Drama | Horror
Station:
BBC Two (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
1971-12-24
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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.
Next Episode is 'Lot No 249' (Season 2025 Episode 1) and airs on 22 Dec 2025 16:30 (CDT).
S2022E1 - Count Magnus
Sweden, 1863. A country not much visited by Englishmen. An exception is the inquisitive Mr. Wraxhall, whose innocent rummaging through the archives of the noble de la Gardie family takes a sinister turn.
Wraxhall becomes fascinated by the long-dead founder of the dynasty, the fearsome Count Magnus, a tyrannical ruler who dabbled in alchemy and who once made a strange journey to the Holy Land on most unholy business. Despite the warnings of his hosts, Wraxhall is drawn ever deeper into the Count's dark world and discovers that the dreaded aristocrat may not lie easy in his tomb...
Air Date: 23 Dec 2022 16:00 (CDT)
S2023E1 - Lot No 249
It's 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. But can Bellingham's experiments bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones, Lot No 249?
Air Date: 24 Dec 2023 16:00 (CDT)
S2024E1 - Woman of Stone
Edith Nesbit recounts the chilling tale of newlywed Victorians Jack and Laura and the legend of two marble tomb effigies, who are said to rise each year and walk.
Air Date: 24 Dec 2024 16:15 (CDT)
S2025E1 - Lot No 249
It's 1881, and Old College, Oxford plays host to three very different academics. But can Bellingham's experiments bring the breath of life to the horrifying bag of bones, Lot No 249?
Air Date: 22 Dec 2025 16:30 (CDT)
S2025E2 - Count Magnus
The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.
Air Date: 22 Dec 2025 17:00 (CDT)
S2025E3 - The Mezzotint
1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.
Air Date: 22 Dec 2025 17:35 (CDT)