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As a Christmas treat in the late 1960s and 70s, the BBC produced adaptations of ghost stories based on the works of MR James, the Cambridge academic and author, of some of the most spine-tingling tales in the English language. This collection, Volume 1, features a double bill of ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’, in that both the 1968 version starring Michael Hordern and the 2010 remake starring John Hurt are included. English Subtitles.

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Double bill of BBC adaptations of M.R. James’s ghost story ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’, written in 1904. In ‘Whistle and I’ll Come to You’ (1968) Michael Hordern plays Professor Parkin who heads to a hotel on the east coast of England where he comes across a bone whistle while out on a walk. He takes it back to the hotel with him but that night hears strange noises in his room and, despite his dismissal of the supernatural, he is soon faced with more mysterious goings-on. In ‘Whistle and I’ll Come to You’ (2010) John Hurt stars as James Parkin who, in this version, is a retired astronomer taking a much needed break from caring for his ailing wife. After finding a ring while wandering through the coastal resort he finds himself experiencing increasingly frightening and seemingly paranormal activity. English Subtitles.

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