Room, a contemporary-set original story about an aging horror radio presenter who is haunted by his past. In 2019, he returned to M.R. James with Martin’s Close, starring Peter Capaldi. 2021 saw another new Gatiss adaptation, The Mezzotint starring Rory Kinnear. I love that Gatiss has become the shepherd of the Ghost Stories for Christmas cycle and he continues that tradition to this very day. BritBox Fisher, Mark (15 April 2007). "Bleak and Solemn ..." abstractdynamics.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010 . Retrieved 22 August 2010. Disc three brings us ‘Lost Hearts’. Once again Clark directs, but here Robin Chapman adapts. With the story focusing on children, both living and dead, it’s already set up to be pleasantly spooky, and though probably the weakest story featured, it still doesn’t disappoint. This disc also has an introduction from Clark and Newman, and Hogan return in the commentary, but given the embarrassment of riches on the first two, the special features section feels rather sparse.