TV series

Classic Ghost Stories

1986 · 1 season

A quiet, unsettling experience of being read to by firelight, where dread builds slowly through words and suggestion rather than shocks.

Overview: Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, death, fate, memory
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 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
death
fate
memory
freedom
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: mystery, drama
Created by: M.R. James
Written by: David Bell
Starring: Robert Powell, Norman Bacon, Cameron Miller, Arthur Nightingale, John Beardmore, John Cannon, Jeremy Roberts, Peter Creasey
Length: 1 seasons, 5 episodes
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English