Rent Ghost Stories: Vol.2 (1971)
3.7 of 5 from 10 ratings
1h 35min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s and 70s, the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of M R James, the Cambridge academic and author of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the English language, which were broadcast to terrified viewers in the dead of winter.
The Stalls of Barchester (1971)While cataloguing the collections of Barchester Cathedral library, Dr Black stumbles across an intriguing box of papers belonging to former Archdeacon Haynes. In it, he discovers a hidden history of blood guilt and macabre supernatural revenge. With its superb cast and beautiful choral accompaniment by Norwich Cathedral choir, Lawrence Gordon Clark's (Harry's Game) evocative adaptation of James' short story inspired the BBC's popular 1970s series A Ghost Story for Christmas.
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
The second of Clark's MR James adaptations for the BBC features Peter Vaughan as a doomed amateur archaeologist who pays a terrible price for his curiosity about an ancient Saxon legend. John McGlashan's extraordinary photography imbues the wide open Norfolk coastline with an uneasy sense of dread.- Actors:
- Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Julian Herrington, John Kearney, David Cargill, Robert Hardy, Thelma Barlow, Will Leighton, Harold Bennett, Penny Service, Ambrose Coghill, David Pugh, Erik Chitty
- Directors:
- Lawrence Gordon Clark
- Producers:
- Lawrence Gordon Clark
- Writers:
- Mr. James, Lawrence Gordon Clark
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Horror, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
