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A Ghost Story for Christmas

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S1 E19 · The Room in the Tower

About A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas is a drama TV series that premiered on BBC One on December 24, 1971. It has 2 seasons and 22 episodes so far and is still airing new episodes. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 19 "The Room in the Tower", aired on December 24, 2025.

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.

  • Drama

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Episodes

22 episodes · 2 seasons

Season 1

1971 · 19 episodes · Last episode: 10 months ago

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    19. The Room in the Tower

    For 15 years, Roger Winstanley has been haunted by an unsettling, recurring dream: an invitation to spend the night in the house of an acquaintance, where an unseen terror lurks and the figures who populate the dream seem to age in real time. Nightmare and waking life seem to finally collide when an invitation to the dreaded "room in the tower” becomes all too real…

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    18. Woman of Stone

    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.

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    17. Lot No. 249

    An Oxford University student becomes obsessed with an ancient Egyptian mummy.

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    16. Count Magnus

    The inquisitive Mr Wraxhall discovers that a long-dead Swedish nobleman does not lie easy in his tomb.

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    15. The Mezzotint

    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.

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    14. Martin's Close

    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.

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    13. The Dead Room

    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.

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    12. The Tractate Middoth

    A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents.

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    11. Whistle and I'll Come to You

    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.

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    10. Number 13

    An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.

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    9. A View From a Hill

    A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.

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    8. The Ice House

    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.......

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    7. Stigma

    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.

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    6. The Signalman

    A railway signalman tells a curious traveller how he is being troubled by a ghostly spectre that seems to predict calamity.

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    5. The Ash-tree

    An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor's role in a witchcraft trial.

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    4. Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    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?

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    3. Lost Hearts

    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?

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    2. A Warning to the Curious

    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.

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    1. The Stalls of Barchester

    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.

Season 2

2005 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 15 years ago

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    3. Whistle and I'll Come to You

    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.

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    2. Number 13

    An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong.

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    1. A View From a Hill

    A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark.

Cast & crew

  • John Hurt

    John Hurt

    James Parkin

  • Gemma Jones

    Gemma Jones

    Alice Parkin

  • Lesley Sharp

    Lesley Sharp

    Hetty

  • Sophie Thompson

    Sophie Thompson

    Carol

  • Robert Hardy

    Robert Hardy

    Archdeacon Haynes

  • Clive Swift

    Clive Swift

    Dr. Black

  • Peter Vaughan

    Peter Vaughan

    Mr. Paxton

  • Denholm Elliott

    Denholm Elliott

    The Signalman

  • Peter Bowles

    Peter Bowles

    Peter

  • Pip Torrens

    Pip Torrens

    Squire Richards

  • Mark Letheren

    Mark Letheren

    Dr. Fanshawe

  • David Burke

    David Burke

    Patten

  • Greg Wise

    Greg Wise

    Professor Anderson

  • Paul Freeman

    Paul Freeman

    Mr. Harrington

  • Tom Burke

    Tom Burke

    Edward Jenkins

  • Charlotte Comer

    Charlotte Comer

    Alice

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The most recent episode of A Ghost Story for Christmas, Season 1 Episode 19 "The Room in the Tower", aired on December 24, 2025.

How many seasons of A Ghost Story for Christmas are there?

A Ghost Story for Christmas has 2 seasons with 22 episodes in total.

When did A Ghost Story for Christmas first air?

A Ghost Story for Christmas first aired on BBC One on December 24, 1971.

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