MR James: Ghost Writer

MR James: Ghost Writer

60 mins | Documentary, Horror, Fantasy, TV Movie | Dec. 25, 2013

Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of MR James, the enigmatic English master of the supernatural story. How did this donnish Victorian bachelor, conservative by nature and a devout Anglican, come to create tales that continue to chill readers more than a century on? Mark attempts to uncover the secrets of James's inspiration, taking an atmospheric journey from James's childhood home in Suffolk to Eton, Cambridge and France, venturing into ancient churches, dark cloisters and echoing libraries along the way.

MR James: Ghost Writer

60 mins | Documentary, Horror, Fantasy, TV Movie | Dec. 25, 2013

MR James: Ghost Writer
Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of MR James, the enigmatic English master of the supernatural story. How did this donnish Victorian bachelor, conservative by nature and a devout Anglican, come to create tales that continue to chill readers more than a century on? Mark attempts to uncover the secrets of James's inspiration, taking an atmospheric journey from James's childhood home in Suffolk to Eton, Cambridge and France, venturing into ancient churches, dark cloisters and echoing libraries along the way.
Producers BBC, BBC Arts, BBC Bristol Productions
Original title MR James: Ghost Writer
Directors John Das
Writers Mark Gatiss

Cast

Mark Gatiss

as Presenter

Robert Lloyd Parry

as MR James

Martin Bassindale

as Chitchat Society Member

Adam Collier

as Chitchat Society Member

Harry de Moraville

as Chitchat Society Member

Peter Edwards

as Chitchat Society Member

Alec Fellows-Bennett

as Chitchat Society Member

Alan MacFarlane

as Self - King's College, Cambridge