Ghost Stories for Christmas

Name: Ghost Stories for Christmas
Released: 2000-12-23
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Christopher Lee, Peter White, Matthew Wheatley, Tony Slater, Edward Olive

5.8

December 23, 2000

1 Season • 4 Episodes

Ended

Drama Mystery

Overview

Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts and narrates a series of four half hour ghost stories all based on stories by M.R. James. 'The Stalls of Barchester', 'The Ash Tree', 'Number 13' and 'A Warning to the Curious' are the tales told.

Cast

Christopher Lee

Narrator

Peter White

Student

Matthew Wheatley

Student

Tony Slater

Student

Episodes

1. The Stalls of Barchester

December 23, 2000 • 30m

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.

2. The Ash Tree

December 26, 2000 • 30m

A nobleman who will have no truck with superstition inherits a stately home overshadowed by a tree concealing an ancient curse.

3. Number 13

December 29, 2000 • 30m

Dissatisfied with his hotel room, Professor Anderson demands to be moved to number 12 where he can work undisturbed. But, infuriated by the ghoulish noises made nightly by his neighbour, he is soon driven to investigate the diabolical secrets of the old hotel and its mysteriously vanishing room 13.

4. A Warning to the Curious

December 31, 2000 • 30m

Christopher Lee reads a chilling tale by Victorian writer MR James. A horrific account, based on a true story, of the discovery of the last of the legendary East Anglian Crowns.

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