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The Horror Story
2: Ghosts. ' 'I know ghosts don't exist, but I would find it extremely difficult to spend a night in a haunted room.'
JONATHAN MILLER talks with DR CHRISTOPHER EVANS and explains why ghosts are frightening and how storywriters succeed in making them horrific.
M. R. James , cleric and late Provost of Eton College, wrote some of the best ghost stories. Lost Hearts, written in 1910. is read by BERNARD CRIBBINS
Producer ROBIN BRIGHTWELL (A Ghost Story for Christmas: tomorrow, 11.5 pm. BBC1 - see page 21)

Contributors

Talks:
Jonathan Miller
Unknown:
Dr Christopher Evans
Unknown:
M. R. James
Read By:
Bernard Cribbins
Producer:
Robin Brightwell
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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