Broadcast in the dying hours of christmas eve, the bbc’s a ghost story for christmas series was a fixture of the seasonal schedules throughout the 1970s and spawned a long tradition of chilling tales, which terrified yuletide viewers for decades to come.after the best selling release of volume one last year, this much requested follow up gives five more festive landmarks their blu ray debut, having been newly remastered by the bfi from original film materials'. '.strtoupper('a')s well as two mr james adaptations, the series includes the celebrated version of charles dicken's the signalman starring denholm elliot, as well as specially written stories set in the contemporary 1970s'. '.strtoupper('t')hese influential films, all but one directed by lawrence gordon clark, were written by some of the best scriptwriters working in british tv in the 1970s john bowen, david rudkin, andrew davies and clive exton.the filmsthe treasure of abbot thomas 1974, 37 minthe ash tree 1975, 32 minthe signalman 1976, 39 minstigma 1977, 32 minthe ice house 1978, 34 mina view from a hill 2005, 39 mins a young museum curator, fanshawe finds himself in possession of a pair of binoculars that grant him a strange new ability'. '.strtoupper('i')gnoring all warnings about their necromantic creator, fanshawe carries out his research, but the bloody past of the area is best left undisturbed...number 13 2006, 40 mins infuriated by the ghoulish noises made nightly by his neighbour, professor anderson is soon driven to investigate the diabolical secrets of the old hotel and its mysteriously vanishing room 13.newly recorded audio commentary on the treasure of abbot thomas by tv historian simon farquharnewly recorded audio commentary on the ash tree by author johnny mainsnewly recorded audio commentary on the signalman by tv historian jon dearnewly recorded audio commentaries on stigma and the ice house by kim newman and sean hoganghost stories for christmas with christopher lee 2000, 30 mins ronald frame's adaptation is brought to life by horror maestro christopher leeintroductions by lawrence gordon clark 2012, 39 mins the director introduces the treasure of abbot thomas, the ash tree, the signalman and stigmaillustrated booklet with archival essays by alex davidson, dick fiddy, matthew sweet, and helen wheatley
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