A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and later revived in 2005 on BBC Four. With one exception, the original instalments are directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films are all shot on 16 mm colour film. The remit behind the series was to provide a television adaptation of a classic ghost story referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas.
You can now watch A Ghost Story for Christmas online on the following streaming platforms in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1971 | Episode 1 | The Stalls of Barchester | 1971-12-24 | 45 min |
| Season 1972 | Episode 1 | A Warning to the Curious | 1972-12-24 | 45 min |
| Season 1973 | Episode 1 | Lost Hearts | 1973-12-25 | 45 min |
| Season 1974 | Episode 1 | The Treasure of Abbot Thomas | 1974-12-23 | 45 min |
| Season 1975 | Episode 1 | The Ash Tree | 1975-12-23 | 45 min |
| Season 1976 | Episode 1 | The Signalman | 1976-12-22 | 45 min |
| Season 1977 | Episode 1 | Stigma | 1977-12-28 | 45 min |
| Season 1978 | Episode 1 | The Ice House | 1978-12-25 | 45 min |
| Season 2005 | Episode 1 | A View from a Hill | 2005-12-23 | 45 min |
| Season 2006 | Episode 1 | Number 13 | 2006-12-22 | 45 min |
| Season 2010 | Episode 1 | Whistle and I'll Come to You | 2010-12-24 | 45 min |
| Season 2013 | Episode 1 | The Tractate Middoth | 2013-12-25 | 45 min |
| Season 2018 | Episode 1 | The Dead Room | 2018-12-24 | 45 min |
| Season 2019 | Episode 1 | Martin's Close | 2019-12-24 | 45 min |
| Season 2021 | Episode 1 | The Mezzotint | 2021-12-24 | 45 min |
| Season 2022 | Episode 1 | Count Magnus | 2022-12-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2023 | Episode 1 | Lot No 249 | 2023-12-24 | 30 min |
