A Ghost Story for Christmas — Season 2
Classic adaptations from the BBC
About this season
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.
Episodes (3)
1. A View From a Hill
Aired 23 December 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.
2. Number 13
Aired 22 December 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.
3. Whistle and I'll Come to You
Aired 24 December 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.