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A Ghost Story for Christmas
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A Ghost Story for Christmas

1971-12-24 · 32 min / episode · ★ 7.4

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A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. First broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and revived in 2005 on BBC Four.

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Lawrence Gordon Clark
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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