Rent A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Collection (2025)
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- Synopsis:
Featuring all-star casts, Mark Gatiss presents ghost stories for Christmas inspired by the short stories of M. R. James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edith Nesbit and E.F. Benson.
The Tractate Middoth (2013)
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew text. But how does it connect to the will of the strange and very dead Dr. Rant (David Ryall)?
The Dead Room (2018)
The veteran presenter of a series of radio horror stories comes to realise that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he had hoped.
Martin's Close (1019)A young squire is on trial for murder in a court presided over by legendary 'hanging' judge George Jeffreys. But the girl he is accused of murdering has been seen after her death.
The Mezzotint (2021)
A university museum curator stumbles upon a seemingly unremarkable print of a lonely country house. But this particular mezzotint is very remarkable indeed.
Count Magnus (2022)
A bumptious English traveller becomes fascinated by the story of the dreaded and long-dead head of a Swedish family who once made a journey to the Holy Land - for less than holy reasons.
Lot No. 249 (2023)
An Ancient Egyptian mummy bought at auction figures in the plans of a strange young student. And the University rooms are soon haunted by the footsteps of the undead.
Woman of Stone (2024)
The effigies on an ancient tomb are said, sometimes, to walk. Despite the warnings of their housekeeper, two newlyweds discover these revenants, man-size in marble, are all too real.
The Room in the Tower (2025)
A strange, lurid and unsettling dream, recurring again and again over years. Its meaning is obscure. Until the dreamer finds himself living it for real.- Actors:
- David Burke, Mark Letheren, Greg Wise, John Hurt, Louise Jameson, Simon Callow, Peter Capaldi, Rory Kinnear, Jason Watkins, Kit Harington, Celia Imrie, Tobias Menzies, Pip Torrens, Paul Freeman, Gemma Jones, John Castle, Anjli Mohindra, Elliot Levey, Robert Bathurst, MyAnna Buring
- Directors:
- Mark Gatiss, Luke Watson, Pier Wilkie, Andy De Emmony
- Producers:
- Mark Gatiss, Ben Irving, Richard Fell, Ben Evans, Phillippa Giles, Isibeal Ballance, Claire Armspach, Susie Liggat, Richelle Wilder, Pier Wilkie, Hannah Clark
- Narrated By:
- Krister Henriksson
- Writers:
- Mark Gatiss, M.R. James, Peter Harness, Justin Hopper, Neil Cross, Arthur Conan Doyle, E. Nesbit
- Aka:
- The Tractate Middoth / The Dead Room / Martin's Close / The Mezzotint / Count Magnus / Lot No. 249 / Woman of Stone / The Room in the Tower
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas, TV Horror, TV Mysteries, TV Sci-Fi & Fantasy, TV Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/09/2026
- Run Time:
- 243 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Bonus Featurettes
- Production Notes by Writer and Director Mark Gatiss
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes episodes 1 - 4
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes episodes 5 - 8
- Special Features
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