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.

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  John Das

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  Mark Gatiss
  Presenter
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  Robert Lloyd Parry
  MR James
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  Martin Bassindale
  Chitchat Society Member
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  Adam Collier
  Chitchat Society Member
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  Harry de Moraville
  Chitchat Society Member
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  Peter Edwards
  Chitchat Society Member
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  Alec Fellows-Bennett
  Chitchat Society Member
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  Alan Macfarlane
  Self - King's College, Cambridge