From Wikipedia: BBC Four revisited (sporadically) the 1971 series at Christmas 2004, and in 2005 began to produce new adaptations of stories by M. R. James, broadcast along with repeats of episodes from the original series. BBC Two premiered a new adaptation by Neil Cross of M. R. James's "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" on Christmas Eve 2010. Mark Gatiss's adaptation of "The Tractate Middoth", another story by M. R. James, was broadcast on BBC Two on Christmas Day 2013. This was followed by a documentary, M. R. James: Ghost Writer. An original tale written and directed by Mark Gatiss entitled "The Dead Room" was broadcast on BBC Four on Christmas Eve 2018. Gatiss adapted and directed another James adaptation, "Martin's Close", in 2019 for BBC Four. This was followed by his third M.R. James adaptation, "The Mezzotint", for BBC Two in 2021, and his fourth, "Count Magnus", in 2022. THE EPISODES: 1) "A View From A Hill" (23 December 2005): An archaeologist has a disturbing experience after borrowing a pair of binoculars belonging to an outcast local historian and venturing up a notorious landmark. 2) "Number 13" (22 December 2006): An academic researcher repudiates local superstitions surrounding a devilish house in a cathedral city. However, repeated visions and noises during the night suggest he may be proved wrong. 3) "Whistle and I'll Come To You" (24 December 2010): Leaving his ill and ageing wife in a care home, a retired astronomer revisits one of their old coastal haunts, but after discovering a ring on the beach is soon haunted himself. 4) "The Tractate" (25 December 2013): A young librarian receives a request for an obscure Hebrew book from a sinister gentleman, unaware of its contents. 5) "The Dead Room" (24 December 2018): Aubrey Judd, veteran radio presenter of The Dead Room, soon realises that elements of his own past are not as dead and buried as he perhaps hoped. 6) "Martin's Close" (24 December 2019): A young squire, John Martin, is on trial for murder in a court presided over by hanging judge George Jeffreys, but the girl he is accused of murdering has been seen after her death. 7) "The Mezzotint" (24 December 2021): A university museum curator is intrigued by the unfolding tale of horror told by an otherwise unprepossessing 19th century mezzotint. 8) "Count Magnus" (23 December 2022): A travelogue writer, Mr Wraxhall, becomes fascinated by the story of Count Magnus, the long-dead founder of a Swedish family who once made a journey to the Holy Land for less than holy reasons. 9) "Lot No. 249" (24 December 2023): The purchase of an Ancient Egyptian mummy at an auction leads to a horrifying series of events for two Oxford students.

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