TV series

A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971 · 3 seasons

A quiet, fog-bound tale that creeps under your skin with stillness and dread rather than shocks.

Tagline: Classic adaptations from the BBC
Overview: A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, fate, guilt, death
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
fate
guilt
death
faith
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none