BBC Two orders The Tractate Middoth for Xmas
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Mark Gatiss has written and directed the adaptation of MR James’s short story.
Una Stubbs, Roy Barraclough and Louise Jameson are to star in a new BBC Two Christmas ghost story being written and directed by Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss.
The trio will be joined by Sacha Dhawan (Last Tango In Halifax), John Castle (I, Claudius), David Ryall (The Village); Eleanor Bron (Bedazzled, Women In Love, Absolutely Fabulous) and Nick Burns (Nathan Barley)
The Tractate Middoth is a half-hour adaptation of MR James’s short story and sees the return of the traditional Christmas ghost story to BBC Two after a three year break.
In a quiet academic library, John Eldred (Castle) seeks out the help of young Mr Garrett (Dhawan) in his search for a seemingly obscure Hebrew text.
But there is something unusual about this book and something not entirely scholarly about Eldred’s intentions. Soon, Garrett’s hunt for the Tractate Middoth provokes terrifying apparitions in the library and a vengeful menace from beyond the grave.
Una Stubbs, Roy Barraclough and Louise Jameson are to star in a new BBC Two Christmas ghost story being written and directed by Doctor Who and Sherlock writer Mark Gatiss.
The trio will be joined by Sacha Dhawan (Last Tango In Halifax), John Castle (I, Claudius), David Ryall (The Village); Eleanor Bron (Bedazzled, Women In Love, Absolutely Fabulous) and Nick Burns (Nathan Barley)
The Tractate Middoth is a half-hour adaptation of MR James’s short story and sees the return of the traditional Christmas ghost story to BBC Two after a three year break.
In a quiet academic library, John Eldred (Castle) seeks out the help of young Mr Garrett (Dhawan) in his search for a seemingly obscure Hebrew text.
But there is something unusual about this book and something not entirely scholarly about Eldred’s intentions. Soon, Garrett’s hunt for the Tractate Middoth provokes terrifying apparitions in the library and a vengeful menace from beyond the grave.
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Love Crooked House from a few years back so let's hope so.
Am watching all of the older Ghost Stories for Christmas in the run up to the day itself and also reading a lot of M.R. James but am holding off from reading Tractate so I can experience this version first without any spoilers.
Doctor Who is a good example where a background actor is then recalled in the future for a leading part.
Just recently Jessica Raines was in an episode of Doctor Who and then starred in the Hartnell drama.