Rent Ghost Stories for Christmas: Vol.1 (1973)
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2h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- Broadcast in the dying hours of Christmas Eve, the BBC's 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' series was a fixture of the seasonal schedules throughout the 1970s and spawned a long tradition of chilling tales that terrified yuletide viewers for decades to come. Included in this release are the first four instalments - 'Whistle and I'll Come to You' , 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'A Warning to the Curious' and 'Lost Hearts'... Also included is 2010's 'Whistle and I'll Come to You', plus a selection of new and archive extras.
- Actors:
- Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O'Conor, James Mellor, Susan Richards, Christopher Davis, Michelle Foster, Roger Milner, Robert Hardy, Clive Swift, Thelma Barlow, Will Leighton, Harold Bennett, Penny Service, Martin Hoyle, Erik Chitty, David Pugh, Ambrose Coghill, Peter Vaughan, Julian Herington, John Kearney
- Directors:
- Lawrence Gordon Clark, Jonathan Miller
- Producers:
- Rosemary Hill, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Jonathan Miller
- Writers:
- M.R. James, Robin Chapman, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Jonathan Miller
- Aka:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You / The Stalls of Barchester / A Warning to the Curious / Lost Hearts
- Studio:
- Trinity
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Documentaries, TV Horror, TV Mysteries, TV Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/12/2022
- Run Time:
- 172 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded audio commentaries for 'Whistle and I'll Come to You' (1968) and 'A Warning to the Curious' by TV historian Jon Dear
- Newly recorded audio commentaries for 'The Stalls of Barchester' and 'Lost Hearts' by Kim Newman and Sean Hogan
- 'Whistle and I'll Come to You' (2010, 52 mins): John Hurt stars in this 2010 interpretation of M R James's chilling tale
- Jonathan Miller and Christopher Frayling interview (2012, 3 mins)
- Neil Brand reads M R James's original story (2001, 42 mins, audio only)
- Ramsey Campbell on M R James (2001, 16 mins)
- Ramsey Campbell reads The Guide (2001, 27 mins)
- 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 Ghost Stories For Christmas With Christopher Lee (2000,60 mins total): BBC Scotland's 'talking-head horror' series starring the iconic actor as an MR James-like raconteur of fireside Christmas ghost stories. Included on this release are 'The Stalls of Barchester' and 'A Warning to the Curious'
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 & 2010)
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
- The Stalls of Barchester
- A Warning to the Curious
- Special Features - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following episodes:
- Lost Hearts
- Special Features
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