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Number 13 is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Written by Justin Hopper, produced by Richard Fell, and directed by Pier Wilkie, it is based on the ghost story of the same name by M. R. James, first published in the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), and first aired ...
24 December 1971. (1971-12-24) –. present. 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. [1][2] With one exception, the original instalments were directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films were all ...
Oct 19, 2024 · The BBC's Number 13 (2006) delivers a slow-burn, unsettling adaptation of MR James' ghost story, centred on a professor whose academic curiosity leads him into supernatural peril, writes RICHARD MARKWORTH.
In 2000, the story was adapted for television as part of the Ghost Stories for Christmas series by the BBC, and starred Sir Christopher Lee as James narrating his story. In 2006, the story was adapted for television starring Greg Wise , Paul Freeman , Tom Burke and his father David Burke .
Number 13 is a short film which is part of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Written by Justin Hopper, produced by Richard Fell, and directed by Pier Wilkie, it is based on the ghost story of the same name by M. R. James , first published in the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904), and first ...
Number 13: Directed by Pier Wilkie. With Greg Wise, Paul Freeman, David Burke, Tom Burke. In order to authenticate some historical papers in a cathedral town, Oxbridge academic Anderson stays at a local hotel in room 12, initially disregarding the lack of a number 13 as provincial superstition.
Dec 22, 2006 · Number 13. After the success of A View From A Hill, the BBC gave the go-ahead for another Ghost Story for Christmas, based on another M.R. James book. Based on the short story, Number 13, published in 1904, and follows an academic staying at hotel, specifically in room 12, avoiding 13 out of superstition, but there’s noises coming from room ...
