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Posted on December 9, 2025December 9, 2025

Retro TV tip: A Ghost Story for Christmas (BBC, 1971-1978)

This time of year, my favourite thing to re-watch is the legendary BBC anthology series โ€œA Ghost Story for Christmasโ€. Originally broadcast between 1971 and 1978, each episode is a television adaptation of a classic ghost story, very much in the old tradition of wintertime storytelling focused on the supernatural and the otherworldly.ย 

Posted on August 12, 2025August 15, 2025

Retro TV tip: โ€œThe Famous Fiveโ€ (1978)

In this post Iโ€™m presenting my favourite adaptation of Enid Blytonโ€™s Famous Five books - the 1978 series produced by Southern Television.

Posted on February 19, 2025February 14, 2025

Retro TV tip: Children of the Stones

Produced as a childrenโ€™s TV series back in the 1970s, Children of the Stones has stood the test of time as one of the spookiest television programmes ever made!ย 

Posted on October 26, 2021October 5, 2023

Horror cult classics: my top 3 Spooktober tips

[The following post is also available in Croatian. Please click here to access.] In case the ongoing stream of various global disasters hasnโ€™t been enough to spook you, here are a couple of suggestions as to how you might spend your evenings this Halloween season โ€“ or, if youโ€™re anything like me, most evenings during …

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