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The Ice House (short Film)
"The Ice House" is a short film which serves as the eighth episode of the Television in the United Kingdom, British Supernatural film, supernatural Anthology series, anthology Television show, television series ''A Ghost Story for Christmas'', and the final instalment of the original 1971-78 run. Written by John Bowen (British author), John Bowen, who wrote the earlier instalment "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (A Ghost Story for Christmas), The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" (1974), produced by Rosemary Hill, and directed by Derek Lister, it first aired on BBC One, BBC1 on 25 December 1975, only the second of the films to air on Christmas after "Lost Hearts (A Ghost Story for Christmas), Lost Hearts" (1973). It stars John Stride as Paul, who has moved to a residential Health club, health spa in an old country house following his divorce. A number of disappearances cause him to suspect a strange flower growing near an old Ice house (building), ice house and the behaviour of Clovis (Geoff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ghost Story For Christmas
''A Ghost Story for Christmas'' is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971 and 1978, and revived sporadically by the BBC since 2005. With one exception, the original instalments were directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films were all shot on 16 mm colour film. The remit behind the series was to provide a television adaptation of a classic ghost story, in line with the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas. Each instalment is a separate adaptation of a short story, ranges between 30 and 50 minutes in duration, and features well-known British actors such as Clive Swift, Robert Hardy, Peter Vaughan, Edward Petherbridge and Denholm Elliott. The first five are adaptations of ghost stories by M. R. James, the sixth is based on a short story by Charles Dickens, and the two final instalments are original screenplays by Clive Exton and John Bowen respectively. The stories were titled ''A Ghost Story fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
