Ghost Stories for Christmas. Various directors, 1968-2006.
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Edition screened: BFI DVD box set, released 2013. English language. Runtime of feature titles approximately 830 minutes.
Summary: The 1975 version of The Ash Tree includes a few images of dead animals. The box set otherwise is free of depictions of dead or mistreated animals.
This 6-DVD set from BFI is grounded in the writings of M.R. James. It includes a standard assortment of introductions and commentaries, along with short films from several BBC series:
The entire series A Ghost Story for Christmas:
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968, Jonathan Miller)
- Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010, Andy de Emmony)
- The Stalls of Barchester (1971, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- A Warning to the Curious (1972, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- Lost Hearts (1973, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- The Ash Tree (1975, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- The Signalman (1976, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- Stigma (1977, Lawrence Gordon Clark)
- The Ice House (1978, Derek Lister)
- A View from a Hill (2005, Luke Watson)
- Number 13 (2005, Pier Wilkie)
The entire series Classic Ghost Stories:
- The Mezzotint (1986, David Bell)
- The Ash-Tree (1986, David Bell)
- Wailing Well (1986, David Bell)
- Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad (1986, David Bell)
- The Rose Garden (1986, David Bell)
From the series Spine Chillers:
- The Mezzotint (1980, Marilyn Fox)
- A School Story (1980, Marilyn Fox)
- The Diary of Mr. Poynter (1980, Marilyn Fox)
From the series Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee:
- The Stalls of Barchester (2000, Eleanor Yule)
- A Warning to the Curious (2000, Eleanor Yule)
- Number 13 (2000, Eleanor Yule)