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Christmas Special Series 2025
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00:00What a bother.
00:06I was on my way to a concert.
00:08Ah.
00:11Paganini.
00:12Marvellous.
00:14Is it?
00:15Can't say I've been.
00:17Husband arranged.
00:18Musical concert, I mean.
00:21I gather they can be rather long.
00:23Some.
00:28Good, they're still doing them, though, I suppose.
00:31Food for the soul.
00:34But what else are we fighting for?
00:45Doodlebogs, eh?
00:47Whatever next?
00:49Navy.
00:50Uh-huh.
00:51Good for you.
00:53And you?
00:53Reserved occupation.
00:56Girl minor.
00:57Well, schoolteacher.
00:58What about the last show?
01:02Do you fight in that?
01:04Invalid it out.
01:06Oh, bad luck.
01:09Flat feet.
01:14Nerves.
01:19Shall we?
01:19Oh, I envy him.
01:35Some of the girls, I never liked that.
01:38Fall asleep on the edge of a cliff.
01:39Never had that skill, myself.
01:46Adolf doesn't make it any easier.
01:51Do you dream?
01:54Beg pardon?
01:55When you do sleep, do you dream?
02:00Well, yes.
02:03No more than the next person, I suppose.
02:06But we all dream, don't we?
02:08Heavens, even dogs dream.
02:10And have any of them, your dreams, I mean, have they ever, have they ever come true?
02:18Any of mine?
02:20Yes.
02:22Well, I, I once won a hundred on an unfancied nag at Newmarket.
02:26That was a bit of a dream come true.
02:28And of course, when Alex said, I do, that was something.
02:30You misunderstand me.
02:30No, I'm only pulling your leg.
02:32You mean the nighttime variety, eh?
02:36Sleep the nits up, the raveled what's-it and all that.
02:40Well, I always dream I'm back at school.
02:44My old form mistress.
02:46Miss Houlihan.
02:48Absolute beast.
02:50Taught chemistry.
02:51Breath like a serpent.
02:53Well, I'm stood before her and they're all together, and I haven't done my prep.
02:56Lord knows what that means.
02:59Everyone has those dreams.
03:00No.
03:03But sometimes they're not so easy to explain.
03:09Something you want to get off your chest?
03:16With my story.
03:20I can find no explanation.
03:25None at all.
03:26It came out of the dark, and into the dark it has gone again.
03:34What did?
03:38Well, I was 16 when it first came to me.
03:42It began with my being set down at the door of a big house, where, in the logic of a dream, I understood I was going to stay.
04:02Tea was being served in the garden.
04:15Tea was being served in the garden.
04:15Tea was being served in the garden.
04:16Up so thearus!*
04:17I was surrounded by my brother!
04:18Out of my neighbors.
04:18Everyone there was a stranger to me, except one.
04:20A schoolfellow of mine, named Jack Stone.
04:23he introduced me to his father and a couple of others
04:31so you you knew this stone chap hardly at all it's the uh the odd thing and uh i rather
04:41disliked what i did know of him it was someone else that made the greatest impression
04:46the mother
04:52in that strange manner of dreams we all sat there in complete uncanny silence
05:07it was very hot oppressive
05:12and then at last mrs stone said jack will show you your room i've given you the room in the tower
05:24i didn't know why but her words made my heart just sink
05:42i felt like i had always known that i should have the room in the tower and that inside
06:03it was something something dreadful
06:10the dream has occurred to me intermittently ever since
06:21the dream has occurred to me intermittently ever since
06:35exactly the same uh not exactly variations on a theme like paganini
06:43most often it's the same
06:49the arrival
06:53the butler
06:56the tea laid out on the lawn
07:02jack stone
07:08the family
07:12the awful silence succeeded by that one deadly sentence
07:22jack will show you your room i've given you the room in the tower
07:28the
07:45the
07:46the
07:49the
07:49the
07:54And always the same ending.
08:02Terror.
08:04But what was in that room?
08:10Oh, I...
08:11I never quite saw what it was.
08:17How very odd.
08:18I dare say the Hitchrinkers would have something to say about that.
08:26About what it means, I mean.
08:30Yes, what it means.
08:32This has been going on since you were 16.
08:35Go off and on.
08:38There was one time...
08:40I was in another room, playing cards.
08:48Jack will show you your room.
09:18I have given you the room in the tower.
09:48And then for months and months, I didn't have the dream at all.
10:06I started to think to...
10:08Well, to pray.
10:10That maybe it had gone for good.
10:14No such luck.
10:17No.
10:20No.
10:21It's one night.
10:22It came again.
10:25But this time, differently.
10:27How?
10:27My heart leapt.
10:47She was gone.
10:49I wouldn't have to sleep in that dreadful place.
10:51But then...
10:55Jack will show you your room.
10:58I've given you the room in the tower.
11:03It seemed to come...
11:05From all around.
11:10Her...
11:10Her voice.
11:14Otherwise, it was all...
11:15That's horribly familiar.
11:22Except...
11:23There was a dreadful odour of decay in the room.
11:26You see, sometimes I dreamt it two or three nights in succession.
11:41And then months would go by without a peep.
11:44And far from diminishing through repetition, it got worse.
11:48My terror.
11:49It was...
11:53Strangely...
11:55Consistent.
11:57Death and marriage...
11:59Visited this...
12:00This silent family.
12:03I never, in the dream...
12:05After Mrs. Stone had died, set eyes on her again.
12:09And it was always her voice that told me that the room in the tower...
12:14Was prepared for me.
12:19You began your story by asking me if any of my dreams had come true.
12:28Yes.
12:30It was a few years back.
12:34It was during that strange period when we all thought that Chamberlain might actually bring it off.
12:39Peace, I mean.
12:40I had arranged to play tennis with my friend John Clinton.
12:45And it was a warm day, we'd had a thoroughly nice time, and he said he would stand me tea at his place.
12:52A place that I had never visited.
12:54And on the way there, I had nodded off in the car.
13:11Wake up, Rog.
13:12We're here.
13:13We're here.
13:15The old homestead.
13:21Come on.
13:22Ma will be waiting for us in the garden.
13:24But it was different.
13:29There was no silent and somehow terrible family.
13:33The large assembly of very friendly people, many of whom were known to me.
13:38And you know Ted, of course.
13:39Ah, Ted.
13:40And his plain sister, Jessica.
13:48It's lovely to meet you.
13:49I'm afraid I'm going to have to steal him away.
13:50I'll go in right back.
13:51This is the darling Bedo, who has been in the family as, well, as long as I can remember.
13:57Hello.
13:58Hello.
13:59Hello.
14:00Hello.
14:01Hello.
14:02Hello.
14:03Hello.
14:04And this, this is my mother.
14:05Jack's told me so much about you.
14:06So very glad to meet you at last.
14:07And you.
14:08Please.
14:09Thank you, Mama.
14:10Mwah.
14:11Mwah.
14:12Mwah.
14:13Mwah.
14:14Mwah.
14:15Lovely day, isn't it?
14:16Mm.
14:17So we thought we'd have tea on the lawn.
14:18Yes, indeed.
14:19I do wonder if we should have a storm later.
14:20You think so?
14:21Yes.
14:22Yes.
14:23Yes.
14:24Yes.
14:25Yes.
14:26Yes.
14:27Yes.
14:28Yes.
14:29Yes.
14:30Yes.
14:31Yes.
14:33Yes.
14:34Yes.
14:35Yes.
14:36Yes.
14:37Yes.
14:38Yes.
14:39Yes.
14:40Yes.
14:41Yes.
14:42Yes.
14:43Yes.
14:44Yes.
14:45Yes.
14:46Yes.
14:47Well, what can I get to you?
14:48Indian or China?
14:49Oh.
14:50Um.
14:51And there's Battenberg and some sort of sponge.
14:55Not Cook's forte at last.
15:01The tea pursued this cheerful course.
15:04And then at last...
15:07Dear me.
15:08I believe you are right, Mr. Winstanley.
15:11We are going to have a thunderstorm.
15:14How dark it has become.
15:18Jack, we'll show you your room.
15:22I've given you the room in the tower.
15:28Yes, of course.
15:29Right up at the top of the house.
15:31But I think you'll be comfortable.
15:32We're absolutely full up.
15:35Would you like to go and see it now?
15:43Just this way, Rog.
16:04Just keep going, old chap.
16:07I'll let you get settled in.
16:13The room was just as in my dream.
16:31Except for two things.
16:34A portrait of Jack Stone.
16:38Older now.
16:38And facing him.
16:56Mrs. Stone it was.
16:59And all the...
17:01The horror of my nightmare came flooding back.
17:03That there was a dreadful exuberance of vitality shining through that envelope of withered flesh.
17:11An exuberance that was wholly malign.
17:14A vitality that foamed and frothed with unimaginable evil.
17:28Julius Stone.
17:30By Julius Stone.
17:31Got all you want, old man?
17:36Rather more than I want.
17:38Oh, yes.
17:40Her.
17:42Hard-faced old bird.
17:44Had the place before us.
17:48On her own, as I recall.
17:50She hasn't flattered herself, has she?
17:53Scarcely human.
17:55Well, it certainly isn't very pleasant.
17:58Hardly conducive to a good night's sleep.
18:00I mean, we hid it up here to get it out of the way.
18:04I can have it taken down if you want.
18:06If you would.
18:08Are you all right, old man?
18:13I will be.
18:20By George, the old lady's a waiter.
18:22I wonder if she had something on her mind.
18:36Well, I seem to have cut my hand.
18:45My God, me too.
18:51How a scratch.
18:53How queer.
18:53Is there something on your mind, Jack?
19:18No, no.
19:21Come along.
19:22We know each other well.
19:24Something's been troubling you all evening.
19:27Hmm.
19:27Thomas, the one who helped us with the picture.
19:31He had blood on his hand, too.
19:33Did you notice?
19:34I did.
19:36I asked him if he'd cut himself.
19:38He said he supposed he had.
19:39But he could find no mark of it.
19:44Now, where did that blood come from?
19:46It's damned odd.
19:51Jack.
19:54Do you dream?
19:55Now, here's another odd thing.
19:58Toby does that about half a dozen times a day.
20:01It's as if he can see something out there on the lawn.
20:08Something bad.
20:12No, there's nothing there.
20:17No.
20:20No.
20:31No.
20:55No.
20:55No.
20:57No.
20:59I don't know.
21:29I don't know.
21:59Good God, man. Come here.
22:01Good God, Roger. What's happened?
22:11The picture.
22:15Roger.
22:17Stop.
22:17Jared.
22:18Yes.
22:19Oh, God.
22:23Oh, God.
22:25Oh, God.
22:27Oh, God.
22:31Well, there's a thing on the floor.
22:59All spotted with Earth.
23:06Like what they bury people in.
23:10I wonder if you remember reading about a case in the newspapers ten years ago or so.
23:27An attempt was made to bury a woman who had committed suicide.
23:31An attempt?
23:32Three times they tried.
23:35And each time, after a few days, the coffin was found protruding from the Earth.
23:40At last, it was decided that they should bury her in unconsecrated ground.
23:47You can guess where.
23:51Yeah.
23:55The woman killed herself in the room in the tower.
24:07Her name was Julia Stone.
24:11Her name was Julia Stone.
24:11Her name was Julia Stone.
24:41Oh.
24:44Did you tell your friend about the dream?
24:48No, I've never told anyone before tonight.
24:55And the house?
24:56What happened to the...
24:58Oh, it's been requisitioned.
25:00It's a cottage hospital now.
25:01Not far from here, as it happens.
25:03And the dream, the recurring dream.
25:06It ended, yes?
25:07You don't have it anymore?
25:09Um...
25:10No.
25:14It's an extraordinary thing.
25:17It really is.
25:19You should write it down, or tell the papers, or...
25:22No, I don't think so.
25:23I hope I'll make that concert.
25:31Yes.
25:33Well, um...
25:35Will you be all right?
25:38Is there anything I can do for you?
25:39Like what?
25:43Oh, I'm not sure exactly.
25:45It's just the sort of thing one says, isn't it?
25:47I'm sorry.
25:47I'm sorry.
25:56Oh, yeah.
27:13Thank God.
27:19For a moment there...
27:20I knew you would come to the room in the tower.
27:32I have waited long for you.
27:38At last, you have come.
27:42Tonight...
27:54I shall...
28:01feast...
28:04feast...
28:06this was...
28:10The Year of the Spirit...
28:11I played much more than just...
28:13worst time slot...
28:14I'm Jonathan and I am going to say...
28:16I'm going to yell at you...
28:17that will be missed.
28:18Yes.
28:19usually...
28:20Well, I walked at all of you.
28:21They closed up...
28:24The door.
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