M.R. James: Ghost Writer

Mark Gatiss steps into the mind of M.R. James, the enigmatic English master of the supernatural story. How did this donnish Victorian bachelor, conservative by nature and a devout Anglican, come to create tales that continue to chill readers more than a century on? Mark attempts to uncover the secrets of James's inspiration, taking an atmospheric journey from James's childhood home in Suffolk to Eton, Cambridge and France, venturing into ancient churches, dark cloisters and echoing libraries along the way.

Directed by John Das

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Cast

Mark Gatiss

Presenter

Robert Lloyd Parry

MR James

Martin Bassindale

Chitchat Society Member

Adam Collier

Chitchat Society Member

Harry de Moraville

Chitchat Society Member

Peter Edwards

Chitchat Society Member

Alec Fellows-Bennett

Chitchat Society Member

Alan Macfarlane

Self - King's College, Cambridge

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