Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Whistle And I'll Come To You 1968-05-07 · 42 min
On a winter holiday in Norfolk, a solitary, eccentric professor finds a whistle carved from bone in a graveyard. Back in his hotel room, gloating over his find, he raises the whistle to his lips, heedless of the terror it may summon…
S0 · E2Schalcken the Painter 1979-12-23 · 68 min
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
S1 · E1The Stalls of Barchester 1971-12-24 · 45 min
An ambitious cleric murders an aged Archdeacon at Barchester Cathedral. However, he is soon being stalked by a sinister black cat and by a hooded figure both of whom seem to be embodiments of carvings on the cathedral's choir stalls.
S1 · E2A Warning to the Curious 1972-12-24 · 50 min
An amateur archaeologist travels to a remote seaside town in Norfolk to search for the lost crown of Anglia, but after unearthing it is haunted by a mysterious black figure.
S1 · E3Lost Hearts 1973-12-25 · 35 min
An orphan moves into the house of his uncle, but is disturbed by visions of a pair of ghostly children. Is their message a warning to be fearful of his uncle's obsession with immortality?
S1 · E4Treasure of Abbot Thomas 1974-12-23 · 37 min
A respected theologian and his protégé unearth clues to find the hidden treasure of a disgraced monk in an abbey library. Should he have heeded his own advice not to go treasure hunting?
S1 · E5The Ash-tree 1975-12-23 · 32 min
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.
S1 · E6The Signalman 1976-12-22 · 38 min
A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.
S1 · E7Stigma 1977-12-28 · 32 min
Whilst clearing the ground for a new lawn, a family find a huge flat rock in their garden. It is so heavy it needs a crane to remove it. In doing so, they release a spirit which has terrible consequences for the family.
S1 · E8The Ice House 1978-12-25 · 34 min
The story concerns a health spa visited by Paul (John Stride) , strange incidents occur with members of staff whom Paul notices are all icy cold to the touch. The Brother and sister owners seem otherworldly , as do the residents, and they have a strange relationship with two vines.......
S1 · E9A View From a Hill 2005-12-23 · 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.
S1 · E10Number 13 2006-12-22 · 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.
S1 · E11Whistle and I'll Come to You 2010-12-24 · 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.
S1 · E12The Tractate Middoth 2013-12-25 · 35 min
A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.
S1 · E13The Dead Room 2018-12-24 · 28 min
Aubrey Judd, veteran radio presenter of The Dead Room, soon realises that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped.
S1 · E14Martin's Close 2019-12-24 · 31 min
Adaptation of a ghost story by MR James. 1684. John Martin is on trial for his life. Facing him, the infamous 'hanging judge' George Jeffreys. However, this is not a cut-and-dried murder case.
S1 · E15The Mezzotint 2021-12-24 · 29 min
1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.
S1 · E16Count Magnus 2022-12-24 · 30 min
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
S1 · E17Lot No. 249 2023-12-24 · 29 min
An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.
S1 · E18Woman of Stone 2024-12-24 · 30 min
Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive on Christmas Eve. Jack dismisses it as folklore, but on Christmas Eve, he feels drawn to the church, leaving Laura alone.
S2 · E1Whistle And I'll Come To You 1968-05-07 · 42 min
On a winter holiday in Norfolk, a solitary, eccentric professor finds a whistle carved from bone in a graveyard. Back in his hotel room, gloating over his find, he raises the whistle to his lips, heedless of the terror it may summon…
S2 · E2Schalcken the Painter 1979-12-23 · 68 min
Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?