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  M R JAMES SEASON

Settle down for a series of ghost stories from Montague Rhodes James, author of some of the most chilling tales in the English language. Each Christmas Eve the Cambridge academic would read a new ghost story to his friends and in this spirit we are showing classic adaptations of some of James' tales and a new documentary about the writer.

 Ghost Stories: M R James and more in December 2005

 
Ruth Rendell   M R JAMES
Friday 23 December 2005 11.10pm-11.40pm
Profile featuring interviews with admirers of James including Ruth Rendell and Muriel Gray.
 
Clive Swift   A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS (1972)
Tuesday 20 December 2005 11.20pm-12.15am
A man goes in search of an ancient crown, unaware that anyone who moves it will be cursed.

 
Freda Dowie   WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU (1968)
Wednesday 21 December 2005 11.25pm-12.10am
Jonathan Miller's chilling adaptation of Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad, starring Michael Horden.
 
Robert Hardy   THE STALLS OF BARCHESTER (1971)
December 2004
Robert Hardy stars as an ambitious cleric who decides to advance his career by murdering his archdeacon.

 
Paul Lavers in The Treasure of Abbot Thomas   THE TREASURE OF ABBOT THOMAS (1974)
December 2004
Michael Bryant stars as a historian who finds the clue to hidden treasure in an old stained-glass window.

 
 
 
READ GHOST STORIES
An online anthology inspired by the season
  Get Writing: skull
GREAT LIVES
Listen to Muriel Gray discuss M R James
Great Lives: Muriel Gray

 HAVE YOUR SAY

External Links

Ghosts and Scholars
Biography, bibliography, details of adaptations and a newsletter

The Ghost Stories of M R James
Stories including Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad and The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

The Literary Gothic
More James stories, including The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral and A Warning to the Curious

Whistle and I'll Come to You
Cast list and analysis from the BFI

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