Ghost Stories for Christmas: Expanded 6-Disc Collection Box Set

Vereinigte Königreich Edition, PAL/Region 2 DVD: TON: Englisch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Englisch ( Untertitel ), BONUSMATERIAL: Anamorphic Widescreen, Kasten-Satz, Multi-DVD Satz, Remastered, Schwarz und Weiß, Szene Zugang, Wechselwirkendes Menü, SYNOPSIS: This newly re-packaged and expanded Ghost Stories for Christmas 6-DVD box set from the BFI incudes a total of 20 spine-tingling adaptations of the stories of M R James, plus three additional Ghost Stories for Christmas, broadcast on the BBC between 1968 and 2010 Highlights include Jonathan Miller's Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968), Lawrence Gordon Clark's A Warning to the Curious (1972) and the Andrew Davies adaptation of Charles Dicken's The Signalman (1976). These adaptations, which have a subtlety and style all of their own, have been a major influence on many contemporary British horror filmmakers and have come to be regarded as some of the most acclaimed and brilliant British TV titles of all time. Disc One: Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968); Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010) Disc Two: The Stalls of Barchester (1971); A Warning to the Curious (1972) Disc Three: Lost Hearts (1973); The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974); The Ash Tree (1975) Disc Four: The Signalman (1976); Stigma (1977); The Ice House (1978) Disc Five: A View from a Hill (2005); Number 13 (2006) Disc Six: Classic Ghost Stories 1986 (Robert Powell reads The Mezzotint, The Ash Tree, Wailing Well, The Rose Garden and Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad) ...Ghost Stories For Christmas - 6-DVD Box Set ( Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968 & 2010) / The Stalls of Barchester / A Warning to the Curious / Lost Hearts / T

GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
EXPANDED SIX - DISC COLLECTION
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.
This expansive box set collects over 13 hours' worth of content, including all 12 episodes of the classic A Ghost Story for Christmas series, the entire Classic Ghost Stories series (presented by Robert Powell), the M R James episodes of Spine Chillers (presented by Michael Bryant), and three of the Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee instalments from 2000. Also included is a 48-page booklet with essays and full credits
DISC ONE

• Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968, 42 mins); Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010, 52 mins)
• Jonathan Miller and Christopher Frayling discuss the 1968 version (2012, 3 mins)
• Introduction to the 1968 version by horror writer Ramsey Campbell (2001, 16 mins)
• MR James original story read by Neil Brand (2001, 42 mins)
• Ramsey Campbell reads his own M R James inspired story The Guide (2001, 27 mins)

DISC TWO

• The Stalls of Barchester (1971, 45 mins); A Warning to the Curious (1972, 50 mins)
• Filmed introductions by director Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012, 10 + 12 mins)
• Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee The Stalls of Barchester by M R James and A Warning to the Curious by MR James (2000, Eleanor Yule, 2 x 30 mins)

DISC THREE

• Lost Hearts (1973, 35 mins); The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974, 37 mins); The Ash Tree (1975, 32 mins)
• Filmed introduction by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012, 11 mins + 11 mins + 8 mins)

DISC FOUR

• The Signalman (1976, 39 mins); Stigma (1977, 32 mins); The Ice House (1978, 34 mins)
• Filmed introductions by Lawrence Gordon Clark (2012, 11 mins + 9 mins)

DISC FIVE

• A View from a Hill (2005, 39 mins); Number 13 (2006, 40 mins)
• Ghost Stories for Christmas with Christopher Lee - Number 13 by MR James (2000, Eleanor Yule, 30 mins)

DISC SIX

• Classic Ghost Stories The Mezzotint , The Ash-Tree , Wailing Well , The Rose Garden and Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (1986, 5 x 14 mins)
• Spine Chillers 'The Mezzotint' , 'A School Story' and 'The Diary of Mr Poynter' (1980, 3 x 11 mins)

UK | 1968-2010 | colour (one black & white programme)| English language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 830 minutes total | 6 x DVD9 | Original aspect ratios 1.33:1 and 1.78:1 (16x9 anamorphic) | Dolby Digital audio (320 kbps)