History Series / GhostStoriesForChristmas

* DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler:Aubrey (from ''The Dead Room'') either left his boyfriend to die or killed him rather than face the prospect of being exposed as gay.]]

** In ''Lot No. 249'', Smith relates his tale to Doctor Plumptree Peterson. In the adaptation, Peterson is replaced by an unnamed character who is very heavily implied to be [[Sherlock Holmes]]!

* CompositeCharacter: The unnamed narrator of ''Count Magnus'' is conflated with [[spoiler:the titular character himself, narrating events from within his tomb.]]

* ''Lot No. 249'' (2023, Creator/ArthurConanDoyle)

Broadcast on Yuletide evenings, most of the strand's episodes are adaptations of classic ghost stories by [[Creator/MontagueRhodesJames M. R. James]], but one adapts a Creator/CharlesDickens story and several are original stories written for the series. Gatiss has also expressed an interest in adapting the works of other authors, notably E. F. Benson, for the series.

* ''The Stalls of Barchester'' (1971, James)

* ''The Signalman'' (1976, Dickens)

* ''Lot No. 249'' (2023, Conan Doyle)

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Mr. Williams]] in ''The Mezzotint'' is now related to the Francis family, whose house is depicted in the titular picture.

** In Conan Doyle's "Lot No. 249", [[spoiler: Smith and Lee both survive the events of story, whilst Bellingham flees to Sudan after Smith forces him to burn the mummy.]] In Gatiss' adaptation, however, [[spoiler: Lee and Smith are both murdered by a *second* mummy Bellingham has acquired.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Mr. Williams]] in ''The Mezzotint''.

** In Conan Doyle's "Lot No. 249", [[spoiler: Smith and Lee both survive the events of story, whilst Bellingham flees to Sudan after Smith forces him to burn the mummy.]] Here, however, [[spoiler: Lee and Smith are both murdered by a 'second' mummy Bellingham has acquired.]]

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: ''The Mezzotint'''s ghost comes to claim [[spoiler:Mr. Williams]] instead of [[spoiler:the picture being given to a museum and never changing again.]]

''Ghost Stories for Christmas'' (also known as ''A Ghost Story for Christmas'') is a [[{{Main/Anthology}} strand]] of programming on Creator/TheBBC, originally airing throughout the 1970s under the direction of Lawrence Gordon Clark, before being revived sporadically in 2005, predominantly overseen by Creator/MarkGatiss.

''Ghost Stories for Christmas'' (also known as ''A Ghost Story for Christmas'') is a [[{{Main/Anthology}} strand]] of programming on Creator/TheBBC, originally airing throughout the 1970s before being revived sporadically in 2005, predominantly overseen by Creator/MarkGatiss.

* AdaptationExpansion: In [[Creator/MontagueRhodesJames James']] ''The Mezzotint'', Mr. Williams has no connection to the titular artwork and he and his friends merely watch the events play out before donating the picture to a museum. Here, it turns out [[spoiler:Williams is the last surviving descent of Arthur Francis, whose heir was abducted by the malevolent ghost of a poacher he had executed, [[CreepyChangingPainting as depicted in the picture]], and which turns up at the end to [[{{Main/DeathByAdaptation}} finish the family line for good...]]]]