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Post by personunknown on Dec 25, 2021 9:36:51 GMT
The Mezzotint - BBC i player
After a couple of previous misfires imo, Mark Gattis perfectly captures MRJames' haunting tale of a cursed engraving. Rory Kinnear excellent as the investigating curator.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 25, 2021 10:41:16 GMT
The Mezzotint - BBC i player After a couple of previous misfires imo, Mark Gattis perfectly captures MRJames' haunting tale of a cursed engraving. Rory Kinnear excellent as the investigating curator. Thanks PU Will have a bit of that later |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 25, 2021 20:48:38 GMT
Yes. V good.
Atmospheric, creepy and unsettling
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Post by personunknown on Dec 11, 2022 16:47:40 GMT
Count Magnus
BBC 2, Friday 23rd Dec, 22.00
Another MR James classic story with Mark Gattis again in the directors chair. Last year's Mezzotint was excellent so really looking forward to this.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 11, 2022 18:09:51 GMT
Me too - thanks
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Post by personunknown on Dec 24, 2022 9:13:07 GMT
Rather average to be honest. The original short story dealt more with Magnus and his dark dabblings. This just didn't do it proper justice.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 24, 2022 11:17:38 GMT
That's a shame - will give it a swerve
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Post by stu77 on Dec 27, 2022 4:58:54 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ghw9The Signalman Drama In Jonathan Holloway’s newly imagined adaptation of Dickens' popular short story, The Visitor on a recuperative walking holiday in the Sussex countryside happens upon a solitary signalman in a dank, icy cold railway cutting where the sun never shines, and unexpectedly finds himself part of a spooky tale of spectral, supernatural occurrences. Charles Dickens wrote this much-loved ghost story in 1866 following his own experience of being involved in a train crash at Staplehurst in Kent when he was travelling with his mistress Ellen Ternan and her mother. He helped rescue fellow passengers and was deeply affected by the experience, possibly suffering from what we could now call PTSD, losing his voice for two weeks after the event and then becoming ever more frightened of railway travel. He took a keen interest in railway safety and the lives of the railway workers. These themes have inspired this new adaptation in which Jonathan Holloway adds an additional, unexpected twist to this classic short story. At the centre of it is the railway tunnel with its hellish mouth, humming telegraph wires infused with the voice of prehistoric evil, an environment full of dread in which it is difficult to tell night from day, a constantly startled railway signalman, and The Visitor who is driven to ask more and more questions - all of which receive alarming answers.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 29, 2022 8:33:56 GMT
^ Classic Stu - love it
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Post by personunknown on Dec 11, 2023 9:18:40 GMT
Talking Pictures a running at least two of the classic seventies stories.
Two MR James classics, tonight Stalls of Barchester 8.30 and Friday, the disturbing Lost Hearts. More to come hopefully.
I have also noticed Mark Gattis has adapted Conan Doyle's Lot 249 for the BBC this Christmas. Can't see a date or time yet. If anyone knows, please post here.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Dec 11, 2023 11:10:42 GMT
Talking Pictures a running at least two of the classic seventies stories. Two MR James classics, tonight Stalls of Barchester 8.30 and Friday, the disturbing Lost Hearts. More to come hopefully. I have also noticed Mark Gattis has adapted Conan Doyle's Lot 249 for the BBC this Christmas. Can't see a date or time yet. If anyone knows, please post here. The 30-minute short film premieres in the UK at 10pm on Sunday 24 December on BBC Two and streaming on BBC iPlayer. britishperioddramas.com/news/a-ghost-story-for-christmas-lot-no-249-bbc-two-iplayer-release-date-december-2023/ |
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Post by personunknown on Dec 11, 2023 17:26:44 GMT
Many thanks LE. I see Talk Pics is running a few more next week. One called Stigma which I can't recall, possibly because it aired on Christmas Eve 1977. I was probably comatose in a ditch that night.
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Post by stu77 on Dec 12, 2023 17:50:52 GMT
Warning to the Curious is on Talking Pictures. 6.55pm Wednesday.
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Post by personunknown on Dec 12, 2023 19:12:17 GMT
♤♤ Possibly the best one ever, Peter Vaughan as the treasure hunter who finds more than he bargained for. Hope they're also showing Whistle, And I'll Come To You, the most frightening one.
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Post by personunknown on Dec 26, 2023 7:37:23 GMT
Lot 249
Another Gattis misfire. More of a monster than a barely seen spectre and it misses the point entirely of what a ghost story is. These recent forays are too short in length (27 minutes) to build any atmosphere and tension. The original seventies shows ran for fifty mins to over an hour allowing characters development and nuance.
Very disappointing.
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