The Red Room - Ghost Stories for Christmas BBC 2000 Broadcast 2000.12.18
Dramatised by Robin Brooks. Directed by Clive Brill.
At a Christmas party, the young Rebecca West meets a mysterious stranger. Literary passions, among others, are aroused and questions raised about the nature of the ghost story. A challenge is proffered and a battle of wits begins.
Episode 1: Eveline's Visitant, by Mary Braddon.
Episode 2: Mr Tallent's Ghost, by Mary Webb.
3: Casting the Runes, by MR James.
Episode 4: The Spectre Bridegroom, by Washington Irving.
Episode 5: Count Magnus, by MR James.
Episode 7: `Jerry Bundler', by WW Jacobs.
Episode 6: The Buick Saloon, by Ann Bridge.
Episode 8: The Bodysnatcher, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Final episode (9): The Tarn, by Hugh Walpole.
With Lia Williams, Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root and Charlie Simpson.
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I had to keep this remark, It is one of my most cherished --- Rick
Reply by Magersfontein on July 20, 2008 at 9:29am
Hurrah! Thank you, Rick. I've been searching for some time for the last two instalments of this curious but enjoyable serial. You are a benefactor of the human race.
Roger
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Thanks!
I second that benefactor bit ! Thank you much, sir !
bump
Wonderful, well worth a listen!