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First broadcast 13th April 1995.
Richard Cramer, a professional de-bunker of the paranormal, moves into Windwhistle Hall with his family.
Peter Egan - Richard Cramer
Mel Martin - Sophie Cramer
Miles Anderson - Peter Walker
Tobias Saunders - Matthew Cramer
Helen Caldwell - Rosemary Walker
Angela Rippon - TV Presenter
Romy Baskerville - Jane Cross
Liz Whiting - Maggie
John Harding - Charles
Michael Wardle - Police Sergeant
Melanie Sylvester - Nurse
Ian Connaughton - Young Man
Lucy Sullivan - Young Woman
Judith Davis - Dinner Guest
Stuart Richman - Dinner Guest
Richard Cramer, a professional de-bunker of the paranormal, moves into Windwhistle Hall with his family.
Peter Egan - Richard Cramer
Mel Martin - Sophie Cramer
Miles Anderson - Peter Walker
Tobias Saunders - Matthew Cramer
Helen Caldwell - Rosemary Walker
Angela Rippon - TV Presenter
Romy Baskerville - Jane Cross
Liz Whiting - Maggie
John Harding - Charles
Michael Wardle - Police Sergeant
Melanie Sylvester - Nurse
Ian Connaughton - Young Man
Lucy Sullivan - Young Woman
Judith Davis - Dinner Guest
Stuart Richman - Dinner Guest
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00:10Oh
00:30Oh, my God.
01:02Ghosts are a state of mind, an hallucination, a trick of the light.
01:07All the fear, what makes them real, comes from the imagination.
01:11So I think we can safely assume, Richard, that you don't believe in ghosts.
01:15You could say that, yes.
01:17So what would you say to someone who genuinely believed, who swore that they had seen a ghost?
01:23Well, I would say that you can't always trust your eyes.
01:27Would you mind if I demonstrate it?
01:28Yes, please don't.
01:29Now, this is an illusion from the Victorian period.
01:33It's known as a spirit box.
01:36And it's empty.
01:37Yes, so it would appear.
01:41But if we could just take down the studio lights.
01:43Sure.
01:45Now, your eyes are telling you that the box is empty.
01:51But if we raise the lights, slowly, slowly, something begins to take shape.
01:58So, is it human or is it a ghost?
02:03It's not a ghost.
02:05It's not a ghost.
02:05It's your last guest, who's very kindly agreed to help me with this demonstration.
02:15Thanks very much indeed for staying on and being such a great sport.
02:19Thanks a lot.
02:20Thanks.
02:21Well, are you going to tell us how you did it?
02:22Yes, if I can just have the help of Stacey and Susanna for a moment.
02:27Ah, good.
02:28You remembered the spray.
02:30If I can just ask you, Angela, to spray the spirit box.
02:34Mm-hmm.
02:36Ah.
02:38Glass.
02:39There you are.
02:40You see, like many magic tricks, it's done with some glass and some light.
02:44You use the light to create the image inside the box.
02:48And all the time, Jane was in fact standing over there.
02:52So, ladies and gentlemen, everyone here tonight can truly say that they have seen a ghost.
03:03Dr. Richard Kramer, thank you very much indeed.
03:09But don't you go away, because we're going to be back right after the break.
03:15I can smell burning.
03:16Good.
03:19Let's get this down from off.
03:23Richard, you're...
03:23Richard.
03:25Somebody get a doctor, quick!
03:41I'm Mrs. Kramer.
03:43Oh, your husband's just over there.
03:47Is he going to be all right?
03:49We'll know for sure when we get the results of the CT scan.
03:52But he's comfortable now.
04:04Richard.
04:05Oh, my God.
04:13What?
04:17Honey.
04:19He thinks he can smell burning.
04:22It's quite common after a stroke.
04:24It's just an illusion.
04:31How much further?
04:32Not far.
04:34We're nearly there.
04:38We've missed the turning.
04:40No, we haven't.
04:42Maybe I should...
04:43I should stop and ask someone.
04:45Oh, keep going.
04:46It's on the left.
04:47There's a broken wall.
04:49How do you know?
04:51Well, the estate agent said so.
04:53Well, the estate agent never said anything about a broken wall.
04:57She did.
04:59She must have.
05:03There you are.
05:07There you are.
05:11It's on the right hand.
05:14It's on the left.
05:30Here we go.
05:36Mr. Mrs. Kramer?
05:41Now then, if you'd just like to come through the office, this, you see, is the entrance
05:46hall.
05:47What's really lovely, now rather faded, Gloria, I'm afraid, because I think as I told you,
05:52the present owner has gone bankrupt and did rather let things slide.
05:57Most unfortunate.
05:58Now, where shall we start?
06:00The kitchen.
06:01I know that's going to be of a special interest to you, Mrs. Kramer.
06:04It is you who writes the column in the newspaper, isn't it?
06:06Not anymore.
06:07Oh, I gave it up after my husband was ill.
06:10Oh, right, right through here, and down this way, here we are.
06:17Now what about this fridge, Mrs. Kramer?
06:20I've never been much of a cook myself, but you could keep all sorts in here.
06:23Oh, my goodness me.
06:26Mmm.
06:28There's no handle on the inside, isn't that rather dangerous?
06:30Oh, you mean for your little boy?
06:32Oh, I'm sure he's very sensible.
06:34Oh, have you seen Matt?
06:36He's probably wandered off somewhere.
06:38Don't worry about him.
06:39He won't come to any harm.
06:40He's probably hunting ghosts.
06:43Ghosts?
06:44Oh, there's always been a ghost at Windwistle Hall, a friendly one, I'm sure.
06:48I'd better go and find him.
06:52Well, it's a very interesting property.
06:54I'm glad you're interested.
06:59Oh.
07:00Sorry I startled you.
07:03I found him wandering around.
07:04Is he yours?
07:05Thanks.
07:06Well, where did you get to?
07:07I was exploring.
07:09This is Mr. Walker.
07:10He's the previous owner.
07:12Well, the building society earned it.
07:14I used to live here.
07:16It's a lovely house.
07:18You must be sorry to lose it.
07:19I am.
07:20I'm just showing Mr. and Mrs. Kramer around.
07:24Are you up from London?
07:26Yes.
07:26Yes, my husband was ill recently and there's nothing like the country air.
07:31So, do you like my house?
07:34Yes.
07:37You gonna buy it?
07:43We might.
08:09Night-night, sleep tight.
08:11The bed bugs bite.
08:33I brought your pills.
08:35Ah, thanks.
08:37Matthew in bed already?
08:38Yes.
08:40And where's the book?
08:41Oh, it's coming long, I think.
08:43The Borley Rectory, the most haunted house in England.
08:48You should write about us.
08:49Mrs. Cross said there was a ghost here.
08:51How do you think that Mrs. Cross is an expert on the paranormal, do you?
08:55It would be funny though, wouldn't it?
08:57If this house turned out to be haunted.
08:59Wouldn't it be funny?
09:00It would be extremely embarrassing.
09:05I'll get it.
09:06No, it's all right, I'll go.
09:07No, I'll go.
09:08I need the exercise.
09:15Amy.
09:16Evening.
09:17I hear you're having trouble with the pipes.
09:19Yes, that's right.
09:20It's Peter, isn't it?
09:21Mm-hmm.
09:22I rang Williams in the village.
09:24I sometimes do the odd job for him.
09:25Oh, I see.
09:27Well, you'd better come through.
09:31You probably know these pipes better than anyone.
09:33That's right.
09:35Gosh, you've done a lot too, do you?
09:37Yes, thank you.
09:39Snowy.
09:51Well, definitely Charles and Maggie, yeah?
09:53Yes.
09:54Yeah, absolutely.
09:55Ah.
09:58Here's the carpet.
09:59It's Matthews.
10:03How much do we owe you?
10:05No, that's okay.
10:08Williams will send in the bill.
10:11Can we offer you a drink?
10:13No, thanks.
10:14It's okay.
10:15It's late.
10:19Yes.
10:22Well.
10:26You certainly have made a lot of changes.
10:29We've always tried to make it our own.
10:33Well, I'll leave you to it then.
10:35I'll see you out.
10:38How long did you live here, Peter?
10:42Six...
10:43Seven years.
10:45Rosie, my wife, and I bought it.
10:49Then she died.
10:51Oh, I'm sorry.
10:53Don't be.
10:55She loved this place as much as I did.
10:59Sometimes I think maybe she's still here.
11:04In spirit, anyway.
11:05Bye.
11:10We're having a dinner in a couple of weeks.
11:13I hope you can come.
11:16Thanks.
11:16That'd be nice.
11:25Well.
11:27Good afternoon.
11:29Good afternoon.
11:33I'm off up, darling, all right?
11:34Do you know...
11:37Sometimes I just don't understand you.
11:40Who else are you going to invite to dinner?
11:42The postman?
11:44The dustman?
11:46I just thought it was the right thing to do.
11:50He could have been a bit more considerate.
11:52Oh, fine.
11:53I'll pop round to his house tomorrow and mend his taps.
11:57He's not just the plumber.
11:58This used to be his house.
12:00Exactly.
12:02And now it's my house.
12:04But it's my house, too.
12:07And I'll invite who I like.
12:17X
12:19There's no way.
12:26In the morning
12:30I don't know.
12:59I don't know.
13:33I don't know.
14:07I don't know.
14:13Sophie!
14:15Sophie, there's a crow in the room.
14:17A what?
14:18A crow.
14:20I need to shut these doors.
14:22Try and get hold of it.
14:36Gently, Richard, gently.
14:39There.
14:39Here we go.
14:41That's it.
14:41I'll get the door.
14:42Okay.
14:48There we are.
15:12Oh, yeah.
15:13Cup of tea?
15:14Uh, no, thanks.
15:24Sophie?
15:27Sophie?
15:28Yes?
15:29Have you touched this?
15:31I touched what?
15:32This, this, my computer.
15:34No, of course I haven't.
15:38A bloody thing.
15:40Where's Matthew?
15:42Oh, Matthew wouldn't play with your computer.
15:45I can't believe this.
15:47What have you lost?
15:48The whole thing.
15:50It's wiped.
15:51The whole file.
15:54Look, this is ridiculous.
15:56Someone must have touched it!
16:01Do you think you could have a word with Matthew, darling?
16:04What about?
16:06He can't sleep.
16:07He says he had a nightmare last night.
16:10My bad?
16:11Yes, something about a lady.
16:14Oh, a lady.
16:15This is the story of Borley Rectory, which was supposed to have been the most haunted house in England.
16:25Whoever slept there would wake up screaming.
16:29Ah!
16:31Because they would see this terrible, disembodied floating hand at the end of their bed.
16:39But Winfrey wasn't frightened.
16:42He had a good dinner and a few glasses of wine and fell asleep.
16:47A little later, as the clock struck twelve, he woke up and screamed,
16:54Ah!
16:55Because there, at the end of the bed, he saw the terrible hand floating towards him.
17:05But Winfrey had a gun.
17:07He reached out for it and took aim at the floating hand.
17:12He could just make it out in the darkness.
17:14And he fired!
17:15Ah!
17:16And he screamed again.
17:18And that's how Winfrey shot off his big toe.
17:22You see, there was no floating hand at all.
17:25It was his foot all the time.
17:27Ah!
17:49I don't believe this.
17:50There was no evidence of woodworm on the surveyor's report.
17:56Well, looks like you got him now, our man.
17:59You'd better call someone in.
18:19Your friend Peter says we've got woodworm.
18:21Oh, no.
18:23I mean, look at that.
18:25It's rotten right the way through.
18:27I thought we'd have the house all checked out.
18:30I'm going to write to those surveyors.
18:32Yeah, I'm sure you will.
18:36You all right?
18:37Yeah, I'm fine.
18:38It's not too late to cancel, you know, but you don't feel up to it.
18:41Oh, I'm OK, really, darling.
18:44Mmm.
18:46Smells nice.
18:47Turkey a la Wind Whistle.
18:53Richard, I'm busy.
18:55So am I.
18:57Get out of the kitchen.
18:58Give me some room.
19:02You're vaulting.
19:11Matthew?
19:12Yes, Dad?
19:14Not too near the pond.
19:15OK.
19:16Come here.
19:17I want a word with you.
19:18All right.
19:19Come on.
19:23Come on.
19:24Come on.
19:25Come on.
19:26Sally.
19:26Come on.
19:27Sally.
19:27Come on.
19:27Come on.
19:28Come on.
19:29Come on.
19:33Did you get lost?
19:35I can't get over this, Richard.
19:36It was made.
19:37Oh, thanks.
19:37Well, there's a lot we want to do today.
19:39I'd build a sun lounge off the living room.
19:41With that view of yours.
19:43What?
19:43A conservatory.
19:44Peter!
19:46Isn't that what you used to do, Peter?
19:48Build conservatories.
19:51I had a business, yes.
19:53But it went under.
19:56Do you live in the village?
19:59This used to be Peter's house before we moved in.
20:02Oh.
20:04I'm glad I found people who look after it.
20:07Well, ladies and gentlemen,
20:09I would just like to thank you for coming to this,
20:13our inaugural dinner.
20:15And there is one special guest I'd like to welcome to.
20:21When we first moved into Windmistle Hall,
20:24the estate agent told us that the place was haunted.
20:28You can imagine what effect that had on me.
20:31A ghost wouldn't dare haunt you, Richard.
20:34Absolutely.
20:35And as this is a housewarming dinner,
20:38and also in light of certain events
20:41that have taken place here recently,
20:44I think it's only fair that we should welcome the ghost as well.
20:48Richard.
20:49Are you sure?
20:51Why not?
20:52Since we are forced to share accommodation with some departed spirit.
20:56Well, we ought to make friends.
20:58So, will you please raise your glasses?
21:03To the ghost.
21:05Whoever and wherever you are.
21:09Will you please show yourself?
21:13I don't think this is funny, Richard.
21:17Lord.
21:18Lord.
21:19You're doing it. You must be.
21:20Richard.
21:22Ah!
21:24Matthew.
21:26So, yeah.
21:27Oh, goodness.
21:29My partner in magic.
21:31Right.
21:31Now, don't worry about the glass.
21:33That's your dad.
21:36Mmm.
21:36Right.
21:44It was on a thread, wasn't it, Matthew?
21:47Yep.
21:48That's right.
21:48Matthew and me.
21:49You see, Matthew, that's the way to make a ghost.
21:54Oh, God!
21:56Look!
21:56Look!
22:01That's disgusting!
22:03Oh, Jesus.
22:09Richard.
22:11No.
22:27Bloody fiasco.
22:30I'll kill that butcher.
22:34So, what do you think happened?
22:39Sophie?
22:42Sophie!
22:49Oh, good night, darling.
22:56I love you.
22:57I love you.
23:12I really appreciate it.
23:13I love you.
23:15I do love you.
23:16I love you.
23:18I're really scared.
23:20Is it ready?
23:25Now that it'sç”.
23:37Oh, that's all right.
24:21Richard, we have to talk.
24:24Not now, Sophie.
24:25Yes, now.
24:28I think this house was a mistake.
24:32What?
24:34It's doing things to you, Richard.
24:41Why are you drinking so much?
24:42Oh, come on, don't start that again.
24:44But it's one of the reasons you were ill.
24:47Unlikely.
24:51Well, I don't like it.
24:55Well, I do.
24:59There's something in the house.
25:04Like what?
25:08Richard, I was nearly killed when that light fell.
25:11Well, Matthew's having nightmares.
25:14You lose work off your computer.
25:16We find woodworm where there is no woodworm.
25:19And then there was that dinner.
25:21So what are you saying, Sophie?
25:23That we've got a ghost?
25:25Are we living in a haunted house?
25:28Yes.
25:29A haunted house?
25:30Yes.
25:31We've got a ghost and you think we should leave?
25:33Yes, yes, yes.
25:35Well, I don't believe in ghosts.
25:36Oh, don't tell me.
25:37Yes, but I don't believe in ghosts professionally.
25:41What do you think would happen
25:42if the press heard that I left this house
25:44because it was haunted?
25:45What do you think that would do
25:46to my credibility as a writer?
25:49It's out of the question.
25:50There are no ghosts.
25:53What else has to happen here
25:54before you change your mind?
26:13It's out of the moment.
26:29Snowy!
26:33Snowy!
26:37Right, that's it, young man.
26:39Come on.
26:40Lights out.
26:44Night-night.
26:46It's never run away before.
26:52Snowy's very clever.
26:54Like in Tintin.
26:56He's probably having a nice adventure somewhere.
26:59No, he isn't.
27:01The lady's taken him.
27:03What lady?
27:05You know.
27:06I do not know.
27:08The one in my dream.
27:10She's taken him and he'll never come back.
27:12Come on, Matthew.
27:14Stop being silly.
27:16Go to sleep.
27:17There is no lady.
27:19Night-night.
27:23Night-night.
27:24After her.
27:25Murderer.
27:25I'm not aस.
27:42I'm sorry.
27:43I'm sorry.
27:47He's胆s.
27:53I'm sorry.
27:54I'm sorry.
27:58I don't know.
28:27Richard?
28:54Snowy?
28:56Richard?
29:19Snowy?
29:26Richard?
29:30Snowy?
29:42Richard?
29:44Richard?
29:46Richard?
29:54Richard?
29:59Richard?
30:11Anything on your address, sir?
30:13he went missing 24 hours ago. his name's Snowy. we got him from Batsy Dog's home
30:20six years ago for our son. it's very unlike him to go missing.
30:32well I'm sure he'll turn up sir. just leave us your address and I'll put that
30:36on the back of the photo
30:43Wind Whistle Hall. I was there you know. I was the one who found her. who? Rosemary
30:56Walker. Peter Walker's wife? you mean she died at the hall? that's right sir. fell off
31:08the roof in the thunderstorm. went straight through into the conservatory.
31:12that's where I found her. hanging there.
31:31my god. I'll never forget it. her face.
31:40more like a face at all. more like a musk. cold. white.
31:59what was she doing on the roof? in a storm? sleepwalking. hmm. that was what it said in report.
32:08what? but I don't know. I've never seen anyone look so frightened.
32:22where was Peter Walker at the time?
32:25he was away on business. I had to break news to him when he got home.
32:33it broke the man. that's what he did.
32:36you were never the same after that. but then I don't suppose I would have been either.
32:44there.
32:52I might have been there.
33:12I might have been there.
33:22Sophie, it's okay, you're gonna be okay.
34:00Oh, Sophie, oh, Peter, the door, the door closed.
34:09Oh, Sophie, you're gonna be okay.
34:19Sophie, it's okay.
34:24Please, Sophie.
34:44Sophie, come on.
34:47No.
34:50No.
34:52No.
34:53Please, please.
34:56No.
34:58No.
34:59Oh, please.
35:38Oh, please.
36:03Get away.
36:04Get away.
36:11Oh, no.
36:36Oh, no.
37:01Oh, no.
37:29Oh, no.
37:52Peter, can I have a word?
37:56I have to finish this.
38:00150 quid for five days' work and they want it by the weekend.
38:02Well, it won't take a moment.
38:11I wanted to ask you about your wife.
38:16She's still there, isn't she?
38:19What do you mean?
38:21My wife, Rosemary.
38:24She's still there.
38:25I don't believe that.
38:27I felt her there at that dinner.
38:31I lived in that house after she died and she haunted it.
38:34I should know.
38:36Oh, yes.
38:37The house of horror.
38:38I've heard.
38:39Oh, you don't have to believe in ghosts.
38:42But then you've never really been touched by one, have you?
38:48Were there many accidents?
38:53Too bloody many.
39:00I don't know.
39:11But then you've never been told.
39:47Sophie, you made me jump.
39:50This house is getting to you, isn't it?
39:53Oh, come on, admit it, Richard.
39:54You're as scared as I am.
39:56It's got nothing to do with the house.
40:00Well, maybe you're right.
40:02Maybe it's just us.
40:06Sophie, don't be ridiculous.
40:21We've never really talked about it, have we, Richard?
40:24The things weren't right between us long before you fell up.
40:28They haven't been right for a long, long time.
40:33Look, it's been a difficult year for both of us.
40:37You're upset about Snowy?
40:39Yes.
40:41Yes, I'm upset about Snowy.
40:45And I'm upset about nearly being killed twice.
40:49But most of all, I'm upset about us.
40:51Look, Sophie, will you calm down?
40:52Snowy was Matthew's pet.
40:54And now he's dead because you wouldn't listen.
40:56Well, how am I going to tell him, eh?
40:58You've always got all the answers.
40:59Will you tell me that?
41:02Where are you going?
41:03I'm going upstairs.
41:04Look, I want to talk to you.
41:05No, you don't.
41:06You want a luxury, just like you always do.
41:08Well, I've had enough.
41:35I'll see you tomorrow, Ness.
41:37Good night, Mrs. Kramer.
41:51He's got a fractured skull, and he's broken his arm.
41:56Jesus.
42:01But he's going to be all right.
42:07As soon as he's well enough, I'm taking him back to London.
42:11That's not the answer.
42:13Oh, yes, it is.
42:14I'm going.
42:15I've made up my mind.
42:16Oh, well, if you've made up your mind.
42:21Just what exactly are you leaving, Sophie?
42:23The house or me?
42:25You can come if you want to.
42:26No, I do not want to.
42:29You think I can run away from my house?
42:32There are no ghosts.
42:35I couldn't live with myself if I left.
42:39Why is it so important to you, Richard?
42:42What are you afraid of?
42:46Just eat, Dr. Matt.
42:49Any marriage?
42:56Hi, Dad.
43:17I fell off the roof in a thunderstorm.
43:21Went straight through into the conservatory.
43:28That's where I found it.
43:31Hanging there.
43:35I fell and fell.
43:37Oh.
43:47Oh.
43:49I don't know.
44:32I've never seen anyone look so frightened.
44:35What was she doing on the roof in a storm?
44:40Sleepwalking.
44:41Well, that was what it said in the report, but I don't know.
44:56Ah!
44:57Ah!
44:58Ah!
44:58Ah!
44:59Ah!
45:00Ah!
45:08Ah!
45:26I don't know.
45:56Like many magic tricks, it's done with some glass and some light.
46:46Like many magic tricks, it's done with some magic tricks, it's done with some magic tricks.
46:52Rosemary, my wife.
46:54She's still nowhere, isn't she?
46:58I don't believe that.
46:59I felt it there, at that dinner.
47:04She loved that house.
47:07I lived in it after she died and she haunted it, I should know.
47:10Oh yes, the house of horror, I've heard.
47:12Well, you don't have to believe in ghosts if you don't want it.
47:15But then you've never been touched by one, have you?
47:18I don't know.
47:47I don't know.
47:49I don't know.
47:50I don't know.
48:03I don't know.
48:05I don't know.
48:20Who are you?
48:23Who are you?
48:43You're a ghost, aren't you?
48:45Oh, Frank!
49:02He didn't believe in ghosts.
49:04In the end, he was right, wasn't he?
49:07There are no ghosts.
49:41We have entrusted our brother to God's merciful keeping, and we now commit his ashes to the ground.
49:52Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection
50:04to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died, was buried, and rose again for us.
50:13To him be glory forever and ever.
50:23In we go.
50:24Oh, these doors are wet.
50:27Now then, here we are.
50:29This is the entrance hall.
50:31Oh, yes.
50:33It's magnificent.
50:33Glorious, isn't it?
50:34Really.
50:36The building's quite old.
50:38It was finished in about 1837.
50:41We've got five years to build.
50:42The architect was a man called Joseph Ackroyd.
50:46I believe he was quite an eminent architect at this time.
50:48Oh, yes.
50:49Come on, let's go up the stairs.
50:51You'll find that there's a lot of lovely detail in the house.
50:54I believe you're moving here up from London, aren't you?
50:57From the house.
50:58Oh, right.
51:05Well, now, this is the master bedroom.
51:09Oh.
51:11Lovely views.
51:13I've always thought that this would make a beautiful family home, provided you're not afraid of ghosts.
51:21Ghosts?
51:21Oh, Wind Whistle Hall has always had its ghost.
51:26The friendly one, I'm sure.
51:29Wouldn't you say?
51:30Oh, Wind Whistle Hall has always had its ghost.
51:43Oh, Wind Whistle Hall has always had its ghost.
51:43Oh, Wind Whistle Hall has always had its ghost.
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