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   Dec 21, 2023 · Lot No 249, Arthur Conan Doyle’s late-Victorian tale about a campus tormented by the undead, is the latest classic supernatural horror to be adapted for the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas...

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     A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249 review – Gothic, silly and wonderful all at once

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   Dec 27, 2023 · Mark Gatiss’ revival of A Ghost Story for Christmas, a British strand of one-off specials infrequently aired around the holidays since 1971, continues with what is possibly its best entry yet:...

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   Dec 20, 2022 · The BBC's television presentations of M.R. James stories became the spookiest tradition, A Ghost Story for Christmas. Here's all you need to know.

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   Legendary actor Christopher Lee reads a selection of spooky yuletide ghost stories.

   • Director: Eleanor Yule

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   Greg Wise heads the cast in a chilling new adaptation of MR James's classic ghost story, where bizarre events take place at a local hotel. The discovery of the last of the legendary East...

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   • Start Date: December 23, 2000

   • Actors: Edward Petherbridge

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   Mark Gatiss, master of the macabre, presents chilling Christmas stories for a cold winter's night.

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   Is a ghost story for Christmas serious?

   • Before then, 'A Ghost Story for Christmas' tended to be serious. In 'Lot No. 249', however, this break from routine is a pleasant surprise and a great way to buck tradition.

   A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249 Review - Bloody Disgusting

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   Is a ghost story for Christmas based on a true story?

   • This year marks a departure. A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249 (BBC Two) is from the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle. Published in 1892, it’s a High Victorian tale set in an Oxford college where Egyptology is a new-fangled product of empire – Egypt had been occupied by the British 10 years earlier.

   A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249, BBC Two, review: Mark Gatiss

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   Are ghost stories a thing in the UK?

   • Ghost stories are indeed a tradition in the UK during Christmas. It wasn’t until much later that I realized this, having grown up in the US where ghost stories are not a big part of Christmas. In fact, for a number of years on the BBC, it became a staple of television on Christmas night.

   A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS – Britain’s Scary Tradition

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   What was the Christmas ghost story in a warning to the curious?

   • In 'A Warning to the Curious', the 1972 Christmas ghost story, James plays Dr. Black, who spends his holiday at a Norfolk seaside community. An out-of-work banker and amateur archaeologist (Peter Vaughn) comes to find and dig up the lost crown of Anglia. The story serves as a warning to the curious.

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   Dec 24, 2023 · Review. A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No 249, BBC Two, review: Mark Gatiss remains the king of spooks. Having swapped MR James for Arthur Conan Doyle, Gatiss rounds up a stellar cast...