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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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Hamlet (1992 Television)

Series

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Director

Natalia Orlova

Producer

Dave Edwards

The story in an animated version. All the lines spoken by the characters are Shakespeare’s own. Narrated by Michael Kitchen.

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Morning Call Archive No.5: A selection of interviews: Beaulieu ghosts; Ned Sherrin; Dawn Allan; Pat Stacy; George Melly - nd [1984]

Morning Call Archive No.5: A selection of interviews from Radio Victory’s Morning Call series, compiled as an archive reel by the station. TRACKS 1-3: ELIZABETH VARLEY, daughter of Lord Montagu II Baron of...

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Haunted Seasons

Date

14 Dec 2016, 13:02

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Haunted Seasons: Television Ghosts Stories For Christmas And Horror For Halloween by Derek Johnston, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), 192 pages, ISBN: 978-1137298942 (hardback), $95. About the reviewer: Dr...

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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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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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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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Schalcken the Painter (2013)

Director

Leslie Megahey

Subject

Art; Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

Based on the short story ‘Strange Event in the Life of Schalcken the Painter’ by Sheridan Le Fanu, this programme was originally shown in the Omnibus strand on BBC 2 during Christmas 1979. The story...

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Schalcken the Painter

Date

17 Feb 2014, 17:34

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

2013. GB. Blu-Ray + DVD. BFI Home Video. 70 minues + 90 minutes extras. Certificate 15. RRP £19.00 About the reviewer: Dr Stacey Abbott is Reader in Film and Television Studies at Roehampton University....

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Great Authors: Charles Dickens (2003)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 510 minutes (3 discs)), £29.99

A 3-part DVD set exploring the life, times and work of Charles Dickens, using a mixture of drama and dramatised documentary from the BBC archives. His is a fascinating story - from rags to riches, complete...

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