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Classic Ghost Stories

19861 Season

Drama

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Genre: Drama
Origin: GB

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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".

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Status: Ended
First aired: Dec 25, 1986
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

4 hrs

5 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Robert Powell

Professor

SERIES

Classic Ghost Stories

19861 Season

Drama

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Genre: Drama
Origin: GB

About

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Dec 25, 1986 · 14m
The Mezzotint
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.
E2 · Airs Dec 26, 1986 · 14m
The Ash-Tree
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.
E3 · Airs Dec 28, 1986 · 14m
Wailing Well
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.
E4 · Airs Dec 29, 1986 · 14m
Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad
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.
E5 · Airs Dec 30, 1986 · 14m
The Rose Garden
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.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Dec 25, 1986
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

4 hrs

5 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Robert Powell

Professor

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