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Season 1
December 24, 1971

Season 1

Broadcast in the dying hours of Christmas Eve, the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas series was a fixture of the seasonal schedules throughout the 1970s. For ten years viewers were chilled and terrified by atmospheric literary adaptations as well as sinister contemporary tales.

01. The Stalls of Barchester

While cataloging the library of Barchester Cathedral, a scholar finds a diary detailing the events surrounding the mysterious death of an Archdeacon some 50 years earlier. The first of the BBC's famed 'A Ghost Story for Christmas'.

December 24, 1971

02. A Warning to the Curious

An archaeologist goes treasure hunting along the English coast in search of a lost, fabled crown that supposedly helps protect Great Britain against invasion, but uncovers something much more sinister.

December 24, 1972

03. Lost Hearts

A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.

December 25, 1973

04. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

The Reverend Justin Somerton, a scholar of Medieval history, and his protégé Lord Peter Dattering are visiting an Abbey library. Studying a stained glass window they uncover clues leading to a treasure hidden by a disgraced Abbot.

December 23, 1974

05. The Ash Tree

"The Ash Tree" tells the tale of when an aristocrat inherits his family haunted estate.

December 23, 1975

06. The Signalman

A lonely Signalman is visited by a stranger.

December 26, 1975

07. Stigma

"Stigma" tells the tale of when after a young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle workmen disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.

December 28, 1977

08. The Ice House

Paul, recently divorced, seeks sanctuary at a country retreat run by a sinister brother and sister.

December 25, 1978