{"id":2450,"date":"2012-09-11T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2012-09-11T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T17:00:48","slug":"whistle-and-ill-come-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2012\/09\/11\/whistle-and-ill-come-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistle and I’ll Come to You"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year the BFI is making all 12 of the classic BBC films from A Ghost Story for Christmas<\/I> series finally available on DVD. The first two volumes, each containing a double bill of chilling tales, including Jonathan Miller’s Whistle and I’ll Come To You<\/I> (1968), were released on 20 August. <\/p>\n

Two more volumes - each containing three tales - are released on 17 September. The films are: Lost Hearts<\/I> (1973), The Treasure of Abbot Thomas<\/I> (1974) and The Ash Tree<\/I> (1975) - all directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark and all containing newly filmed introductions by him; The Signalman<\/I> (Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1976) Stigma<\/I> (Lawrence Gordon Clark, 1977) and The Ice House<\/I> (Derek Lister, 1978) - with new introductions to The Signalman<\/I> and Stigma<\/I> by Lawrence Gordon Clark.<\/p>\n

Read our feature on M.R. James<\/A>.<\/div>\n
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Comic Strip Review by Tony Hitchman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
For more information on Tony Hitchman’s book Using Comic Art to Improve Speaking, Reading and Writing<\/I>, please go to Amazon<\/A>.<\/div>\n
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This year the BFI is making all 12 of the classic BBC films from A Ghost Story for Christmas<\/I> series finally available on DVD, including Jonathan Miller’s Whistle and I’ll Come To You<\/I> (1968).
\nComic Strip Review by Tony Hitchman<\/I><\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12,3],"tags":[484,485,483,1429],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews","category-dvds-and-blu-rays","tag-a-ghost-story-for-christmas","tag-ghost-stories","tag-mr-james","tag-tv-series"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-Dw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2039,"url":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2011\/11\/15\/lawrence-of-belgravia\/","url_meta":{"origin":2450,"position":0},"title":"Lawrence of Belgravia","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"November 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"This subtle portrait of a reclusive indie musician seems to have generated one of London Film Festival's warmest responses. 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