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  1. Warning to the Curious, A (2003)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50n minutes), £15.99

    A classic ghost story shown on BBC Televison in 1972. Based on a story by M R James, A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS tells the tale of three fabled crowns buried on the Norfolk coast which, according to legend,...

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  2. Woman in Black, The (1989)

    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 101 minutes), £22.49

    TV adaptation by Nigel Kneale of Susan Hill’s celebrated ghost story, starring Bernard Hepton and Adrian Rawlings. Now deleted, this title can be obtained second hand both in the UK and USA.

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  3. Signalman, The (2003)

    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 39 minutes), £15.99

    An adaptation by Andrew Davies of the short story by Charles Dickens, shown in 1976 as the sixth programme in the BBC’s annual GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS series. Strange things are being seen and heard by a...

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  4. Stone Tape, The (1972 Video)

    Director
    Peter Sasdy
    Producer
    Innes Lloyd
    Subject
    Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    DVD

    A television adaptation by Peter Sasdy of Nigel Kneale’s classic ghost story, first broadcast in 1972 as ‘a ghost story for Christmas’ and repeated just once, in 1973. A team of scientists, eager to...

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  5. Literature of the Supernatural: Worlds Beyond Reason (1984)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 41 minutes), £95.00 [University rate]

    A survey of supernatural themes in literature.

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  6. Ghostwatch (2002)

    Subject
    Drama; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 91 minutes), £15.99

    This video release of BBC Television’s controversial Halloween special marks the first appearance of the programme in any media since its first and only transmission in 1992. So convincing was this...

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  7. Christmas Carol, A (1977)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes ), £99.99 (combined with 3 other titles)

    A television adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story, keeping close to Dickens’ text, with John Le Mesurier as Marley’s Ghost, Bernard Lee as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Alvar...

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  8. Turn of the Screw, The (2000)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 92 minutes), £12.99

    A television adaptation by Nick Dear of the Henry James novella, in which a governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.

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  9. Mami Wata: The Ghost of the White Woman (1988 Video)

    Director
    D Weise; T Wendl
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min., 1995 sale: DM150 (+p&p)

    A novice is initiated into the Mami Wata cult in Ewe, Togo. Several Mami Wata priests are following their tasks and the end of the year is celebrated. Some priests speak about their personal experiences.

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  10. Sutton Hoo: The Million Pound Grave (1986 Video)

    Producer
    Ray Sutcliffe
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Follows the discovery in Suffolk in 1939 by three local men of the spectacular hoard of royal regalia buried in the midst of a ghost outline of a great wooden ship. An update of an earlier programme, looking...

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