THE GHOST HUNTER
4 Jan 2000 - 2002 (18 eps) rpt
28 Mar 2005 / BBC1 (rpt BBC2).
Writers: Ivan Jones, Roy Apps (based
on a story by Ivan Jones).
Children's supernatural drama series. Roddy
Oliver gets mixed up with ghosts and
the evil ghost hunter, Mrs Croker.
With:
Jean Marsh, William Theakston, Richard Hanson.
Memorable
Children's TV.
Cast
and photos.
LIFE FORCE
10 Jan - 9 Apr
2000 (13 eps) / ITV.
Children's SciFi
drama series. In the near future, the world is
in the grip of an environmental crisis, with water levels
rising and the population dying off. A group of children,
including two telepaths, are left to fend for
themselves after (adult) members of the environmental
group Greenwatch are arrested.
With: Paul Fox,
Julia Howarth, Pablo Duarte, Sarah Hollis.
TV Tome Guide - Lifeforce.
Memorable
Children's TV.
RANDALL AND HOPKIRK (DECEASED)
18 Mar 2000 - 2001 (12 eps) /
BBC1.
Writer/Producer: Charlie Higson.
Supernatural comedy/crime drama series. An update of the
1969 series.
With: Bob Mortimer, Vic Reeves,
Emilia Fox, Tom Baker.
Randall
and Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000.
MONARCH OF THE GLEN ![]()
2000 - Oct 2005 (7 series) / BBC1
Gentle-paced
drama series centred around the family who own "Glenbogle",
a country estate in the highlands of Scotland. Several episodes
featured aspects of the supernatural:
Series 1, Episode
5 (26 March 2000).
Archie's sister and her boyfriend, Gerald, arrive
at Glenbogle, with plans to turn the place into
a New Age therapy centre. Gerald finds a spring
on the estate using his psychic powers.
Series
4, Episode 8 (20 Oct 2002).
Molly attends a seance in an attempt to contact
the spirit of her late husband (Hector, former
laird of the Glenbogle estate). A ghostly figure is
seen at the window and strange noises are heard at night.
Could Glenbogle be haunted?
HOGMANAY SPECIAL
(28 Dec 2003).
Glenbogle is gearing up for the annual Hogmanay celebrations.
A Ghost Hunter and his daughter arrive
at the house to investigate reports of an apparition.
Series
7, Episode 6 (23 Oct 2005)
In the last ever episode,
financial problems force the laird to put Glenbogle on the market.
The ghost of Hector (a former laird) appears to Molly, as she faces
a decision about her future.
With:
Richard Briers, Alistair Mackenzie, Susan Hampshire,
Dawn Steele, Hamish Clark,
Rebecca Lacey,
Alexander Morton, Lloyd Owen, Tom Baker, Martin Compston, Rae Hendrie.
BBC
Guide - Monarch of the Glen.
URBAN GOTHIC - DEPTFORD VOODOO ![]()
14 Jun 2000 (30 mins) / Channel
5.
Writer:
Tom De Ville / Director: Marcus D F White.
A
social worker investigates a case which involves Voodoo
and spirit possession.
With: Sean Francis, Joan
Hooley.
20 Dec 2000 (rpt Dec 2004) / ITV.
Writer: Peter Bowker.
A modern-day reworking of the Charles Dickens classic.
With: Ross
Kemp, Warren Mitchell, Liz Smith.
Kennedy's
TV SF guide to "A Christmas Carol".
Screen
stills from "A Christmas Carol".
CHRISTOPHER LEE'S GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS
23 - 31 Dec 2000 (4 x 30 min eps)
/ BBC2.
Writer: Ronald Frame / Director: Eleanor Yule.
Every Christmas, M R James, narrates ghost stories to students in
his study at Kings College. The stories are:
(1)
The Stalls
of Barchester.
(2) The Ash Tree.
(3) Number
13.
(4) A Warning To The Curious.
With CHRISTOPHER LEE (as M R James).
"Ghosts
and scholars" review.
THE SLEEPER
26 - 27 Dec 2000 (2 x 60
min eps) / BBC1.
Writer: Gwyneth Hughes (based
on the novel by Gillian
White) / Director: Stuart Orme.
Supernatural
comedy drama. A family get together for a reunion
at a remote Dartmoor farmhouse. But the celebration
is cut short by a combination of atrocious weather,
a power cut, a visiting spiritualist, a missing relative
and a restless spirit.
With: Eileen Atkins, Anna
Massey, George Cole, Michelle Collins.
SHADES
2001 (6 eps) / BBC
Supernatural
drama series. Two wandering spirits meet up after death,
finding that they still have unfinished business on
Earth (not yet shown on terrrestrial UK TV).
With: Stephen
Tompkinson, Dervla Kirwan.
Shades
- TV Tome Guide.
GYPSY GIRL
19 Feb 2001 - (7 eps) / ITV
Writer:
Carol Noble (Based on stories by Elizabeth Arnold).
Children's
fantasy drama series about a young Romany girl, Freya,
with magical powers.
With: Gemma Gregory, Olivia
Winstone, Eleanor Bron, Thomas Jamerson, Gary Webster.
STRANGE
9 March 2002 - (7 eps) / BBC1
Writer: Andrew Marshall / Director: Joe Aheame.
An ex-priest investigates sundry demonic goings-on
with his assistant Jude Atkins.
With: Richard
Coyle, Samantha Janus, Ian Richardson.
BBC
Cult Drama - Strange
Strangeonline
(fan site).
TV
Tome guide.
INQUISITION
22 December 2002 /
Channel 5.
Writer/ Producer: Jack Emery (based
on a story by Dostoevsky) / Director: Betsan Morris Evans.
Period
drama. A man who has been seen working miracles is brought
before the Spanish Inquisition.
With:
Derek Jacobi, Stephen Billington, Alan Armstrong.
MURDER IN MIND - ECHOES
25 Jan 2003 / BBC1
Writer:
Anthony Horowitz / Director: Coky Giedroyc
Liz
and Daniel Morton move into the old family home and
uncover a body buried in the back garden. Liz begins
to suspect that the house is haunted and turns
to a Psychic for help. Their investigations reveal
that the body is linked to events which took place
over a century before.
With: Tara FitzGerald, James
Wilby, Paul Rhys, Kate Magowan.
BBC Guide - Murder in Mind: Echoes.
WITCHCRAZE
29 January 2003 / BBC2.
Writer/Producer: Mark Hayhurst / Director: James
Kent.
Drama-documentary telling the story of the
persecution of an alleged witch - Agnes Sampson, during
the 16th century.
With: Cathleen McCarron, Ewan
Stewart, Jimmy Harrison.
History
News network review.
THE SECOND COMING
9 - 10 February 2003 (2 x 90 min
eps) / ITV1.
Writer: Russell T Davies / Director: Adrian Shergold.
Drama. A man announces to the world that he is the
son of God.
With: Christopher Ecclestone.
POWERS
7 Jan 2004 - (13 x 25 min eps).
/ BBC1
Writer:
Jim Eldridge
Children's adventure series. Two
teenagers with psychic abilities, Mark and Song Li,
are part of a research team which investigates supernatural
phenomena.
With: Rupert Hollday Evans,
Mandana Jones, Amy Yamazaki, Adam Jessop.
Powers
Guide. (Mandana Jones Website).
2004
- 2006 / BBC1.
Writers: David Kane,
Ed Whitmore, Peter Jukes, Niall Leonard.
A team of Parapsychologists, based
in Glasgow and headed by Dr. Douglas Monaghan, is
charged with the investigation
of supernatural phenomena reported by members of the public.
Series 1 (2 - 17 Feb 2004) / 6 eps.
1 - 2. Possession (pts 1 & 2).
3 - 4. Shades of Evil (pts 1 & 2)
5 - 6. Voodoo Nights (pts 1 & 2).
With Bill
Patterson, Peter McDonald, Archie Panjabi.
Series
2 (8 Jan - Feb 2005).
1 - 2. Amulet (pts 1 & 2).
3 - 4. Omen Formation (pts 1 & 2)
5 - 6. Empty Promise (pts 1 & 2)
With Bill Patterson,
Dawn Steele, Iain Robertson.
Series
3 (7 Jan - 11 Feb 2006).
1. Insiders: After a seance goes wrong, one of the participants is possessed by a vengeful spirit.
2. Oracle: Justine starts to have disturbing visions which she believes are linked to a missing local woman.
3. Sleeper: A postgrad research experiment into sleep goes horribly wrong, causing the subconscious mental energy of the subject to erupt into the physical world.
4. The Newsroom: An investigation at a hotel reveals an unusual animal haunting.
5. Succubus: One of the team, Craig, falls ill after he is seduced by an attractive, but sinister young woman.
6. Rebound: Bizarre and overpowering electrical phenomena affect a young woman after she dabbles in magic. The trail leads to a succesful businessman who believes he is the reincarnation of an 18th century alchemist.
With: Bill Patterson,
Dawn
Steele, Iain Robertson.
Mini-series (17
& 19 Apr 2007)
1 - 2.
A married couple renovating an old country mansion uncover
an occult wall painting dating from victorian times. Dr. Douglas Monaghan
(sans assistants) is called in
to investigate after the wife witnesses a series
of frightening apparitions.
With: Bill Patterson,
Neve McIntosh, Ben Miles.
WIKI
Guide - Sea of Souls
5 Jun 2004 / BBC2
Music:
Benjamin Britten / Conducted
by: Richard Hickox / Director: Katie Mitchell.
Engaging adaptation of Britten's
1954 opera, based on a ghost story by
Henry James and filmed on location in and around Fulbeck
Hall, Lincolnshire.
With: Mark Padmore, Lisa Milne,
Catrin Wyn Davies, Diana Montague, Nicholas Kirby Johnson,
Caroline Wise.
MIDSOMER MURDERS - THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
10 Oct 2004 / ITV1
Writer: Peter
J Hammond / Director: Peter Smith / Exec. Producer:
Brian True-May.
Murder most foul visits
the picturesque village of Fletcher's Cross. DCI Tom
Barnaby and Seargent Dan Scott
investigate the activities of a spiritualist church
run by Medium Rosetta Price.
With:
John Nettles, John Hopkins.
Midsomer
(fan site)
MIDSOMER MURDERS - SECOND SIGHT
23 Jan 2005 / ITV1
Writer: Tony Etchells /
Director: Richard Holthouse / Producer: Brian True-May.
Another
case for DCI Tom Barnaby as bodies start to pile up
again in the unlikeliest murder capital of Britain
- the picturesque village of Midsomer Mere! A body
is discovered with scorch marks across the scalp after
a brawl in the local pub. The victim had formerly been
a guinea pig in a bizarre scientific investigation
into "second sight". The plot also involves a family who claim to be
able to see into the future.
Starring:
John Nettles, John Hopkins.
Midsomer
(fan site)
DOCTOR WHO - THE UNQUIET DEAD
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9 Apr 2005 / BBC1.
Writer:
Mark Gatiss / Director: Euros Lyn /Producer: Phil Collinson.
Veteran
Sci-Fi drama. The time travelling Tardis takes the Doctor
and his assistant Rose Tyler back to Cardiff, Wales
in the year 1869. A meeting with a psychic maidservant
reveals that
bodies at a local mortuary are being brought back
to life by a race of aliens in gaseous form.
With
Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Simon Callow.
www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho
2005 - 2006 / ITV1.
Writers: Steven Volk,
Guy Burt.
Supernatural
drama series. Alison Mundy is a troubled Psychic struggling to reconcile
her spiritual gifts with the demands of everyday life.
Series
1 (24 Sep - 29 Oct 2005)
(1) More than meets
the eye. Alison passes on a psychic message to a young woman about
her past - with tragic consequences. She attracts the attention of
a Pychologist - Dr. Robert Bridge - who wishes to make a study of her work.
(2) Lower
than Bones. Alison has a vision of a young girl, which leads
to her becoming involved in a murder investigation.
(3)
Daniel One and Two. Alison tries to help
a young man who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She believes
he is being harassed by a malevolent spirit.
(4) Misdirection.
Alison finds work as a care assistant and meets a nurse who
claims he is being tormented by the spirit of a former patient
who committed suicide.
(5) Sleeping
with the Dead. Alison investigates a flat haunted by two
spirits trapped in a "time loop".
(6) The
7:59 Club. Alison is asked to hold a bizarre
seance by survivors of a fatal train crash.
Series
2 (16 Sep - 11 Nov 2006) ![]()
(1) Roadside
Bouquets: Alison is contacted by the spirit
of a young woman who died in a car accident. Meanwhile, Robert finds his scepticism shaken by the results
of the seance (first series).
(2) The Rat
Man: Alison and Robert are invited into a prison
to investigate a series of suicides which turn out
to be linked to the influence of a malevolent spirit.
(3)
Lullaby: A father asks for
Alison's help when he hears a ghostly voice
over the baby monitor.
(4) Your Hand in
Mine: Alison suspects that the skin disease
afflicting a man's fiancée has some connection with
his deceased first wife.
(5) Mirrorball:
Alison is asked by a young woman to contact
the spirit of her friend who was murdered.
(6)
Mind the bugs don't bite: Robert tries to
help Alison, who appears to be heading
for a mental beakdown.
(7) Things Forgotten:
Alison is in turmoil as it appears her psychic powers are
on the wane. Meanwhile
Robert, quietly settles
his affairs and makes arrangements for his funeral.
(8)
A name written in water: Robert's life hang
in the balance while a distraught Alison
pleads with the spirits to save him.
With:
LESLEY SHARP (as Alison Mundy), ANDREW LINCOLN (as Dr. Robert Bridge).
Afterlife
(WIKI).
THE MAN EATING LEOPARD OF RUDRAPRAYAG
2 Dec 2005 / BBC1 ("Manhunters")
Writers:
Rik Carmichael, John Hay / Director: John Hay / Producer:
Martha Holmes.
The true story of how hunter and
conservationist Jim Corbett came to stalk and kill an
infamous maneating leopard in Rudraprayag, British
India. His ghost (played by Geoffrey Palmer) makes
a brief appearance at the end and is witnessed by one
of the natives. Apparently, according to Hindu belief,
the spirit returns at death to the place that was most
loved during the person's life.
With Jason Fleming,
Jodhi May.
THE MAN EATING LIONS OF NDJOMBE
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9 Dec 2005 / BBC2 ("Manhunters")
Writer: Tony Mulholland / Director: Robert del Maestro
/ Producer: Martha Holmes.
The true story of
how hunter George Rushby was sent by the Government
of post-war Tanzania to kill a pride of man-eating lions
which were terrorising local villagers. The native have
a superstitious belief that the lions are the spirits
of dead people under the control of the local witchdoctor
- hence their reluctance to get involved.
With:
Adrian Rawlins, Tamzin Malleson.
A VIEW FROM A HILL
23 Dec 2005 (40 mins) / BBC4
Writer: Peter Harness (based on a short story by M R James)
Period supernatural drama. Sinister unseen forces are unleashed after Archaeologist, Dr. Fanshawe, looks through an old pair of borrowed binoculars.
With: Mark Letheren, Pip Torrens, David
Burke.
BBC
website
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF BILLY TWO SHEDS
17 Jan 2006 / BBC1 ("The Afternoon play")
Writer: Alan Plater / Director: Pip
Broughton / Producer: Sam Hill
Comic drama. When
old Billy "Two sheds", dies, he leaves his
allotment to his favourite grandaughter, Sam. She discovers
the ghost of her grandfather, sitting in an old chair
in one of the garden sheds. He regales her with a succession
of tall tales, one of which appears to offer an unexpected lifeline
to
the allotment association.
With
James Bolam (as the ghost), Jodie Whittaker (as Sam).
NEW TRICKS - WICCA WORK
15 May 2006 (Series 3 Ep. 5) / BBC1.
Writer:
Roy Mitchell / Director: Roberto Bangura / Producer:
Francis Matthews.
Crime drama series
about a team of detectives brought out of
retirement to investigate unsolved cases. The team's
inquiries into the murder, ten years previously, of
a librarian uncovers a twilight world of Witchcraft and Black Magic.
With:
Amanda Holden, James Bolam, Dennis Waterman, Alan
Armstrong.
New
Tricks - BBC website.
DOCTOR WHO - Fear Her
24 Jun 2006 / BBC1
Writer:
Matthew Graham / Director: Euros Lyn / Producer:
Phil Collinson.
The time-travelling Doctor
and his assistant Rose meet a young girl who has
the power to create things in real life by drawing
them on paper. It turns out that she is possessed
by an alien being.
With: David Tennant, Billie
Piper.
www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho
HOLBY CITY - FLY ME TO THE MOON
2 Nov 2006 (60 mins) / BBC1.
Writer:
Paul Coates / Director: Jamie Annett / Producer:
Martha Hillier.
Long-running hospital drama
series. A spiritualist medium claims that she has
been told by her dead mother to get a health check-up
for cancer.
With Jaye
Jacobs, Paul Bradley, Adrian Edmonson.
NUMBER 13
22 Dec 2006 (40 mins) / BBC4.
Writer:
Justin Hopper
(based on a short story by M R James) / Director: Pier
Wilkie.
Supernatural drama. An academic staying
at a hotel hears noises coming from
an adjacent room during
the night. Staff at the hotel inform him that no
such room exists but he is determined to investigate
further - with terrifying consequences.
With: GREG
WISE as Anderson.
CASUALTY - A WORLD ELSEWHERE / STITCH
17 & 18 Mar 2007 (2 x 50 mins) / BBC1.
Writers:
Sasha Hails & Gregory Evans.
A two-parter
from the popular Hospital drama series. A woman
has a series of premonitions in a shopping centre
and saves a child from serious injury. In the
process she is injured and admitted to Holby
City hospital. Meanwhile, Paramedic
Cynthia Pyke, senses that the spirit of a woman
who has just died in a road accident, wants her
to start looking for a missing
child whose life is
in danger.
With: JOANNE KING, NICOLE DUFFET.
Casualty
- BBC website.
LIFE LINE ![]()
24 & 26 Apr 2007 (2 x 60 mins)
/ BBC1.
Writer:
Stephen Gallagher.
Wealthy businessman, Peter
Briscoe starts an affair with an old flame, Katy, now
married. After she is tragically killed in a road
accident, he finds a new partner, Catt, through
a mysterious chat-line for the bereaved. But
dark secrets from his lover's past make him
question her motives.
Comment: The basic premise
of the story is that of spirit possesion - well documented, though
here taken to an unrealistic extreme.
DALZIEL & PASCOE - DEMONS
ON OUR SHOULDERS ![]()
6 & 13 May 2007 (2 x 60 mins)
/ BBC1.
Writer: Paul Billing / Director:
Patrick Lau.
Long running detective series.
A series of gruesome murders lead Police detectives
Dalziel & Pascoe into a murky world of mind
control and Black Magic rituals.
With: Warren Clarke,
Colin Buchanan, Richard E. Grant.
HEARTBEAT - THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
8 July 2007 / ITV1.
Writer:
Mark Holloway / Director: Adrian Bean / Exec. Producer:
Keith Richardson.
Popular long-running rural
police drama series. Rosa Briers, a travelling
Psychic, arrives in Aidensfield claiming to be in
communication with the spirit of a woman who was
recently found murdered.
With: Trudie Goodwin,
Tricia Penrose, Gwen Taylor, David Lonsdale, Jonathan
Kerrigan, Mark Jordan etc.
EMPATHY ![]()
4 Aug 2007 (90 mins) / BBC1.
Writer:
Steve Lightfoot / Director: David Richards / Producer:
Tim Bradley.
After leaving prison, Jimmy
Collins discovers that he can see into other people lives
merely by touching them. As a result he becomes
involved in a high profile murder investigation.
With:
Stephen Moyer.
BEING HUMAN ![]()
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2008-2011 / BBC3 .
Creator: Toby Whithouse.
Pilot episode: 18 Feb 2008.
Series 1: 25 Jan - 1 Mar 2009.
Series 2: 10 Jan - 28 Feb 2010.
Series 3: 23 Jan - 13 Mar 2011.
Drama series about an unusual house-share between a ghost, a vampire and a werewolf, and their relationship with the human society around them.
With: Lenora Critchlow, Aidan Turner, Russell Tovey, Sinead Keenan .
Being Human (WIKI).
THE THAI BRIDE
8 Aug 2008 (25 mins) / Channel 4.
Writer & Director: Corinna Faith.
One-off short film. A young newly-wed Thai woman starts a new life in a London suburb with her much older English husband. Alone in the house all day while he goes out to work, she encounters a ghostly presence.
APPARITIONS
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13 Nov - 18 Dec 2008 / BBC1.
Writer & Director: Joe Ahearne / Producer: Anne Harrison-Baxter.
Supernatural fantasy-drama series. A jesuit priest, whose job is to investigate reports of miracles and recommend candidates for sainthood, finds himself dealing with cases of demonic possession and performing exorcisms.
(1) Father Jacob is contacted by a young girl who thinks that her father is possessed. A young candidate for the priesthood claims that his miraculous cure from leprosy was the work of the devil.
(2) The Demonic powers start to manifest themselves to others close to Father Jacob.
(3) Father Jacob is invited to visit a prison after reports of strange behaviour amongst some of the inmates.
(4) Father Jacob tries to help a young pregnant woman who may be possessed by demons.
(5) A Muslim family calls in Father Jacob after a series of sinister apparitions.
(6) An exorcism leads to tragedy for Father Jacob.
Starring Martin Shaw, Siobhan Finneran.
22-24 Dec 2008 (3 x 30 mins) / BBC4.
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Xmas supernatural drama mini-series. Ben, a young teacher, uncovers an antique door-knocker in his back garden. He discovers from a local museum curator that it came from an old manor house - now demolished - and hears some ghostly tales associated with the former residence:
1. The Wainscotting: A disreputable 18th century businessman encounters something nasty in the woodwork of his newly-refurbished home. With PHILIP JACKSON as Bloxham.
2. Something Old:
In the 1920s, a costume ball is being held for the young heir to the estate who announces his suprise engagement. But his fiancée's joy is short-lived after seeing a ghostly apparition. With JEAN MARSH, IAN HALLARD, JENNIFER HIGHAM.
3. The Knocker:
Back in the present, Ben has affixed the knocker to his own front door - a decision he soon regrets as it takes him on a terrifying journey back to the past.
With LEE INGLEBY as Ben and MARK GATISS as the curator.
HOLBY CITY - MARIA'S CHRISTMAS CAROL
23 Dec 2008 / BBC1.
Writer: Tony McHale / Director: Bill Macleod / Producer:
Myar Craig-brown.
Appropriately spooky Xmas episode of the popular medical drama series. It's decision time for Nurse Maria Kendal after a series of encounters with the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
With: Phoebe Thomas as MARIA, Tom Chambers as SAM STRACHAN, Johnny Philips as the GHOSTS etc.
AFFINITY ![]()
28 Dec 2008 / ITV1.
Writer: Andrew Davies (based on the novel by Sarah Waters) / Director: Tim Fywell / Producer:
Adrian Bate.
Atmospheric period drama set in victorian times. After the death of her father, a privileged young woman decides to become a visitor at one of London's most notorious female prisons - Millbank. She finds herself unwittingly drawn into a web of deception by an inmate who claims to be able to commune with the spirits.
With: Anna Madely as MARGARET PRIOR, Zoe Tapper as SELINA DAWES.
TAGGART - COLD READER
20 Feb 2009 / ITV1.
Writers: Matt Harvey & Dominic Morgan / Director: Adrian McDowall / Producer: Graeme Gordon.
An episode of the long-running scottish detective drama series. Psychic, Clare Vorland, gives police a "reading" which leads police to the body of a young woman who recently disappeared - but there are suspicions that she may have had something to do with the murder. And DCI Matt Burke is faced with some uncomfortable home truths from the spirit world.
With: Alex Norton, Blythe Duff, Julie Duncanson (as the Psychic).
THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES: THE ETERNITY TRAP ![]()
5-6 Nov 2009 (2 x 29 mins) / BBC1.
A story from the childrens' sci-fi adventure series. Sarah Jane (Dr Who's ex-assistant) and friends investigate a haunted mansion house which turns out to be not quite what it seems.
Starring Elisabeth Sladen.
HAMLET ![]()
26 Dec 2009 (185 mins) / BBC2.
Director: Gregory Doran / Producers: John Wyver & Seb Grant.
Prince Hamlet plots bloody revenge on a rival after a visitation from the ghost of his murdered father - the former king.
With: David Tennant as HAMLET, Patrick Stewart as POLONIUS / THE GHOST.
TURN OF THE SCREW ![]()
30 Dec 2009 (90 mins) / BBC1.
Writer: Sandy Welch / Director: Tim Fywell / Producer: Colin Wratten.
Lavish adaptation of the Henry James classic. A governess employed to look after two children in a large country house becomes aware of a ghostly presence overshadowing them.
With: Michelle Dockery, Sue Johnston, Dan Stevens.
WHISTLE AND I'LL COME TO YOU
24 Dec 2010 (60 mins) / BBC2.
Writer: Neil Cross / Director: Andy de Emmony / Producer: Claire Armspach.
Reworking of the classic ghost story by M. R. James.
With: John Hurt, Gemma Jones, Leslie Sharp, Sophie Thompson.
MARCHLANDS ![]()
3 Feb - 3 March 2011 (5 pts) / ITV1.
Writer: Stephen Greenhorn / Director: James Kent / Producer: Chrissy Skinns.
Drama series. Three different families, living in three different time-periods in the same house, are affected by the death of a little girl and her restless spirit.
With: Jodie Whittaker, Alex Kingston, Shelley Conn etc.
