Tag: ghosts
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Ghostwatch was a British supernatural mockumentary first broadcast on BBC 1 on Halloween night of 1992. Presented as live – although actually part of the BBC’s Screen One anthology drama series – the show aimed to provide definitive proof of the paranormal. It was hosted by TV stalwart Michael Parkinson, a very familiar face to…
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The Signalman is a short film which was first broadcast on the BBC in 1976, as part of the broadcaster’s ‘A Ghost Story for Christmas’ strand. It was based on “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens, adapted for TV by Andrew Davies and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. The film introduces us to The Signalman, played…
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The Stone Tape is a 1972 British horror drama, written by Nigel Kneale and directed by Peter Sasdy. It was first broadcast on U.K. TV on Christmas Day of that year. A team of researchers for an electronics company move into an old Victorian mansion. Amongst the team is Jill, a sensitive computer programmer, and…
Anoraks Assemble 