All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 The Stalls of Barchester

    • December 24, 1971
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S01E02 A Warning to the Curious

    • December 24, 1972
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S01E03 Lost Hearts

    • December 25, 1973
    • BBC One

    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?

  • S01E04 The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

    • December 23, 1974
    • BBC One

    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?

  • S01E05 The Ash Tree

    • December 23, 1975
    • BBC One

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

  • S01E06 The Signalman

    • December 22, 1976
    • BBC One

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

  • S01E07 Stigma

    • December 28, 1977
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S01E08 The Ice House

    • December 25, 1978
    • BBC One

    The story concerns a health spa visited by Paul, 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.......

Season 2

  • S02E01 A View From a Hill

    • December 23, 2005
    • BBC One

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

  • S02E02 Number 13

    • December 22, 2006
    • BBC One

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

  • S02E03 Whistle and I'll Come to You

    • December 24, 2010
    • BBC Two

    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.

  • S02E04 The Tractate Middoth

    • December 25, 2013
    • BBC Two

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

  • S02E05 The Dead Room

    • December 24, 2018
    • BBC Four

    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.

  • S02E06 Martin's Close

    • December 24, 2019
    • BBC Four

    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.

  • S02E07 The Mezzotint

    • December 24, 2021
    • BBC Two

    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.

  • S02E08 Count Magnus

    • December 23, 2022
    • BBC Two

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

  • S02E09 Lot No 249

    • December 24, 2023
    • BBC Two

    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?

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 The Haunted Airman

    • October 31, 2006
    • BBC One

    An injured RAF Flight Lieutenant suffers from repeated horrific nightmares while recuperating at a remote mansion in Wales. However, he begins to suspect his psychiatrist or aunt may be responsible.