Number 13 (short film)
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Number 13 is the second of three recent adaptations of ghost stories by M.R. James broadcast by the BBC in a loose revival of the A Ghost Story for Christmas
tradition of the 1970s. Following A View from a Hill
the previous year and preceding Whistle and I'll Come to You
in 2010, the forty minute film was first screened in December 2006 on BBC Four
. The film was adapted by Justin Hopper from the short story, first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
in 1904.
The film stars Greg Wise
as an academic lodging in room 12 of a drafty hotel in a small English cathedral town whilst assigned to authenticate papers which appear to date back to the Reformation
. Having previously noticed that the hotel rooms jump from 12 to 14, after being awoken one night he is shocked to find the door to room number 13 has mysteriously appears. He decides to investigate, with fearful consequences.
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and later revived in 2005 on BBC Four. With one exception, the original instalments are directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films are all shot on 16 mm...
tradition of the 1970s. Following A View from a Hill
A View from a Hill
A View From a Hill is a ghost story by M. R. James from his 1925 collection A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories. The story tells the tale of a historian who goes on holiday to visit his friend and has a disturbing experience after venturing up a notorious local landmark.-BBC...
the previous year and preceding Whistle and I'll Come to You
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Whistle and I'll Come to You is the name of two BBC television drama adaptations based on the ghost story "Oh, Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad" by Victorian and Edwardian academic and supernatural writer M. R. James. The story tells the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a...
in 2010, the forty minute film was first screened in December 2006 on BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
. The film was adapted by Justin Hopper from the short story, first published in Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary is the title of M. R. James' first collection of ghost stories, published in 1904...
in 1904.
The film stars Greg Wise
Greg Wise
Greg Wise is an English actor and producer. He has appeared in many British television works, as well as several feature films .- Early life :...
as an academic lodging in room 12 of a drafty hotel in a small English cathedral town whilst assigned to authenticate papers which appear to date back to the Reformation
English Reformation
The English Reformation was the series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church....
. Having previously noticed that the hotel rooms jump from 12 to 14, after being awoken one night he is shocked to find the door to room number 13 has mysteriously appears. He decides to investigate, with fearful consequences.
External links
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