The Stalls of Barchester

Based On the book by M. R. James

The Stalls of Barchester is a short film which serves as the first of the British supernatural anthology series A Ghost Story for Christmas. Written, produced, and directed by the series' creator Lawrence Gordon Clark, it is based on the ghost story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" by M. R. James, first published in the collection More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1911). It stars Robert Hardy as Archdeacon Haynes of the fictional Barchester Cathedral, whose mysterious death is investigated 50 years later by the scholar Dr. Black (Clive Swift), and first aired on BBC1 on 24 December 1971.

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Release date:

December 24, 1971

Director:

Lawrence Gordon Clark

Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Year page:

1971 in adaptations