A Ghost Story for Christmas was a series of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971 and 1978, and revived sporadically by the BBC since 2005. The majority of the stories were from the collections of classic English ghost stories. Authors like M.R. James and others.

They’re definitely worth checking out, and it turns out a lot of them are online. You can also see them on Britbox. A Warning to the Curious is particular well done favorite of mine.

Broadcast order	Title	Air date	Video link	Christopher Lee’s Ghost Stories for Christmas	Audiobook version
1	The Stalls of Barchester	Dec 24, 1971	Here	Here	Here
2	A Warning to the Curious	Dec 24, 1972	Here	Here	Here
3	Lost Hearts	Dec 25, 1973	Here		Here
4	The Treasure of Abbot Thomas	Dec 23, 1974	Here		Here
5	The Ash Tree	Dec 23, 1975	Here	Here	Here
6	The Signalman	Dec 22, 1976	Here		Here
7	Stigma	Dec 28, 1977	Here
8	The Ice House	Dec 25, 1978	Here

Revived series from 2005-present

The series ended in 1978. Maybe because of the two less than stellar final two entries: Stigma and The Ice House. Sadly, most of these are not online, but you might be able to find them via BBC and BritBox.

Broadcast order	Title	Air date	Video	Christopher Lee’s Ghost Stories for Christmas	Audiobook
9	A View from a Hill	23 December 2005	Here	Here	Here
10	Number 13	22 December 2006	Here	Here	Here
11	Whistle and I’ll Come to You	24 December 2010	1968 version		Here
12	The Tractate Middoth	25 December 2013			Here
13	The Dead Room	24 December 2018
14	Martin’s Close	24 December 2019			Here
15	The Mezzotint	24 December 2021	Trailer		Here
16	Count Magnus	23 December 2022	BBC iPlayer		Here
17	Lot No. 249	TBD			Here

Other good short ghost stories

Title	Video	Audiobook
Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance	Here	Here
The Wailing Well	Here	Here

If you’re looking for a really reasonable playlist, try this YouTube playlist by bonpourvous.

Other resources:

• Warning to the Curious:
  • Aldeburgh Suffolk. Coastal town on which M.R. James based the tiny town of ‘Seaburgh’.
  • A really solid breakdown of filming locations
  • Shorter breakdown of filming locations (at bottom below the list for Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You locations)
  • A video visiting filming locations
• Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You
  • Modern tour of filming locations
• Tractate Middoth Q&A with actors: https://youtu.be/MlKTDXWjioQ?si=aUcJmFYTpWFpiSTH
• Sampford Courtney, the village featured in ‘Martin’s Close: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWHjXcU4wcE