The Classic BBC Horror Anthology That Explored Ghosts, Class and Psychology

In this episode, we explore the three surviving episodes of Dead of Night, the classic BBC horror series which explored various socially relevant themes, such as class, depression and grief, giving them a haunting supernatural twist.
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[@stevetheduck1425]

The totally black windows thing also recalls an earlier ghost story which takes place in the middle of a British city. A house recently rented is found by the postman to have absolutely black windows, and letters vanish when posted, as if cut off by darkness just inside the letterbox. Eventually, the narrator and some others investigate, getting keys from the lessor. The front door opens inwards, leaving a black rectangle, which is enough to scare away a group of curious onlookers. The house is indeed entirely black inside, and is like being inside a block of black glass. Eventually, with ropes and careful exploration, like climbing a mountain in the night, several people are discovered sat around a table in an upstairs room, all quite dead and fixed in place. A real problem for the man who wishes to sell the house...

[@coyoteartist]

The Stone Tape is absolutely brilliant. Given that it aired on Christmas, I can see why the mistake was made. Given though that the show aired in the 7 weeks leading up to Christmas with the Monday being only one day off the normal airing date of Sunday, it seems odd to seperate it out from the series if it was a part of it. I suppose thought as it wasn't originally written for the show, but assigned to it, maybe that was a more a means of getting it made, than it actually being a part of the anthology aspect.

[@FireMoon42]

A friend of mine from my time in London in the late 1970s early1980s swore blind that the inspiration for the plot device in the Exorcist where the windows are totally blacked out and stuck shut came from an experience they had during a séance in Portsmouth. The claimed they has shared the experience with the author of that episode and they incorporated it into the plot. There are two pieces of footage from Nationwide I would dearly love to see again. The archaeologist's widow and daughter telling their tale of "the artefacts from the stone circle dig and the Herne figure" and the clip where, after sniggering and generally being snarky about "Fairy sightings in the UK" they turn to Valerie Singleton and she drops the bomb. "Oh, I'm not so sure, I saw something as a child that, to this day, I'm still unsure of"

[@stuartherkes9990]

With most of this and into the unknown wiped, and Late Night Horror wiped, we're lucky we've still got all the Ghost Stories for Christmas left!

[@stevetheduck1425]

'A Woman Sobbing' has a time-slip aspect that seems to fit with quite a few ghost stories about couples, homes and generations. In it's way, this is closer to 'Minuke' than I expected. Ancient grievances, still relevant today, 'civilisation' causing them to be rejected or pushed down and repressed. There's many a Japanese Ghost story that's about the crimes against women, too.

[@Randall1001]

I've been meaning to look into Dead of Night for a while--I first stumbled across it a couple years ago--but I had no idea so few episodes survived. What a shame. Definitely going to check out what remains.

[@wesleymyers6040]

Love the production on this bud well done

[@kellyosborne7571]

I absolutely loved this, thank you! I've subscribed 😊

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

I just subbed. Cool video. I loved this series so much.

[@AdamTurnbull-xd3nf]

what a lot of doctor who connections this show has with Robert Holme's and innes Loyd

[@iseeu46]

Remember when the BBC actually put out good television?

[@stevetheduck1425]

Still could be, but for their proprietal videotape formats and lack of vision of their politically-appointed masters. The BBC streaming service might not be selling to Disney.

[@leebritnell2405]

The Exorcism is an excellent piece of Left-wing drama.