Radio dramatist Sheila Hodgson is likely best known to ghost story enthusiasts for her series of M.R. James pastiches written for BBC radio, all of which were derived from ideas recounted by James in his 'Stories I Have Tried to Write'. However, Hodgson ALSO adapted a number of Algernon Blackwood's tales of psychic investigator Dr. John Silence during the 1970s...
If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
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