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Season 1

19 episodes December 24, 1971

The first season includes five adaptations of stories from the four books by M. R. James, published between 1904 and 1925. The The sixth film, The Signalman, is an adaptation of a story by Charles Dickens published in his magazine All the Year Round in 1866. The final two stories were based on original screenplays by Clive Exton and John Bowen.

Episodes

1 The Stalls of Barchester Dec 24, 1971 No ratings 2 A Warning to the Curious Dec 24, 1972 No ratings 3 Lost Hearts Dec 25, 1973 No ratings 4 Treasure of Abbot Thomas Dec 23, 1974 No ratings 5 The Ash-tree Dec 23, 1975 No ratings 6 The Signalman Dec 22, 1976 No ratings 7 Stigma Dec 28, 1977 No ratings 8 The Ice House Dec 25, 1978 No ratings 9 A View From a Hill Dec 23, 2005 No ratings 10 Number 13 Dec 22, 2006 No ratings 11 Whistle and I'll Come to You Dec 24, 2010 No ratings 12 The Tractate Middoth Dec 25, 2013 No ratings 13 The Dead Room Dec 24, 2018 No ratings 14 Martin's Close Dec 24, 2019 No ratings 15 The Mezzotint Dec 24, 2021 No ratings 16 Count Magnus Dec 24, 2022 No ratings 17 Lot No. 249 Dec 24, 2023 No ratings 18 Woman of Stone Dec 24, 2024 No ratings 19 The Room in the Tower Dec 24, 2025 No ratings