Lawrence Gordon Clark
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Lawrence Gordon Clark is an English television director and producer, perhaps best known for his A Ghost Story for Christmas
series of mostly M.R. James ghost stories, which were broadcast annually by the BBC
throughout the 1970s.
These are:
He also directed an adaptation of James' Casting The Runes in 1979 for Yorkshire Television
. Elsewhere, Clark has directed four episodes of the 1979 series Flambards
, which starred Christine McKenna
, and later went on to be a director of continuing dramas for BBC One including Casualty
, Pie in the Sky and Dangerfield
.
A collection of Clark's original short stories entitled Telling Stories is to be published in late 2011 by Avalard Publishing.
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas is a strand of annual British short television films originally broadcast on BBC One from 1971 to 1978, and later revived in 2005 on BBC Four. With one exception, the original instalments are directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and the films are all shot on 16 mm...
series of mostly M.R. James ghost stories, which were broadcast annually by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
throughout the 1970s.
These are:
- The Stalls of BarchesterThe Stalls of BarchesterThe Stalls of Barchester is the first of the BBC's Ghost Story for Christmas strand, first broadcast on BBC 1 at 11pm on 24 December 1971. Based on the story "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral" from the 1911 collection More Ghost Stories by M.R...
(1971) - A Warning to the CuriousA Warning to the Curious"A Warning to the Curious" is a ghost story by M.R. James, found in his book A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories first published in 1925. The tale tells the story of Paxton, an amateur archeologist who travels to "Seaburgh" and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of...
(1972) - Lost HeartsLost Hearts"Lost Hearts" is a ghost story by M.R. James, found in his 1904 book Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. The tale tells the story of Stephen, a young boy who is sent to stay with his uncle at a remote country mansion. His uncle is a reclusive alchemist obsessed with making himself immortal...
(1973) - Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)
- The Ash Tree (1975)
- The SignalmanThe Signal-ManThe Signal-Man is a short story by Charles Dickens, first published as part of the "Mugby Junction" collection in the 1866 Christmas edition of All the Year Round....
(1976) - Stigma (1977)
He also directed an adaptation of James' Casting The Runes in 1979 for Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
. Elsewhere, Clark has directed four episodes of the 1979 series Flambards
Flambards (TV series)
Flambards was a television series of 13 episodes which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in 1980. The series was based on the three Flambards novels of English author K. M...
, which starred Christine McKenna
Christine McKenna
Christine McKenna was a British actress during the 1970s and 1980s and best known for playing "Christina" in the television series, Flambards....
, and later went on to be a director of continuing dramas for BBC One including Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, Pie in the Sky and Dangerfield
Dangerfield (TV series)
Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role , but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers.The BBC...
.
A collection of Clark's original short stories entitled Telling Stories is to be published in late 2011 by Avalard Publishing.