A Ghost Story For Christmas - 2005 Revival

2005 Revival

BBC Four revisited the series at Christmas 2004, and in 2005 began to produce new adaptations of M. R. James stories, broadcast along with repeats of episodes from the original 1970s series.

Title Author UK broadcast date Description Main cast
A View from a Hill M. R. James, adapted by Peter Harness 23 December 2005 A historian has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to a missing outcast and venturing up a notorious landmark. Mark Letheren, Pip Torrens, David Burke
Number 13 M. R. James, adapted by Justin Hopper 22 December 2006 An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong. Greg Wise, Paul Freeman, David Burke

Read more about this topic:  A Ghost Story For Christmas

Famous quotes containing the word revival:

    I do not think a revival of business will be greatly postponed by [Samuel J.] Tilden’s election. Business prosperity does not, in my judgment, depend on government so much as men commonly think.
    Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)