MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
1936 / BBC
Writer:
T.S. Eliot.
Drama in verse (containing a
ghost scene)
about the last few days of Thomas
à Becket before his martyrdom. Live broadcast.
Starring Robert Speaight.
Murder in the Cathedral (Wikipedia).
THE MONKEY'S PAW
Jan 7th 1938 (rpt 11
Jan 1938) / BBC.
Writer: Louis N Parker (Based
on a story by
W W Jacobs) / Producer: Moultrie R. Kelsall.
Supernatural
drama which was billed as "A Play In Three Scenes".
A monkey's paw, has
the power to grant its owner three wishes. A family
use it to wish for money but with devastating consequences. Live broadcast.
Read
the story here.
TOBIAS AND THE ANGEL
1 May 1938 / BBC.
Writer:
James Bridie.
Drama about the adventures
of a man called Tobias, his dog, and the Angel Raphael
(in disguise). Live broadcast.
JULIUS CAESAR
July 1938 / BBC.
Shakespeare's historical play features an appearance by the ghost of Caesar. A "penumbrascope"
was used in the live broadcast to create backgrounds.
DR. ANGELUS
1948 / BBC.
Writer: James
Bridie.
Supernatural drama.
With:
Alastair Sim, George Cole.
SATURDAY NIGHT STORIES
1948 - '49 / BBC.
A series of
supernatural tales read by the author, Algernon Blackwood.
25 & 27 Dec 1950 (125 mins) / BBC.
Writer & Producer: Eric Fawcett
Dramatisation of the famous Charles Dickens story. Performed live and starring Bransby Williams as Scrooge.
A Christmas Carol (EOFFTV)
THE WONDERFUL VISIT
3 Feb 1952 / BBC.
An Angel
pays a visit to an English country village.
With:
Kenneth Williams.
THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT
Feb 1954 / BBC.
Writer: Wolf Mankowitz
(based on a story by Nicolai Gogol).
A tailor is persuaded
to steal an old coat by the ghost of the man who
used to wear it!
Starring:
Alfie Bass, David Kossoff.
The Bespoke Overcoat (WIKI).
THE MONKEY'S PAW
10 May 1954 / BBC.
Short
story by W W Jacobs.
Drama. A monkey's paw, has
the power to grant its owner three wishes. A family
use it to wish for money but with devastating consequences.
Read
the story here.
TWO GHOST STORIES BY M R JAMES
14 Oct 1954 / BBC.
Producer/
Adaptation: Tony Richardson.
Two stories by M R James,
narrated with various special FX added live.
1. Canon
Alberic's scrapbook. 2. The Mezzotint.
Narrators:
Robert Farquharson, George Rose.
THE CREATURE
30 Jan and 3 Feb 1955 / BBC.
Writer: Nigel Kneale / Producer:
Rudolf Cartier.
Dr. John Rollason and his team
search the Himalayas for the mythical Yeti, a man-sized
beast with telepathic powers. Performed live with pre-filmed
inserts.
With: Peter Cushing, Stanley Baker.
The Creature ("British Television Drama").
COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD
1955 - 56 (26 eps) / ITV.
A
detective series which forayed occasionally into the
realm of the supernatural. The relevant episodes are:
(6) The Abominable Snowman:
The Colonel investigates reports of a Yeti on the
slopes of Mount Everest.
(7) The
Case of the Lively Ghost: A fake medium
gets a shock when she thinks she may have summoned up a real spirit.
(8) The
Sorceror.
(22) Present
Tense: A widow believes she has contacted the spirit of her dead husband.
(26) The
Talking Head: A man communicates with his dead
father through a marble
bust on the mantelpiece.
Starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March.
Colonel March of Scotland Yard (Wikipedia).
THE LAST REUNION
3 Dec 1955 / ITV ("TV Playhouse").
Supernatural
drama about a bomber crew in WW2.
DAYS OF GRACE
14 Sep 1956 / BBC.
A Scottish Ghost Story.
HOUR OF MYSTERY
15 Jun - 7 Sep 1957 (10 eps) / ITV.
Producer: John Nelson Burton.
Drama anthology featuring some supernatural episodes.
Hosted by Donald
Wolfit.
Hour of Mystery (British Film Institute).
VOODOO WEDDING - WHITE HUNTER
15 Oct 1958 / ITV (Granada).
Writer:
Lee Loeb / Director: Ernest Morris
An episode
in the series White Hunter (1957-58), about a Big Game
hunter (appropriately called John Hunter) and his African
assistant Atimbu. A young woman believes she may have
become the victim of a Voodoo spell.
With:
Rhodes Reason, Harry Baird, Gene Anderson.
Voodoo
in British film and TV - The Zone guide.
THE WITCHING HOUR
2 Nov 1958 / ITV (Armchair theatre).
(No
further details at present).
THE CRUCIBLE
1959 / Granada.
Writer:
Arthur Miller.
Drama about the Salem witchcraft
trials.
With: Sean
Connery and Susannah York.